I've been hacked, or not?

[Amos Shapira]

Please allow me to disagree,

I see top value in spending some time to learn to set it up automatically -
it'll pay itself in spades every time you have to update anything on that
server, let alone migrate or rebuild it.

Setting up a test environment with Vagrant, setting things up with Puppet
(or whatever else is your favourite poison), testing the changes with
Serverspec and friends shouldn't take more than a day of hacking, will make
you much more relaxed about maintaining this server, and give you fantastic
tools to use in your other work.

E.g. I'm hacking now on my own project and see the value of automatic tests
so as my code progresses, I can make sure I didn't break something which
worked before. Sure its a hassle to kickstart it but once it's up it's
invaluable.

On 14 April 2015 at 12:53, Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz> wrote:

> Yes. That's top advice IF you are working off someone elses money and/or
> paying for your own time.
>
> If, however, this is something done in your spare time, serving mostly you
> and being paid for out of your own pocket, the difference between 8€/mo and
> what you said becomes big.
>
> Shachar
> On Apr 14, 2015 3:02 AM, Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 14 April 2015 at 02:34, Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz> wrote:
>
>> If I just reinstall the server (both time consuming and expensive, as I
>> need provision a temporary server to make a smooth transition), I'm still
>> going to be open to the same attack vector unless I do something.
>>
>
> Don't you have a DR plan?
> How about automating the server setup, so you can both test changes (ever
> heard of Vagrant?) and get it back to life without worrying about it?
>
> Remember - todays servers should be treated like cattle, not pets:
> http://image.slidesharecdn.com/cerndatacentreevolution-sdcd2012-121119074533-phpapp02/95/cern-data-centre-evolution-17-638.jpg
>
> (from http://www.slideshare.net/gmccance/cern-data-centre-evolution,
> origin at
> http://www.slideshare.net/randybias/pets-vs-cattle-the-elastic-cloud-story
> )
>
> --Amos
>
>


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