<div id="geary-body"><div><br></div></div><div id="geary-quote">My pleasure guys, glad you found it useful! I thought it was pretty good myself. Not to mention free breakfast, lunch and swag is always a bonus!<div><br></div><div>Tony<br><div><br></div><div><br>On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Edward O. Holcroft via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">#metoo</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks Antony for the heads up.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">_________________________________________ </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:11pt">Edward O. Holcroft</b><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">IT Operations Manager</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:11pt">Madsen, Kneppers & Associates, Inc.</b><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">Construction Consultants & Engineers </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">11695 Johns Creek Parkway, Suite 250</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">Johns Creek, GA 30097</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">O</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"> 770.446.9606 | </span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">F</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"> 770.446.9612 | </span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px">C</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"> 770.630.0949 | <a href="mailto:eholcroft@mkainc.com" target="_blank">eholcroft@mkainc.com</a></span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><a href="http://www.mkainc.com" target="_blank">www.mkainc.com</a> </span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Scott Plante via Ale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000">I went today to the workshop you mentioned below, Antony, and thought it was worthwhile and informative for someone like me who hadn't done anything with Ansible before. <div><br></div><div>Thanks for the link because I wouldn't have known about the workshop otherwise!<br><br><div><span name="x"></span>--<br>Scott Plante <br><br><span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="m_2249148977205430269zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>From: </b>"Antony Natale" <<a href="mailto:antonynatale@gmail.com" target="_blank">antonynatale@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Edward O. Holcroft" <<a href="mailto:eholcroft@mkainc.com" target="_blank">eholcroft@mkainc.com</a>>, "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, November 18, 2017 5:09:38 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] Puppet vs chef vs ansible vs ???<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div dir="auto">Don't know if there are anymore open spots but a few coworkers and I are going to a free Ansible workshop in December from Red Hat. I've only played with a little of each and Ansible seems to be the simplest and quickest to get going and powerful too. Here's a link to that workshop. As they said to me when I got the email "it fills up quickly so book asap"<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto"><a href="https://ansibleworkshop.com/workshops/Atlanta" target="_blank">https://ansibleworkshop.com/<wbr>workshops/Atlanta</a><br><br></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have just started looking into automation with Puppet. Before I go too far down the rabbit I was hoping to get the opinions on this list about the best tool to use. I have a basic puppet server running, but am still not sure it's the best road to be on.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">"Best" in my case typically means "easiest to get up and running with automation". I don't need the most powerful or most awesome tool, my environment is small, about 70 servers, a mix of CentOS and Ubuntu.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm somewhat experienced with Linux but a total noob on this Puppet thing ... been putting off learning about ti for way too long. So where's the best place to start?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">ed</div><div><div class="m_2249148977205430269gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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