After the previous blog entry I wrote up, working through getting vagrant to spool up a vmware image I got a few other suggestions via Twitter. @adron Delete the “.vagrant” directory. — Mitchell Hashimoto (@mitchellh) April 26, 2013 @adron @mitchellh @jeffsussna @dberkholz @monkchips @sogrady did you delete your .vagrant subfolder and try again with –provider... Continue reading →

I’ve started using Vagrant pretty regularly. I downloaded Virtual Box and been tinkering away with some of the vagrant packages. The one huge bummer was that I was under the delusion that it only worked with Vagrant. Then, I was told by a fellow coder that I needed to check out the VMware Fusion plugin.... Continue reading →

Today I participated in the OpenShift Community Day here in Portland at the Doubletree Hotel. One of the things I wanted to research was the possibility of putting together a OpenShift Origin Cartridge for Riak. As with most PaaS Systems this isn’t the most straight forward process. The reason is simple, OpenShift and CloudFoundry have... Continue reading →

I wanted to write up an intro to getting Riak installed on AWS, even though the steps are absurdly simple and already available on the Basho Docs site, there’s a few extra notes that can be very helpful for a few specific points during the process. Start off by logging into AWS. At this point... Continue reading →

Today, albeit by obliviousness to the holiday, had scheduled “Riak Office Hours” at NedSpace today. Even with the holiday, we had a great turn out. Generally Office Hours & Open Hack type of meets are small, often 2-5 people. Today we had a whopping 10 people turn out! Open Ended Topics Each meet we have... Continue reading →