Chris Short (He/Him/His)

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Detroit, MI

Open Source Champion Emerging Contributor Award 2017 People's Choice Award 2018 Author DevOps Cloud Linux SysAdmin CentOS Community Manager Creative Commons Fedora Contributor Club

Authored Content

A quickstart guide to Ansible

Download the Ansible Automation for SysAdmins guide.

“Gears” by Andrew Magill is licensed under CC BY 2.0

The people, processes, and tools of DevOps in 2018

Check out the 2018 DevOps dirty dozen—the 12 most popular articles from the year.

5 Firefox extensions to protect your privacy

Keep your browser from leaking your data with these privacy-focused tools.

5 military phrases for DevOps practitioners

Many of the armed forces' colorful euphemisms are equally at home in DevOps.

16 blogs and newsletters to follow for DevOps practitioners

It's important to keep up with trends in this fast-paced world of technology.

Performance made easy with Linux containers

Navigating the container security ecosystem

As container adoption increases, security automation will become a critical element of every organization's workflow.

Contributed Content

Gift ideas for Sysadmin Appreciation Day

What was the best gift you received as a sysadmin? Take our poll and check out some gift ideas for Sysadmin Appreciation Day.

DevOps for introverted people

We asked the Opensource.com DevOps team to talk about their experience as DevOps introverts and to give DevOps extroverts some advice. Here are their answers.

5 ways to say thanks to your DevOps team

When #HugOps isn't enough to show your gratitude.

13 must-read books to take your DevOps skills to the next level

This reading list includes uncommon books to fine-tune your DevOps practice.

Overcoming language and distance barriers in open source projects

Linux computer maker to move manufacturing to the U.S.

System76 explains why the company will soon make its computers in Denver.

Authored Cheat Sheets and Downloads

Ansible Automation for SysAdmins

By Chris Short

Download this quickstart guide to getting started with Ansible

Authored Comments

chrisshort

13 Dec 2017

10 must-read DevOps resources

As I'm not familiar with the situation you experienced I will reserve my comment for the moment. But, Chris Collins' post today might answer your question: https://opensource.com/article/17/12/will-devops-steal-my-job

chrisshort

2 Feb 2017

Announcing the 2017 Opensource.com Community Awards winners

Congrats to all!