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In this article, we would like to introduce Chef, an automation tool integrated with Maestro, that allows us to set up and configure the necessary infrastructure components quickly and change the configuration if needed.   Thus, Chef can substantively simplify the process of configuring typical infrastructure models, sparing DevOps specialists' time and efforts on the project. How does Chef work? Chef consists of several major components: server, client, roles, cookbooks, recipes, etc. The Chef workstation represents the computer / instance, from which all the work is performed. The workstation is operated by an administrator. The Chef server is a comprehensive product, containing the database, file storage, web server etc. The server is intended to provide instructions to Chef clients who request these instructions. In the beginning, the administrator creates an organization on the Chef server. The authorization to this organization is performed secure...

In this article, we would like to introduce Ansible, an automation tool for provisioning and configuring virtual infrastructures, allowing to install software on virtual machines and manage large clusters of VMs on different cloud providers. In brief, Ansible can easily become an effort-saving alternative to a DevOps engineer. How does Ansible work? Let's take a closer look at how Ansible works. For example, we need to install software on all computers in the office. There are around one hundred computers to be affected, all with the Linux operating system. To perform such a task effectively, the developers came up with the solution - an automation tool called Ansible . This tool is represented by an Ansible node, which does not contain the client-side, i.e., you do not need a client to be installed on instances. The node identifies the necessary computers and installs the required software on them. Such workflow relieves the system administrator of the necessity to ...

We‘ve been continuously upgrading Maestro administration to meet our users’ growing demands and going up with the tides of the continually developing virtual infrastructure solutions. In this release, you can see brief overviews for the most expected improvements of the latest time: Maestro UI redesign We have reviewed the design of the Maestro application to  increase our application’s usability and make the experience of working with Maestro more effortless and intuitively understandable: Navigation restructuring – Rebuilding the Menu to make it minimalistic, intuitive, and recognizable throughout the solution. Introducing Main and sub-menus for easy navigation across functionality (tenant groups and regions). Dashboard focused on User Type – Highlighting three main user types (Sales, Financial, Technical) in the enhanced layout. The respective content is now displayed for each user type. Management page redesign – Improving tabs layout to provide more intuitive an...