Our Linux and open source experts work as systems engineers on the daily maintenance of the infrastructure. We bring along our DevOps & open source expertise to onboard new tools and help with the adoption of proven DevOps principles in systems engineering.
Our focus is assisting the team responsible for the digital learning environment. The day-to-day varies from deploying new technology stacks to migrating, renewing, and updating existing technologies.
The collaboration between University Ghent and Inuits focused on three main areas:
Our team works together with Ghent University to implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. We support tools like Puppet, a powerful configuration management tool, to automate and create reliable environments. With Puppet, Ghent University can achieve standardized system deployments.
Jenkins plays a crucial role in the software development lifecycle. By using Jenkins, the team achieves continuous software deployments. Its robust capabilities, including continuous integration, and automated testing, result in an efficient delivery of software updates.
To enhance the scalability of the system, we assisted University Ghent in implementing container orchestration using Nomad. Nomad is a platform for container orchestration, enabling seamless deployment and scaling of applications.
Consul, a service discovery and orchestration tool, is used to manage and coordinate services within the infrastructure. With service registration, health checks, and automated load balancing, we can optimize the overall performance and resilience of the systems.
We bring our monitoring and observability expertise and support Icinga2, a monitoring and alerting tool, to provide comprehensive insights into the system’s performance and health. Icinga allows for real-time monitoring and proactive issue identification.
Foreman is used as an infrastructure management and configuration tool, providing comprehensive control and visibility over the infrastructure at University Ghent.
In collaboration with University Ghent, we have embarked on a journey to optimize the system management processes. Through the implementation of automation, container orchestration, and advanced monitoring, we have improved their operations, unlocking efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
Our long-standing partnership with University Ghent spans since 2009, with four dedicated consultants working closely with their team.
We have been collaborating with Inuits for over 15 years. Throughout this time, they have consistently brought wild and innovative ideas to our university. Working with Inuits' consultants is always a pleasure due to their trademark - passion for ICT and open source.
Johan Van Camp - Head Of ICT Infrastructure at University Ghent
