Bill Wear

34 posts

MAAS Developer Advocate

Stormrider is a tech enthusiast whose passion for computer programming and the UNIX system led to a lifelong exploration of technology. Starting with early experiences in a college computer lab, Stormrider became captivated by the simplicity and power of UNIX, which eventually led to the discovery of org-mode. Embracing org-mode and its versatile capabilities, Stormrider found a perfect match for their organizational and productivity needs. With a love for abstraction and a desire to simplify complex tasks, org-mode became an integral part of their life and work, allowing them to thrive in various endeavors. Today, Stormrider continues to embrace the power of org-mode and shares their journey of leveraging technology and language to optimize efficiency and creativity.

Bill Wear
25 February 2020

Quick-add KVMs for MAAS

MAAS Cloud and server

When designing or testing with MAAS, it’s often handy to start with virtual machines. If you’re just on your laptop, and you want to check out a new MAAS version, or mock up some datacentre idea you’ve been considering, KVMs are often very useful. You could create pods, of course, but it’s also very simple

Bill Wear
25 February 2020

Bill Wear
19 February 2020

MAAS doc example: MGH

MAAS Cloud and server

We’re creating a cohesive example to give the MAAS documentation some built-in coherence. Have a look.

Bill Wear
19 February 2020

Bill Wear
18 February 2020

MAAS 2.7 released

MAAS Cloud and server

Following on from MAAS 2.6.2, we are happy to announce that MAAS 2.7 is now available. This release features some critical bug fixes, along with some exciting new features. CentOS 8 image support For some time, our users have been asking for the capability to deploy CentOS 8 images in MAAS. With the advent of

Bill Wear
18 February 2020

Bill Wear
21 January 2020

MAAS doc undergoing major updates

Article MAAS

I want to start using real-world examples and neat networking configurations and other problem-oriented efforts as my baseline for writing. Heck, I’d even like to try using MAAS to control my little Raspberry Pi farm, although that’s probably not the recommended configuration, and I’m not sure how PXE-booting would work yet.

Bill Wear
21 January 2020

Bill Wear
9 January 2020

MAAS readying enhanced network testing and link checking

Article MAAS

Enhanced MAAS Network Testing and Link Checking With the upcoming release of MAAS 2.7, Metal-as-a-Service has gained new network testing and link-checking features. These features identify broken and slow network links when you try to commission machines, notifying you when there are discrepancies. In this release,...

Bill Wear
9 January 2020

Bill Wear
13 November 2019

foo.c

Article Cloud and server

I remember my first foo. It was September, 1974, on a PDP-11/40, in the second-floor lab at the local community college. It was an amazing experience for a fourteen-year-old, admitted at 12 to audit night classes because his dad was a part-time instructor and full-time polymath. I should warn you, I’m not the genius in

Bill Wear
13 November 2019