Welcome to Episode 115 Main Topic * How has sysadminning changed + System Operator + System Administrator + BOFH references galore + The ability to automate builds made it easier to build faster + But systems were still mostly manually configured + Now systems were not bound to hardware in the traditional sense + VM Sprawl

    - Meant larger fleets to manage+ Templating and cloning makes standing up new machines even faster/simpler
+ Pets vs Cattle
+ Disposable systems
+ Containerization
+ Infrastructure as code!
+ On-demand functions like lambda
+ Any predictions on what Sysadmin will look like in 10 more years? Or even 5?!
  • Sysadmin in the classic sense
  • Early Build Automation (such as kickstart, and ghost)
  • Virtual Machines, and what that meant
  • Config management and automation
  • Cloud Deployments
  • What’s next?

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Intro and Outro music credit: Tri Tachyon, Digital MK 2
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