"This is a Java app. It needs JDK 1.6 and at least 1GB of RAM. It expects to write logs at /var/log/foo.log. It needs a MySQL database and Redis and Elasticsearch at configured hostnames and ports...
Wow, brittle. Can't Java use environment variables? And since when does development tell ops what hostnames a machine should have, not to mention how many instances to run?
Sorry, don't mean to jump all over you, but your words apparently jumped all over me. :)
Wow, brittle. Can't Java use environment variables? And since when does development tell ops what hostnames a machine should have, not to mention how many instances to run?
Sorry, don't mean to jump all over you, but your words apparently jumped all over me. :)