npm install - could be dangerous
NPM hosts about 144,000 npm modules on their registry. Over one million modules are downloaded per month. Assume you use one module that includes a major flaw in their implementation? Will you detect...
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Install Windows IoT on Raspberry Pi 2
Recently, Microsoft announced its Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview and it is very exiting to get an ARM version of Windows running on a small device. Microsoft did a great job to bring the operating...
View ArticleTry Kubernetes with Vagrant
To get familiar with kubernetes, it is always good to start with an example. This blog post will setup nginx running on kubernetes.Prerequisites aka setup the clusterBefore we are able to start, we...
View ArticleDevOps and Security
To ensure the security of your IT services, different disciplines need to come together. Development, operations and security departments need to work hand in hand in order to ship a secure product....
View ArticleChefConf 2016 - Save Your Crash Dummies!
With infrastructure and application automation we have gained the tools to change systems in the blink of an eye. However, with increasing size, complexity, and time, these components will inevitably...
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Using meta-profiles with Chef Compliance
This article demonstrates InSpec’s meta profile functionality in combination with Chef Compliance. This feature enables you to write profile overlays and to reuse controls from existing profiles. This...
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Windows Infrastructure Testing and Compliance with InSpec
InSpec is an infrastructure testing and compliance tool that allows you to write re-usable tests for your IT components. InSpec tests can easily be used in development and production environments to...
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InSpec for Docker
Docker environments enable you to manage fast-moving infrastructure. The faster you move, the better your test environment needs to be. InSpec provides that capability. With the recent addition of 3...
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HomeKit for Fritz!Box smart home devices
Every year at Christmas, I get some time to play with new exiting stuff. This year, I decided to play with my smart home devices. And of course, some intelligent personal assistant needs to be part of...
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InSpec for provisioning testing: Verify Terraform setups with InSpec
We want to bring the same testing experience known from configuration management to provisioning and InSpec 2.0 is making it happen. We are going to explain why it is important and how you can use...
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Achieve compliance with AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate
This example demonstrates how to implement continuous compliance in AWS environments with InSpec, Chef and Chef Automate.OverviewThe demo is based on a webinar presented by Mark Rambow and me. This...
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Getting started with InSpec for AWS. Testing for the cloud!
With the introduction of InSpec 2.0, we got the ability to test AWS environments. Within the next 5 minutes, you are ready to write InSpec tests to verify your AWS environment. Let’s...
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Google Cloud Platform support for InSpec
When we released InSpec 2.0 in February 2018, it shipped with native support for AWS and Azure. Over the course of the last 3 months, the InSpec team and community kept adding more AWS and Azure...
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