Talks I've given and files associated with them. https://talks.geneliverman.com Presented during SCaLE 22x - This is the presentation I gave at SCaLE 22x about choosing to fully embrace Gateway API for both north/south traffic and east/west traffic when doing a green field deployment of Kubernetes at work. Presentation PDF Presentation Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2025-03-07-Going-All-in-on-Gateway-API/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2025-03-07-Going-All-in-on-Gateway-API/ Presented as a Lightning Talk during Planet Nix 2025 - This is the lightning talk I gave at Planet Nix 2025 on a whim since they were looking for more speakers. It touches on the various things I currently mange with Nix on my macOS laptop and some of the extra things I manage on NixOS machines. For context, Planet... Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2025-03-06-Planet-Nix-Lightning-Talk/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2025-03-06-Planet-Nix-Lightning-Talk/ I organized and lead the Birds of a Feather session at Puppet’s annual conference in 2019. This included soliciting topics from our community, helping curate the submissions, and acting as MC during the event. Below is the session description from the event website: A Birds of a Feather session (BoF... Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2019-10-09-Puppetize-Birds-of-a-Feather/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2019-10-09-Puppetize-Birds-of-a-Feather/ Presented at the 2017 Tintri Customer Advisory Board - This is the presentation I gave at the 2017 Tintri Customer Advisory Board meeting in Sanoma, CA. It covers the following topics: Puppet Company Summary Current IT Focus & Goals IT Operations Organization model of IT to support Puppet’s business units and “Customer needs” Tintri at Puppet Current “Private Cloud”... Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2017-11-14-Tintri-CAB/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2017-11-14-Tintri-CAB/ Presented at ConfigMgmtCamp PDX 2017 - Abstract: Do you ever find that GPO’s are not enough to get things setup the way you would like? Tried DSC but found that it too doesn’t quite do what you need? Tired of using scripts to fill this gap? Maybe you’ve heard all the buzz over the last several... Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0400 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2017-08-03-Windows-Configuration-Management-with-Puppet/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2017-08-03-Windows-Configuration-Management-with-Puppet/ This is a copy of a training presentation I did to help our Application Specialist get up to speed on their new roles. The formatting of the actual presentation is a bit off as it was auto-converted to PowerPoint by Google Takeout. Presentation PowerPoint Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2017-02-17-Apps-Specialist-Training-Infrastructure-Overview/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2017-02-17-Apps-Specialist-Training-Infrastructure-Overview/ This is a copy of a presentation I did while rolling out Slack. The formatting of the actual presentation is a bit off as it was auto-converted to PowerPoint by Google Takeout. Presentation PowerPoint Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2017-02-16-Slack-for-UWG-Techs/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2017-02-16-Slack-for-UWG-Techs/ Presented at the USG Annual Computing Conference 2016 - This presentation talks about how we ran two content management systems for the University of West Georgia’s main website at the same time. It also references how you can do basically the same thing by using Nginx. Note: The formatting of the PowerPoint is a bit off as it was... Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0400 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2016-10-13-Dual-CMS-Routing/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2016-10-13-Dual-CMS-Routing/ Presented at the USG Annual Computing Conference 2015 - This is how the University of West Georgia automated much of the disaster recovery process for our Banner student information system. Presentation PowerPoint Resources https://github.com/genebean/tree-planter Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2015-10-21-Automating-Banner-Disaster-Recovery/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2015-10-21-Automating-Banner-Disaster-Recovery/ Presented at the USG Annual Computing Conference 2015 - This presentation talks my attempts at taking over the world with a Hubot. Note: The formatting of the PowerPoint is a bit off as it was auto-converted by Google Takeout. Presentation PowerPoint Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2015-10-20-World-Domination-One-Instant-Message-at-a-Time/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2015-10-20-World-Domination-One-Instant-Message-at-a-Time/ Presented at the USG Annual Computing Conference 2010 - This presentation outlines the process the University of West Georgia undertook to select a tool for doing remote support. I co-presented with Blake Adams. Presentation PowerPoint Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 https://talks.geneliverman.com/2010-10-22-Selecting-and-Implementing-the-Right-Remote-Support-Solution-for-Your-Institution/ https://talks.geneliverman.com/2010-10-22-Selecting-and-Implementing-the-Right-Remote-Support-Solution-for-Your-Institution/