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Production deployment tools

Similar to building software, tools should be used to deploy production server updates (whether DB, website, router configurations, etc). The use of tools reduces certain types of human error (missed steps for example). What tools are available…
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How to best tune a Windows development machine?

How to best tune a Windows PC for development purposes?
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Moving Vmware Workstation VM to another host causes reactivation

I need to find a solution for developers using virtual environments with VMWare Workstation 7. We develop in different and incompatible environments. Presently almost a week is lost when modifying a developers PC for a particular environment. We…
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What are good practices for distinguishing production environment from others?

My main area of work is programming, and I sometimes have to perform some actions on production servers (when deploying application or configuring something...). So my question is, what should be done to be as sure as I can be that I don't mess up…
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Can DSC be used to configure IIS on a Windows 10 workstation

I couldn't find this on the interwebs and it seems like a obvious use case to me Is it possible run Windows Desired State Configuration / DSC on a Windows 10 workstation? For example, setting up IIS websites on development machines using DSC in…
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Which free RDBMS is best for small in-house development?

I am the sole sysadmin for a small firm of about 50 people, and I have been asked to develop an in-house application for tracking job completion and providing reports based on that data. I'm planning on building it as a web application. I have…
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SQL Server Developer Edition versus SQL Server Standard

not sure I understand this but I am going to throw my assumption out there: SQL Server 2008 Standard & Enterprises editions are for running full database services on server (not just but for comparative sake), and SQL Server Developer Edition is…
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Concerns about Apache per-Vhost logging setup

I'm both senior developer and sysadmin in my company, so i'm trying to deal with the needs of both activities. I've set up our apache box, wich deals with 30-50 domains atm (and hopefully will grow larger) and hosts both production and development…
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nginx for local development

I want to use nginx for local development. This means I want to prevent other machines from being able to access my web server so it can only be accessed via localhost. Under the server settings in sites-enabled/default I changed my code to location…
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Virtualized Development Server for simulating 3-Tier Environment

I am thinking about buying a new server based development box for development (redundantly redundant, I know ;)). Ideally, I want to run something like ESXi or Xen Hypervisor at the lowest level. Then I want to add (at least) 5 Linux VM's for the…
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How to choose server hardware for software development company?

we need to choose some server hardware for a small software development company (10-15 developers and 15-20 network users in total). We have some common tasks like Internet access (firewall), e-mail (SPAM filter), local NNTP server, local FTP…
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Practical effects of setting dev.example.com to 127.0.0.1

The idea is to point a DNS entry to 127.0.0.1, so that it's possible to test "inline installation" of browser extensions. Here's an example service that does this: http://readme.localtest.me/ I'm considering doing this for my own DNS entries. …
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How to distribute a custom WinPE disk

I'm looking into creating a WinPE disk that runs a custom cleanup utility that can be distributed to clients. I'm hoping to get some clarity on how companies legally distribute custom WinPE disks without getting heat from MS. I've been told that if…
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docker development with Node.js and binary node_modules

I am working on a docker image for a development environment for my Node.js app. When running the docker image, a volume is mounted so that the source code of my app is shared with the container from the host. The problem I am running into is that,…
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Using SharePoint to access and modify data in database

I have a situation where I currently have a huge spreadsheet that is used for tracking 40+ deliverables for projects. The spreadsheet solution is past cumbersome. I have been thinking about how I can use our SharePoint instance to handle some of…
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