The next major release version of Zabbix is now available! Zabbix 3.2 brings both new features and many UI and performance improvements along with it.
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Tag: announcements
GitHub Improvements
GitHub has recently announced a whole lot of improvements to their service and functionality. For me personally the following bits were super exiciting.
Improvements to the code review
Approve or require changes
You’re no longer left on your own to figure out if a comment was important. Or if that emoji means “Go ahead, looks great!” Or “Please no, this is likely going to bring the site down!”
With Reviews, you can leave your comments as suggestions, approve the changes, or request additional changes—on any pull request.
Improvements to the GitHub Profile page
See what’s behind your green squares
GitHub profiles show your life and career as a developer. We’ve taken the contribution graph to new heights with your GitHub timeline—a snapshot of your most important triumphs and contributions.
But there is more – projects, notes, comment drafts, etc. Check the full announcement.
WordPress 4.4 “Clifford” released
This post comes to you from the WordPress 4.4 “Clifford” that was just released.
And, have you upgraded yet?
Calypso – the new WordPress admin interface
Matt Mullenweg shares some exciting news – WordPress is getting a major overhaul of its admin interface. Completely rewritten in JavaScript, with API support in the backend, it is fast, modern, and will push WordPress right into the future.
Check it out on WordPress.com today! It shouldn’t be too long before JetPack brings it to all the self-hosted sites as a feature.
Here’s the comparison table for old and new.
Red Hat acquires Ansible
Linux Weekly News reports that Red Hat acquires Ansible. There are quite a few configuration management tools around, and it was only the matter of time until Red Hat, with all its corporate client base, would buy one. Or pledge allegiance. My personal preference would be in Puppet, but Puppet comes from the Ruby world, where’s Red Hat is more of a Python shop.
Ansible’s simple and agentless approach, unlike competing solutions, does not require any special coding skills, removing some of the most significant barriers to automation across IT. From deployment and configuration to rolling upgrades, by adding Ansible to its hybrid management portfolio, Red Hat will help customers to:
- Deploy and manage applications across private and public clouds.
- Speed service delivery through DevOps initiatives.
- Streamline OpenStack installations and upgrades.
- Accelerate container adoption by simplifying orchestration and configuration.
The upstream Ansible project is one of the most popular open source automation projects on GitHub with an active and highly engaged community, encompassing nearly 1,200 contributors. Ansible automation is being used by a growing number of Fortune 100 companies, powering large and complex private cloud environments, and the company has received several notable accolades, including a 2015 InfoWorld Bossie Award, recognizing the best open source datacenter and cloud software.
Regardless, though, of my personal preferences, these are good news for configuration management and automation.