This blog post accompanies my DH-Tech talk about config management. tl;dr : There is a recording available. Problems with infrastructure administration Operating an infrastructure can be hard. Among the most common problems is that of reproducibility, i.e. Is the documentation both current and correct? Is it clear how to do a fresh install or set up a secondary system? Another is that of uniformity, i.e. are there any standards?

Technology fails – at least sometimes. This is particularly true for a modern distributed research infrastructure, such as DARIAH-DE. For the operation of this infrastructure, we have implemented a monitoring solution with Icinga. This enables us to be informed about problems and react quickly.