to auto-provision an eco-system for java software development automate manual tasks that take time – is the DevOps culture – and setting up a development stack takes time, so we automate it java development stack components Which components orbit an IntelliJ or Eclipse IDE. How do we automate the creation of a ready-to-use software development environment? Let’s start at the
Read moreGit Commands | From Another Folder When you need to execute git commands with absolute paths (from another folder) – you turn to 3 command switches. –git-dir –work-tree and git -c –git-dir – specify the .git directory to use as the repository –work-tree – specify the git working copy path git -C – specify file or http url (no need
Read moreGit | How do I Search For Strings, Files and Folders These commands search the entire project in your working copy – that’s the simple way – but you can get funky and search all manner of corners using certain modifiers. It doesn’t matter at which directory level you are – unlike the Linux grep command that searches the folder
Read moreGit Push Via SSH | Howto Script Using SSH you want to script a git clone, a git commit and a git push. There are 3 steps to script changing a git repository via the ssh protocol. We create a SSH key pair, configure the backend git server (adding the public key), and then configure the front end git client
Read moreHow do you auto-provision an application service? This (real-world) example uses Vagrant and Ruby to auto-provision MongoDb for a Java application. installation is a small part of provisioning. Pay attention to the convention used. Understand the convention and you can auto-provision any middleware service using any iaas technology for any application. The 3 Provisioning Steps There are 3 distinct steps
Read moreProvision vs Install Auto provisioning a (Mongo) database end to end is not easy – many confuse installing and provisioning – one is just a small part of the other. Provisioning a database twists and turns like a snake on an obstacle course. DevOps (SRE) engineers are worth their weight in gold due to the number of technologies and angles
Read moreDoes Git Handle Empty Folders? The simple answer is no. Two git use cases pertaining to empty folders occur from time to time. When you want to remove an empty folder from the working area. create, add, commit and push an empty folder. Remove empty folders from Git The 2 ways to handle removing an empty folder from a Git
Read moreThe GitLab install on Ubuntu is the subject of this article. GitLab is resource hungry and fails when installed on VirtualBox VMs, Amazon Cloud EC2, and other “light” platforms. How to Install GitLab – 3 Steps Installing GitLab on a VirtualBox VM is first up and then we will discuss the differences for provisioning GitLab in its likely home on
Read moreGit Use Cases | Git Howto git search | how to use git grep and git ls-files Git – The 7 Simple Git Tasks create or connect to a Git repository branch the master line edit, add and delete files and folders commit (to the branch) frequently pull frequently (this makes the merge easier) push into the branch merge the
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