Dan Franciscus
Dan Franciscus is a systems engineer and VMware Certified Professional (VCP) specializing in VMware, PowerShell, and other Microsoft-based technologies. You can reach Dan at his blog (http://www.winsysblog.com/) or Twitter at @dan_franciscus.
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Testing Puppet Code Using the Vagrant Provisioner
Vagrant is an excellent tool used for testing out application deployments and scripts. It is lightweight, fast, and allows you to bring up environments quickly. Vagrant supplies several “provisioners” that allow boxes to be configured via shell script or using various...
Setting up an Internal Chocolatey Repository
If your organization is serious about using Chocolatey as a means for Windows package management, then setting up your own internal package repository is a must.
Create Multiple Machine Environments With Vagrant
Vagrant provides a solution for creating disposable and consistent environments, all within a single configuration file.
Using Puppet to Manage Windows and IIS
Puppet is one solution that is trying its best to make sure Windows engineers and admins have the tools necessary to manage effectively. Here's how to use it.
Setting up your First Puppet Master Server
If you’re managing servers and aren’t using an infrastructure-as-code solution such as Puppet, Ansible or Chef, be warned: you should be.
Installing Your First Vagrant Box to Run VMs
Vagrant is one of those tools that you may have heard about before but just have not used yet, but once you decide to use it, it will probably end up in your tool belt.
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