Top "Infrastructure" questions

Why is it not advisable to have the database and web server on the same machine?

Listening to Scott Hanselman's interview with the Stack Overflow team (part 1 and 2), he was adamant that the SQL server and …

database security networking infrastructure hardware-infrastructure
Copy local file if exists, using ansible

I'm working in a project, and we use ansible to create a deploy a cluster of servers. One of the …

ansible ansible-playbook infrastructure
What is the difference between architecture and infrastructure in software?

I just posted a question asking the difference between MapR and Cloudera's architecture and used "architecture" and "infrastructure" interchangeably. Is …

architecture infrastructure
How to show maintenance page during deployment?

I want to plan a schedule maintenance down time on one of my production asp.net website hosted on IIS …

asp.net deployment infrastructure
Vagrant in production

I've been reading about Vagrant, and I find it quite useful for my development. I am currently managing a series …

virtualhost vagrant infrastructure
How to pass Variables to Terraform modules via CLI or tfvars file?

(Please note: after receiving initial answers, this issue seems to not be just an issue with passing the variables, but …

digital-ocean devops terraform configuration-management infrastructure
Verbose cmake: How to get more diagnostics?

I am getting some strange error from cmake : loading initial cache file ../../Tweaks/compiler-rt/arm.txt -- Performing Test COMPILER_…

build cmake configure infrastructure verbose
Concrete symptoms of over-engineering

I have recently found myself in the position of explaining an (In-House) application I have written to two candidates my …

architecture infrastructure
Hardware requirement for apache kafka

I am building a production environment where I will be having Apache Kafka. I want to know the best hardware …

apache-kafka infrastructure
Benefits and Hindrances of Regular Server Reboots

In the ears of working in multiple teams, I've met multiple infrastructure managers that instituted a policy of weekly server …

hardware infrastructure