What Is DevOps And Why Does It Matter?

Silvia Briscoe is a network engineer at F5 for several years as well as a working mother, Linux user, Dev Ops enthusiast, and board member of Software Freedom School (https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus).

Anthony Sayre is a business development manager at Advanced Systems Group, an experienced IT storage engineer, a Linux enthusiast, and also a board member of Software Freedom School and founder of IT for Non-Traditional Learners (https://www.meetup.com/it-ntl/)

Come here them talk about Linux, DevOps, a brief history of IT, and how it led to DevOps philosophy/concepts/tools, and how you can get involved in this exploding industry.

You don’t have to be an expert for this to be helpful for a career in tech! Understanding these concepts generally helps break down barriers between business-side, software developers, and IT operations groups.

We’ll end with a short demo of Ansible, a popular DevOps tool used to stand-up and manage resources. We’ll show you quickly you can set up a webserver!

Agenda:

6:00-6:30 - Mingle, Eat/Drink, and Welcome/Housekeeping

6:45 - Presentation

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