[plug] SAGE-AU Meeting, Tuesday 4 Nov: Configuration management systems (Tom Hallam)

[Alastair Irvine]

Dear all,

Our meeting for November 2014 will be on Tuesday evening, week after 
next. Please come along and bring a friend! Or three! It will be 
fun*.

Please RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/SAGE-AU-WA/events/211130082/

* Even though there are rules regarding drinks; see below.

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            SAGE-AU Western Australian Chapter Meeting
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TITLE:   Configuration management systems

DATE:    Tuesday 4th November 2014

TIME:    6:00 PM (drinks), 6:30 PM (meeting)

VENUE:   Moon and Sixpence British Pub
         300 Murray St
         Perth 6000

CONTACT: Alastair Irvine <alastair.irvine at computer.org>
         0490 249709


.: AGENDA :.
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[6:00pm]  Meet for drinks and chat at "The Stables" in the rear of 
the pub.  The area is roped off with signage announcing the 
meeting.

[6:25pm]  Migration to the Raine Room of the adjoining Comfort Inn.

Drinks rules: Please remember that we have been asked not to take 
our drinks from the Moon and Sixpence to the meeting room any more.  
However, given that rules tend be illogical, there is a loophole.

It turns out that Raine Room operates as part of La Bohème's 
liquor license.  So if you go from the hotel lobby through the 
bistro into the other pub (on Murray Street, corner of William 
Street) you can buy a drink there and bring that into the meeting 
room.  No pretending; there are probably cameras.

[6:30pm]  Welcome & Introductions.

[6:35pm]  Meeting commences.

November's guest is Tom Hallam.

He will discuss configuration management systems.  He’ll compare 
SALT and Puppet as examples of different approaches.  This is based 
on his experience deploying SALT and ten Puppet servers to manage 
over 350 Red Hat desktops and 30 Red Hat servers at UWA. The 
presentation will be fairly informal with plenty of scope for 
discussion.

Tom is an IT Manager and Systems Administrator with over 25 years 
experience working on Mac, PC and Unix/Linux systems in the tertiary 
sector.  He's been involved in SAGE-AU on and off for over 14 years.  
He used to organise the SAGE-WA meetings.

[7:30pm]  Meeting close. Migration back to the pub for drinks, Q&A, 
and General Discussion of current IT issues.

Hope to see you there!


.: DIRECTIONS :.
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The Moon and Sixpence pub is located on Murray Street, Perth, 
between Queen and William Streets. It is within easy walking 
distance of the Busport, Wellington Street Bus Station (temporarily 
relocated to Roe St), Perth Train Station and less than 100 meters 
from Perth Underground Train Station. For those who are driving, 
Murray Street is now two-way, and conveniently accessible from the 
CBD, the freeway and West Perth. Parking is available from one of 
several City of Perth carparks located along Murray Street, as well 
as in bays on Murray Street itself.

Find your way there with Google Maps: http://bit.ly/35b23N


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Alastair Irvine, Warpspace IT <http://www.warpspace.net/>
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