It’s easy to get stuck in a rut when you are accustomed to using a particular language or framework. But have you taken a look at what Node.js has to offer?
Node.js has a robust package manager, broad AWS support, and potential for rapid development, and in our opinion, it stacks up against Java, Go, Ruby on Rails, and Python. Take a look at five reasons why Node.js might be the perfect framework for your next project.
The Bitovi Team
Last time, we had refactored our basic one-line install of StackStorm and our custom pack into an Ansible playbook. The Ansible playbook works well enough on its own but still requires us to already have a server setup for Ansible to execute the playbook on. What if we didn't need that pre-existing server and were able to on-the-fly provision one for our playbook? This arena is where Infrastructure-as-Code (IAC) initiatives really shine and where I would now like to introduce BitOps.
Dylan Lundquist
This is the second part in a StackStorm tutorial series:
To complete this tutorial you will need:
If you prefer skipping ahead to the final solution, the code created in this tutorial is on Github.
Dylan Lundquist
Last Updated: December 01, 2022
Terraform is one of the best tools for provisioning cloud infrastructure, but when working with virtual machines lacks good support for SSH'ing on to the server to configure it. This is where Ansible shines.
Passing the output of Terraform in to Ansible is not a documented process, so we'll be looking at a practical example using Terraform to create an AWS EC2 instance and configure NGINX on it with Ansible. The whole process will be orchestrated using BitOps - an open source deployment tool that bundles and runs terraform and ansible executables.
Connor Graham
In the home, upon returning from shopping when your cellphone is detected on the network, you may want your WiFi enabled lights to come on automatically to a desired brightness depending on the time of day.
In the office, when a crucial system's data store is reaching capacity we may want to send an alert and create a Jira ticket to track remediation.
The question remains, how, or what do we use to 'listen' for these events?
Enter, StackStorm.
Dylan Lundquist
