Security is always the top concern for RackN. It’s understandable to be concerned if the December 21 Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) will impact the Digital Rebar Platform. Since the platform is written in Golang and does not rely on Java, there is no exposure to Digital Rebar. RackN is committed to maintaining high standards for security and
Economies of scale are the holy grail in business. This prize is the “raison d’être” of many merger, acquisition, and automation projects. Increases in productivity, decreases in cost, or both will be realized if economies of scale are achieved. With the constant changes in technology over the last several decades and the exponential growth in
Technology adoption is accelerating exponentially. Today, new technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and blockchain are being integrated into service offerings. Because of this, business units are demanding real-time data collection and massive data analytics. However, technology infrastructure needs to be flexible, scalable, and adaptable to meet this acceleration. So I challenge you: Will
No doubt about it, keeping IT systems in compliance can be scary. It doesn’t matter if you’re trying to keep systems in regulatory, security, or even site compliance. The challenge of maintaining compliance is being able pull systems into compliance if they drift. So, how do you automate compliance?. What is DevOps compliance? Ultimately, It
We’re excited to highlight that RackN officially added Rocky Linux support in our recent Digital Rebar v4.7 release! Rocky Linux provides a community maintained alternate to CentOS for operators who are concerned about IBM Red Hat’s migration of the distribution to stream releases. See the Cloud2030 discussion for more details. This 12 minute video shows
Sept 1, 2021 RackN has released Digital Rebar v4.7 for general use. In addition to a major RackN UX update, this release rolls up a range of Digital Rebar fixes and performance improvements. Important Notices For v4.7, operators should be aware that Port 8090 is now required to be accessible for Digital Rebar endpoints. This
Over the past several weeks we have discussed the four types of automation. We by describing provisioning and configuration automation, and why zipping the two together help you build automated infrastructures. Next, we showed how automating monitoring data can make your architectures resilient. This post is about orchestration automation. It will show that infrastructure automation
For the last several weeks, we’ve been discussing the four types of automation. First, we outlined the different types and how zipping together provisioning and configuration automation make them more effective. This week we’ll dive deep into monitoring data automation. This type of automation is the most essential element for building successful long-term systems. However,
Can automation cure all infrastructure and IT woes? We’re finding automation is much harder than we’d like to admit. Perhaps that’s because we don’t consider the four types of automation. Why is Automation Difficult? Why does using automation to perform ordinary operations feel like running into a wall? Repeatable tasks such as building clusters, configuring operating
Pair of recent posts from TFiR discuss how RackN is changing the game with infrastructure automation. On Digital Rebar v4.6: RackN has announced the release of RackN Digital Rebar v4.6, which introduces a load of new features including continuous provisioning automation with self-contained high availability and multi-platform universal workflow. On Bare Metal IaC: With the
