RPM Packaging for Sysadmins

Half Day Morning
(9:00 am-12:30 pm)

Nautilus 4

Cloud Computing
S5
David Nalley, Apache CloudStack/Fedora
Description: 

Packaging software is a must for consistent and automated system provisioning and maintenance, yet very few people do so. We will explore why sysadmins should package software, what benefits accrue to software packagers, and how to package your software.

Who should attend: 

System adminstrators with a modicum of experience who have an interest in further automating their environments, and advanced sysadmins who have little or no experience with packaging.

Take back to work: 

An understanding of the benefits of packaging and the ability to begin packaging immediately.

Topics include: 
  • Automation
  • Consistency
  • Packaging's serendipitous benefits
  • How to package software
  • Tools to make packaging easier