Monthly Archives: November 2014


Too many Chefs spoil the broth

Too many Chefs spoil the broth

I’ve recently deiced that it was time to assess my knowledge and skills when it comes to Chef, and a couple of other stuff as well, but focusing on Chef for now. After reading many articles, blog post, documentation and setup small environments, I just wanted to know what my level of understanding is and identify possible knowledge gaps.

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Azure VM Reset admin account

JS Code Coverage Part 2

Recently discovered the option to reset the username and password for the local administrator account for Azure VMs. I found this in Michael Washam’s, Automating Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services, which is a pretty interesting book, however more on that later.

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Azure Resource Groups

Azure Resource Groups

The new Azure Portal is somewhat different. I must admit that I wasn’t a big fan of the new format initially. It’s looking somewhat clunky and not very efficient when it comes to screen real state at first. However, over time I started to like the new Portal more and more. You have to spend some time exploring it.

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