category: Devops

Recently I started work for a new employer who runs has a number of applications hosted on Heroku, my typical strategy when faced with a new environment and systems is try and get some monitoring in place as soon as possible. I do this for a few reasons: It enables me to establish a baseline for performance and behavior of the system. It lets me quickly zero on any areas I can help with....

Having recently started working with chef I have come up with a simple method of kickstarting use of it in the small end of town. This really is designed for those of use managing a large number of very similar servers, or a small number of simple servers. After watching this great presentation on chef by @benr from joyent, I decided it was time to roll up my sleeves and get started with chef....