Pulling the Strings
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Pulling the Strings podcast features Puppet community members discussing the latest trends in infrastructure automation, continuous compliance, and DevOps.
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Creating Community with an Employee Resource Group (ERG)
June 29, 2022 14:00 - 40 minutes - 56.7 MBCreating and maintaining community is hard, especially when you don't bump into each other in the hallways on the regular. And community is vital, especially when it advocates for you and helps create a safe space to bring your whole self to work. Todd and Melissa share their experiences with Puppet's Pride ERG and how they're using it to work towards systemic change. Learn More: Join our community at https://slack.puppet.com Find Melissa on Twitter as @mcasburn or on LinkedIn Find Todd ...
Managing your configuration management system shouldn't be hard
May 25, 2022 14:00 - 35 minutes - 50.1 MBManaging the configuration of an entire ecosystem is not an easy thing to do, and bootstrapping the system that manages that configuration is even more challenging. Edwin from Puppet’s Solutions Architects team shows us a tool they've built that aims to simplify that task. Learn more: Join our community at https://slack.puppet.com and chat with Edwin. Try out the module from its Forge page and file any issues on the linked source repository. Using Process Mapping to target your automatio...
CentOS 8 is EOL, so now what?
April 27, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBCentOS has become the de facto standard operating system for many organizations since it’s basically the same thing as RHEL, rebranded and without commercial support. CentOS was originally a community project, but over time Red Hat has become more influential in its direction and has shifted it to a "Stream" model, effectively moving CentOS 8 from being a downstream release (built after RHEL) to an upstream release (built before RHEL). This isn't exactly suitable for production use and thus...
Automating your way to compliance across your entire cloud infrastructure
March 09, 2022 15:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBCortez worked his way up through the ranks as a cloud security and compliance engineer, managing hundreds of production applications. Now he's taking those grueling lessons and teaching the team at Relay how to automate away tedium and toil. Join us as Cortez shares stories from the field and some of the motivation behind Relay's cloud compliance enforcement capabilities. Learn more: Join our community at https://slack.puppet.com Find more about Relay at https://relay.sh Let us know abo...
Practice and prepare for your next security threat
February 09, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 45.1 MBThe recent log4j fiasco reminded us that not only is it important to stay updated and current with security news, but it's also critical to have safe ways to deploy configuration updates or orchestrate reporting/remediation scripts across your infrastructure as quickly as possible. Jeremy and Nick join us today to share best practices and automation suggestions. Learn more: Join our community at https://slack.puppet.com Contribute to the module at https://github.com/puppetlabs/log4jscanne...
How Puppet's open source DNA is paving the path ahead
January 12, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 45.2 MBPuppet has been open source since day one and our success has largely been built on community contributions. One could even say that it's part of our DNA. Now the question is where do we take it from here? Puppet CTO Abby Kearns and Chief Architect Chip Childers have a long and storied history with open source. Join us to hear their thoughts on how Puppet will map out the open source roadmap ahead. Learn more: Join the Puppet Community Slack, we'd love to hear your ideas. Take a look at ...
The best part of the PowerShell Gallery is that it's on the Puppet Forge
December 15, 2021 15:00 - 51 minutes - 48.5 MBThe DSC configuration engine is the standard way to manage Windows systems, and it’s incredibly powerful. Now it's easier to use too, because all the PowerShell Gallery DSC resources are only a `puppet module install` away. Mike and Bill are here to tell you the whole story, from building the integration and the publication pipeline to deploying DSC Resources for customers and debugging them in the field. Learn more: Using PowerShell DSC Resources with Puppet Puppet & DSC: Puppetizing an...
A paradigm shift: Puppet and ServiceNow integrations
November 17, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutes - 33.4 MBUser research shows that a huge number of our customers were using ServiceNow alongside Puppet Enterprise. It only made sense to teach the tools how to integrate with each other so that users didn't have to switch between them. Molly and Milad join us from Puppet's Integrations team to tell us how they put user experience front and center when building the new extensions. Learn more: Join our community at https://slack.puppet.com Find more about the integration at http://puppet.com/integ...
Learn at your convenience with Puppet Practice Labs
July 14, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 24.3 MBLearning new tools is hard enough on its own. But then you often have to install software, set up a working environment, download a dev kit, or more. Our Education team recently released the new Puppet Practice Labs, which let you learn the Puppet ecosystem at your own pace and remove all these impediments from your progress. The labs run right in your browser and require no extra downloads. And best of all, they're free and you can access them any time. Many are even short enough that you ...
Being out at work and the importance of role models
June 16, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBPride is a celebration of our true selves -- of loving yourself for who you are, and of accepting and loving others for who they are. It can be a challenge to feel safe being out and proud without role models providing guidance and showing the way. Listen to Melissa Casburn share her personal and professional journey. Learn More: To go more in depth, read Melissa’s post on Medium
CTO Chronicles: The DevOps Edition
June 09, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 34.3 MBAbby Kearns and Deepak Giridharagopal share their unique experience of being co-CTOs and where Puppet is headed in the near future on this episode of Pulling the Strings. Learn more: Stay up to date with Abby’s Medium or follow her on Twitter. Follow Deepak on Twitter and LinkedIn.
The keys to unlock your developer voice
May 26, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBBen Ford explains the importance of content and why developer insights help to build stronger communities on this episode of Pulling the Strings podcast. He also provides details on a better Puppet Developer Kit (PDK) and improvements to the Puppet Forge. Learn More: Learn more about the Puppet Developer Experience. Make your voice heard
Beaker's past, present and future
May 05, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 23.4 MBAcceptance testing is fun, I know! In this episode of Pulling the Strings, Lucy Wyman, Gene Liverman, and Trevor Vaughan explain multi-node testing with Beaker, how Beaker is different from Litmus, and future plans for Beaker. Learn More: Install Beaker here. Watch the presentation of Beaker with PDK. Join the Puppet Community on Slack. Learn more about Vox Pupuli.
Virtualization & Kubernetes: Why another abstraction?
April 07, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBI had virtualization… Then you gave me Kubernetes on top of virtualization. I thought Kubernetes was supposed to be the answer, and now you’re telling me it’s not the answer and I need something else on top of Kubernetes?! The conundrum is solved on this episode of Pulling the Strings with Martez Reed and Bruno Andrade. Learn More The Puppet Kubernetes module Watch how you can install and bootstrap a Kubernetes cluster with the Puppet Kubernetes module.
Life after the State of DevOps Report - Scaling DevOps
March 17, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 28.9 MBHear about the behind-the-scenes process of creating the 2020 State of DevOps Report. Nigel Kersten and Michael Stahnke dive deep into the data that drives the narrative of the report and take us on a journey dissecting numerous conversations with IT DevOps practitioners and decision makers alike in this episode. Learn more Download the 2020 State of DevOps Report. Read the 2020 DevOps Salary Report to discover how salaries changed during the pandemic.
The gateway elixir to automated infrastructure testing
February 03, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes - 22.1 MBWhat is Onceover testing you may ask? A tool to automatically run basic tests on an entire Puppet controlrepo, it was written mostly while sipping inflight cocktails on airplanes. Dylan Ratcliffe explains Onceover testing and addresses some of the reasons it exists in the first place. Tune in to gain the clarity you need for your automation woes. Learn More Get started with Onceover. Learn how to use Onceover to start testing your Puppet Control repository.
Puppet Comply
January 13, 2021 15:00 - 25 minutes - 24.1 MBAlex Hin shares his expertise from years in the cybersecurity industry on compliance and the importance behind adhering to CIS benchmarks. Learn More Learn more about Puppet Comply. See a demo of Puppet Comply in this session from Puppetize Digital. Learn more about Puppet’s journey into Continuous Compliance.
The benefits of using Hiera Data Manager
December 23, 2020 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBMartin Alfke from example42 drills down into the unique value of Hiera Data Manager and how it heavily reduces time needed for data analysis and setting. Learn More Hiera Data Manager
Halloween Edition: 2020 DevOps horror stories
December 02, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBWe know Halloween is over; however, these #DevOps stories are still mentally wreaking havoc on all that was involved. Ben Ford, Rob Nelson, and Mike Smith bravely share their experiences that were close to creating resume generating events in this episode. Tune in for how they recovered and the timeless lessons learned.
The power of UX design at Puppet
October 28, 2020 14:00 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBWhat has 2020 brought us besides cultural and operational change? Hopefully, it has pushed you to appreciate the aesthetically pleasing design of Puppet’s User Interface. Rick Monro is one of the wizards behind the architecture curtain of the Puppet UX. Rick explains why IT Directors should care about UX Design, some of the ethics around the new Puppet code terminology, and how he designs the Puppet Way in this episode. Learn More Puppet Test Pilots: https://puppet.com/community/puppet-te...
OSP Assist: The one-stop Open Source Portal
October 14, 2020 14:00 - 21 minutes - 20.5 MBHave you hit a wall with your Open Source automation platform? Are you frustrated that your support has been limited? Well, Jesse Brennan and Claire Hernandez will calm your nerves with four words: Open Source Puppet Assist. They share how you can gain access to exclusive tools and content on Puppet, and help you make sure that you don’t take your Open Source journey alone. Visit the OSP Assist Portal: https://ospassist.puppet.com/hc/en-us
Open Source Stewards Unite
September 23, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 19.6 MBAs the new normal continues, the evolution of open-source software thrives. Lucy Wyman runs down the evolution and importance of Puppet’s Open Source Stewards on this episode. Learn more Find out why Puppet is moving toward a more diverse culture and also removing harmful language from its code and the correlation to #blacklivesmatter movement SeaGL: https://seagl.org/
Hydra: leveraging Slack to build seamlessly
September 02, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 19.6 MBAre you using Slack to do cool things (other than chatting about Netflix episodes at the virtual water cooler)? In today’s episode, Martez Reed and Demetrius Malbrough discuss how Hydra integrates with Slack to create and scale virtual environments. If you are interested in how your environment can be automatically created and spun up behind the scenes, this episode is for you!
How to build an awesome open source community
August 12, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBWhat do you get when you mix DevOps Engineers, BBQ, and uncontrollable fits of throwing yourself off of mountains? You get Tim Meusel and Robert Müller dropping science around Vox Pupuli and how to build an awesome open source community. They also share some valuable insights around how they got started with Ruby, some lessons learned from a few mistakes they’ve made, and most importantly how to get involved with Vox Pupuli in this episode of Pulling the Strings Podcast. Learn more Docume...
Modules, APIs, & SLAs: Automating Backups with Rubrik & Puppet
July 22, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBHave you considered putting your backups on auto-pilot? Rebecca Fitzhugh, Director of Developer Relations at Rubrik, discusses the modules that leverage Puppet on Pulling the Strings. Learn how to automate your Service Level Agreements and a simple way to install Backup Connectors across a fleet of servers simultaneously. After listening to this episode and grabbing the module off of GitHub, your boss might consider giving you an extra vacation day. Be sure to stay until the end to learn abo...
All coding and no games keeps the fun away
June 24, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes - 16.2 MBWhat does cross-team collaboration, git murder mysteries, and role-playing games have in common? The incredible DevOps superpowers of Ben Ford and Garrett Rowell answer those questions for you in this Pulling the Strings episode. Their collaboration resulted in an engaging game that debuted during Puppet Camp for attendees to play. The rocking, virtual scavenger hunt allows you to use your technical skills to solve problems while also having fun at the same time. Put your headphones on and c...
How to clean up the DevOps dumping ground with Relay
June 10, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 18 MBCloud teams are drowning in an increasing, unsustainable volume of external events: cloud events, git events, monitoring alerts, tickets, incidents, and others. In response, engineers manually perform a disparate set of actions across various cloud providers, container platforms, CI/CD tools, config mgmt tools, and hundreds of other APIs. To make this better, some developers try to create their one-off automation tools or integration hubs, usually per team or project. Eric Sorenson and Melis...
What's new with the Puppet VS Code Extension, anyway?
April 16, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBPuppet's developer experience has been through a lot of growing pains. Many of us learned Puppet before the PDK existed, when the state of the art was SSHing into a Puppet master, manually making a module's directory structure, and cracking open Vim to edit our manifests. Some of us still do that; old habits die hard. But the point is that the barrier to entry used to be really high, and it didn't have to be. James Pogran is a Puppet developer on a mission to change that and simplify the exp...
Continuous Delivery and Cloud Native Infrastructure with Nebula Team
December 11, 2019 23:32 - 11 minutes - 11.7 MBIn this podcast, Eric Sorenson and Melissa Sussmann will be exploring the challenges that DevOps engineers face in using cloud-native infrastructure and how Puppet can help with your deployments. Continuous deployment is essential to the growing cloud-native space, especially in the case of containerization. Everyone we’ve interviewed is looking to adopt cloud-native technologies, but they face significant challenges in adopting containers, microservices, and serverless infrastructure for e...
Continuous Delivery and Cloud-Native Infrastructure with Nebula team
November 14, 2019 15:00 - 11 minutes - 11 BytesIn this podcast, Eric Sorenson and Melissa Sussmann will be exploring the challenges that DevOps engineers face in using cloud-native infrastructure and how Puppet can help with your deployments. Continuous deployment is essential to the growing cloud-native space, especially in the case of containerization. Everyone we’ve interviewed is looking to adopt cloud-native technologies, but they face significant challenges in adopting containers, microservices, and serverless infrastructure for ...
2019 State of DevOps Report chat: Security is boring when it's working
October 23, 2019 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBPuppet’s Nigel Kersten and CircleCI’s Mike Stahnke go behind-the-scenes of the 2019 report to talk about the shift to a security-focused report and where they see these challenges heading and evolving. Learn more • Download the 2019 State of DevOps Report • Listen to: Doing the DevOps with Yasmin Rajabi and Nick Maludy
Doing the DevOps with Yasmin Rajabi and Nick Maludy
October 08, 2019 22:20 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBIn today’s episode, we talk to Nick Maludy DevOps Manager at Encore Technologies. He shares his career journey going from a developer to managing teams and applying DevOps at scale. Doing the DevOps can be hard and transformation takes time, Nick shares insight on how his team has implemented changes and continues to improve over time. Learn what tools they used and what advice he has to help introduce DevOps into your teams. Mentioned in the episode: • Nick's twitter: @NickMaludy • P...
Automation and parenting: data-driven diaper changing and more
October 07, 2019 22:50 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MBWe’re covering a few DevOps parallels, data-driven diaper changing, and, apparently, Baby Shark. Taking care of a newborn is a gargantuan task for everyone involved. We invite one of our technologists to tell us more about how he and his partner are automating the rough manual tasks away to make more time for rest and peace of mind. Automating chunks of the newborn/baby experience is beyond software. It’s about taking out manual tasks to make more time for important things… like sleep. * ...
Doing the DevOps with Yasmin Rajabi and Nick Maludy
October 02, 2019 14:00 - 21 minutes - 21 BytesIn today’s episode, we talk to Nick Maludy DevOps Manager at Encore Technologies. He shares his career journey going from a developer to managing teams and applying DevOps at scale. Doing the DevOps can be hard and transformation takes time, Nick shares insight on how his team has implemented changes and continues to improve over time. Learn what tools they used and what advice he has to help introduce DevOps into your teams. Mentioned in the episode: • Nick's twitter: @NickMaludy • Pup...
Contributor Summit was a lot of firsts. What's next?
September 30, 2019 17:45 - 38 minutes - 36.2 MBLast month, we spent two and a half days in Budapest with some of our best community friends. I think the summary of Contributor Summit was the one common complaint I heard: "There was too much good content and it was really hard to decide between workshops!" said everybody. That's a really good problem to have and is the hallmark of a great experience. The key was in how the event was organized. Rather than tightly control the messaging, we simply asked our facilitators to build workshops...
Introducing Puppet at Scale: a panel discussion on IT automation and model trains
September 23, 2019 22:50 - 33 minutes - 31 MBSometimes big challenges need to be tested and solved for at a much smaller scale. In this case, it’s the 1:87 model train scale with an interesting experiment coming out of Puppet. Learn more about a new way to bring people together and automate with Bolt. On this episode, Engineers Cas, Ken, Jacob, and Managing Editor Andrew chat about “bolting” remote task orchestration and automation onto a HO-scale model train set. The vision: sending Bolt plans to operate a model train at Puppet’s P...
The best of the rest of Puppetize PDX
September 12, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBYou've probably heard that we've got a conference coming up soon. But have you also heard about the exciting additional events going on around Puppetize PDX? We're coming back home to Portland, and are super excited to show you some of our favorite parts of our city. We've added a few extra events into the Puppetize PDX agenda and in this podcast, we'll talk with a small handful of Puppet employees who're helping facilitate some of those experiences for you. They range from integral parts o...
If I tell you, I'd have to kill you: Puppet in Federal Environments
June 28, 2019 18:20 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this podcast, Eric talks with Bryan Belanger from Fervid about working with Puppet in highly regulated compute environments. As a consultant for US Government agencies, Bryan's been working to get "Authority to Operate" for governmental cloud services, to speed up time to delivery and reduce compliance risk. The Puppet modules for STIG hardening, especially for Windows servers, let them build a baseline from existing systems and enforce that across the environment. We talk about the Forge...
Contributor Summit 2019: Budapest
May 21, 2019 16:45 - 14 minutes - 13 MBI hope to see you in Budapest, 4-5 June. Contributor Summit is just around the corner and we can't wait to catch up with you. Budapest will be beautiful in June and we've got two days of workshops, collaboration, hacking, and discussions on the present and future of Puppet projects lined up for you. For some of you, this will be the first time we've met face to face, and that's pretty exciting! And don't forget, Project Month is going on right now, and you'll have the opportunity to presen...
Community Spotlight: Vox Pupuli
May 08, 2019 14:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBVox Pupuli has long been the backbone of the open source Puppet community. But as often happens when a group is so capable and ubiquitous, sometimes the work done by individuals in the group goes unsung. In this episode, Eric and Hunter tell the story of their own involvement in the group and share some fun historical stories. Today's musical intro was recorded by Eric Putnam. *Ben Ford is a developer advocate at Puppet.*
Bolt: Uniting Models and Tasks
April 04, 2019 00:25 - 33 minutes - 31 MBOne of Puppet’s big strengths is declarative automation – you model the desired end state of your infrastructure and Puppet does the hard work of enforcing it. This concept is quite powerful and has become the industry standard for configuration management. But sometimes your workflow doesn't quite fit into that pattern. Sometimes you really do need to deploy point-in-time changes, or mix imperative and declarative approaches together in a single workflow. With Bolt, we've learned from the ...
Guest Feature: Learning from the greybeards with @DevOpsFables
March 07, 2019 01:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBIt seems like every day is another paradigm shift anymore. SaaS, PaaS, configuration management, cloud native, immutable infrastructure, serverless, and so on. But one has to ask, what do we lose by always chasing the bleeding edge? Information hiding, API contracts, and other ways of abstracting away implementation details are all part of solid system architecture. Are there patterns from yesterday that we should continue applying towards the new ways of working today and tomorrow? George ...
Community Spotlight: Corey's Bitcoin Miner
February 06, 2019 17:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBWe're all familiar with Puppet's main forte; that of managing configuration for computers, servers, cloud instances, etc. But as with any tool, community members often… color outside the lines. Carrying on with our community spotlight series, this episode highlights one of those unusual usages. Corey Osman started this project by using Puppet to manage tiny IoT devices but ended up building a whole management framework out of Puppet and Bolt technologies. Let's get started and hear his stor...
Community Spotlight: Puppet Debugger
February 05, 2019 21:10 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBWe're kicking off 2019 with a bang and a series of spotlights on notable community members and their achievements. We've got some great shows lined up for you, from useful development tools, to community experiences, to lessons we could learn from the history of computing. Let's get started today with Corey Osman of Portland, Oregon who's built a command line REPL. This quick screencast shows some of the capabilities of the tool: 
September 01, 2017 15:00 - 25 minutes - 25 BytesThe Puppet Development Kit makes it easier than ever to develop and test Puppet modules by providing a simple, unified interface to a set of helpful tools for anyone who writes or consumes Puppet code. Leveraging the Puppet Development Kit, it’s now possible to: Quickly get started developing modules using best practices and new tools that enable you to develop, test and publish high-quality Puppet modules with confidence. Shift quality to the left by catching issues earlier and faster be...
Puppet Podcast: Meet Lumogon
May 23, 2017 15:00 - 17 minutes - 17 BytesEditor's note: The Lumogon open source project is now unmaintained. The technology is part of Puppet Discovery, which lets you discover what's running in your hybrid infrastructure — from servers to VMs, cloud instances and containers. On May 11th, we announced Lumogon™, a new technology for inspecting, reporting on, and analyzing your container applications. In our podcast about Lumogon, we hear from Kenaz Kwa, Lumogon’s product manager, and Tyler Pace, Lumogon’s UX architect, on the chal...
Security and DevOps: Puppet Podcast with Gareth Rushgrove
November 16, 2016 00:53 - 41 minutes - 41 BytesSign up for our podcast on iTunes or subscribe to our feed with your favorite player. Welcome to the final episode of our three-part infrastructure security series. Puppet senior software engineer Gareth Rushgrove chats about the future of infrastructure security, and how breaking down organizational silos can help devs, sysadmins and security experts work better together. Gareth discusses how other DevOps practices like test-driven development and continuous delivery can help you create ...
Puppet Podcast: Security with Luke Kanies and Chris Barker
October 31, 2016 17:53 - 35 minutes - 35 BytesSign up for our podcast on iTunes or subscribe to our feed with your favorite player. In this podcast about IT security, hear Puppet founder Luke Kanies talk about how he built security into Puppet from the beginning; how his thinking on security has evolved; how locking down systems too tightly can actually make your IT infrastructure less secure; the security challenges of containers and the Internet of Things; and more. Puppet engineer Chris Barker brings his experience to the table, t...
Puppet Podcast: Security with Ben Hughes of Etsy
October 11, 2016 21:14 - 20 minutes - 20 BytesSign up for our podcast on iTunes or subscribe to our feed with your favorite player. The Puppet Podcast is back with a three-part series on security. “But wait, isn’t Puppet all about DevOps?” you ask. Here’s the thing: People have always used Puppet for security. (Check out Bill Weiss’ talk at PuppetConf to learn more.) In this episode, we chat with Ben Hughes from Etsy about DevOps and security working together. Turns out, security professionals are people too, and having empathy for th...
Gene Kim on Being a Change Agent in IT & insights from DevOps Enterprise Summit
April 17, 2015 21:00 - 16 minutes - 16 BytesNote: This podcast was originally posted on November 6th, and we're reposting it to our main podcast channel. Welcome to the Conversations with Puppet Labs podcast. We'll be talking with folks in the industry about a variety of topics that affect IT operations. Over the next few weeks, we'll focus on what it means to be a change agent in your organization, and how ops can influence positive change. We'll explore the challenges and roadblocks you might come across when trying to implement ...