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AnthillPro Security for Auditors
Eric Starr over at Anthillizer provides a how-to for creating an Auditor Role in your AnthillPro. He suggests default "read" or "view" permissions across the board but no execute permissions. Seems like a reasonable strategy for most ...
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Feb 17, 2010
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Configure a Multiplatform Build in AnthillPro
A common build scenario is to need to compile on several different platforms. The basic build is all the same, but a couple parameters change platform to platform. Here we look at the basics of configuring this kind of scenario in AnthillPro. You need: ...
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Feb 15, 2010
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Chaperoning Promiscuous Software
Every developer has done it. We just needed a bit of XML parsing or a better utility for dealing with connections. So we downloaded a library, stuck it in our code base and used it. It feels good, but reusing software without testing and managing it is ...
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Jan 25, 2010
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New Property Loader
To kick off the new year, I put together a little plugin to address the age old problem: "Hey, how can I use my application's property file settings to change AnthillPro's behavior?" Ok, so most of you don't have that problem. But some of you do ...
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Jan 4, 2010
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New Ruby Plugin
We're pleased to release a new plugin for running Ruby scripts. Teams have been running Ruby scripts through the shell builder for quite a while and now have the option to use a full integration within AnthillPro. We allow you to track specific versions ...
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Dec 23, 2009
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Using VMWare with Temporary Test Environments
One of the things the economic down-turn has done, is refocus teams on efficiently using resources. Virtualization was already accelerating but remains an area where teams are trying to use the same hardware for a number of different purposes. ...
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Nov 19, 2009
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Request Contexts
In this article, we look at an advanced concept in AnthillPro: the context a build or deployment requests exists within. The idea of a request context is foreign to most AnthillPro users and administrators but is key to understanding how AnthillPro ...
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Nov 16, 2009
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Creating New Default Properties
Many teams have common conventions that are occasionally broken and would benefit from adding a new default property that they could override. This article looks at how teams can set-up smart defaults in AnthillPro.
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Nov 3, 2009
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Setting aside Build, Deploy, Test, Release
Ok, so AnthillPro is all about automating the build lifecycle: building, testing, deploying and all that good stuff. Go to the front page of AnthillPro.com and you'll see "Build. Deploy. Test. Release" displayed prominently - as it has been for ...
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Oct 22, 2009
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Manage Offline Deployment Servers with Selective Redeploys
Distributed deployments offer a wide variety of benefits to your applications lifecycle. While automating this process saves time and reduces errors, it would be impossible to plan for every setback. The following entry discusses how to determine which ...
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Jul 17, 2009
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