Learn & talk about Configuration Management

Summer is coming and the sun is shining, and there’s hardly any better way to celebrate than to gather together, have a cold beer and think about configuration management!

The first talk is an almost objective comparison of agentless and agent based configuration management. Setting the stage for a hopefully lively discussion of the pros and cons of both techniques. Does one size fit all? Bring your opinions. We'll try to bring a fire extinguisher for the flame war.

After the break we'll move on to Configuration as Code: Using Ansible to manage Windows based Jenkins agents. Ansible support for the Microsoft Windows platform has evolved a great deal over the last year. In this session, we will see how to enable Ansible in Windows, and a demo on how to manage Jenkins agents with different set of capabilities.

AGENDA

17:30 - 17:45 Introduction, welcome words
17:45 - 18:15 Martin Neiiendam: Agent based vs agentless configuration management
18:15 - 18:45 Break: hygge, snacks and drinks by our host Maersk!
18:45 - 19:15 Morten Christensen: Configuration as Code - Using Ansible to manage Windows based Jenkins agents
19:15 -> hygge, drinks and possible surprise content!