My random notes, written for people with the attention span of a cat. =)

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4Cats.Info

Shifting the Focal Point…

After giving it some thought, rather than just migrate from the old host, I’ve decided that this Blog needs a new focus…

Ponderings and Observations

DR Drills and PTO

During my one of my recent interviews, my interviewer let slip out the detail that nobody is allowed to go on vacation during the 2-3 DR Drills they have every year…

AWS

32-Bit Netmask???

If the Netmask is 32-bits long, what portion of the IP address is the Host?

Notify and Subscribe

Notify and Subscribe are two sides of an event triggered metaparameter, similar to how Require and Before can work together. When a resource changes, it

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Require vs. Before

When writing a manifest, either Require or Before can be used to set up dependency chains. Why should you use one vs. the other? Require

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Parameters vs. Properties

Parameters and Properties are different in Puppet. A Parameter defines HOW a Resource should be managed, but NOT the value. (i.e.  Use init instead of

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Starting the Process

Confucius said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. After starting and restarting a few books from my Safari Bookshelf,

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