Tag Archives: Chef

Thoughts on AWS OpsWorks Application Management

Since RightScale pioneered the category of cloud management six years ago, we’ve watched a variety of players large and small offer software and services targeted at some form of management of cloud applications and resources. We like to keep tabs … Continue reading

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Best Practices: Managing Web Application Sessions

Everyone has an opinion about how you should write your application. Whether it’s the structure, language, or database (or not!) that you choose, there are plenty of people telling you what you should do, but not how to do it. … Continue reading

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RightScale Release: MultiCloud ServerTemplates and RightImages…

This is Part Two of our release series.  A couple weeks ago, we announced a lot of goodies and while we’re going to talk about some new stuff today, be sure to come back next week for more about our … Continue reading

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RightScale ServerTemplate Library and Machine Tags

Yesterday’s release of the RightScale platform introduced two new features that I’m really excited about: the ServerTemplate Library and the use of Machine Tags on servers. (Ooops, I shouldn’t forget the new features for RackSpace, but I’ll talk about those … Continue reading

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