Author: Surendra Anne

Chef: How to run specific version of cookbook on node

These days I am working more on the chef to automate infrastructure. The Opscode’s chef is an excellent tool among Puppet, Ansible, and Saltstack. When compared to other tools chef have more learning curve but once you get the flow you love it. The chef is a pull-based configuration management tool that said it pull configuration changes onto the node. Sometimes you want to pull specific cookbook version instead of default version mention in chef environment. We can use the chef-client command on node machine to run once with just our desired cookbook instead of all cookbook available to...

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Review: CloudBerry Backup for Linux/Unix

    Cloud backup software functions very much like conventional backup software. The fundamental difference with a cloud backup is that your data transmits over the Internet to be securely stored in a professional data center. If you can find a high-quality cloud backup software application that is a good value and purchase a perpetual software license, then you avoid recurring subscription costs. The most significant advantage in backing up your critical data backed to cloud storage: it’s entirely off-site—away from your home or office—which makes it quite safe from fire, removal, theft, or other catastrophes. If you’re an IT pro with many cloud storage accounts, multiple computers and servers under management; or you need professional features that basic tools don’t offer, CloudBerry may just be the right solution. For those who want to get a quick summary before proceeding to the details, let’s have a quick look at the strengths of CloudBerry Backup: 256-bit AES encryption Image-based backup (coming soon for Linux) Support for many different cloud storage platforms Cloud backup, direct cloud-to-cloud backup, and local backup Data deduplication One-time payment for the software (as compared to a subscription service) CloudBerry Backup for Linux provides both UI and command-line interfaces. The GUI interface is rather intuitive, though corporate and industrial system administrators will often engage with the product through the command line—often using SSH. Versions of CloudBerry Backup...

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5 Steps to merge a GIT branch

If you are working in development for a long time, you should know what version control system and a GIT is. In this post, we will see what a GIT branch is and how to merge a branch to other branch or a master in git repository. What is a GIT branch? GIT store all the files and data in a repository. This repository is a centralized location where we store all data by versioning controlling them. A branch is nothing but a complete replica of a repository which effectively forks within your repository. At the time of new branch creation,...

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My name is Surendra Kumar Anne. I hail from Vijayawada which is cultural capital of south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. I am a Linux evangelist who believes in Hard work, A down to earth person, Likes to share knowledge with others, Loves dogs, Likes photography. At present I work at Bank of America as Sr. Analyst Systems and Administration. You can contact me at surendra (@) linuxnix dot com.