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The Content

Headline: make it short and to the point
Write the post like a news story, with a lede and a nut graf above the fold.
"the fold" in this case is WordPress's tag, which you should always use, 'cause who wants to see a whole wall of text?
Use illustrative graphics. Put one above the fold, so that it shows up on the blog's index page and draws people in. All posts should at least have one graphic!
What's a lede? A sentence or two that, again, draws people in. There are many different types of ledes in journalism; for the purpose of a blog, the lede + nut graf answer the who/what/when/where/why/how questions, so folks know if they should read on.
Hyperlinks: Put links to any terms, content or concepts that you're referring to that aren't well-understood. Also make links to any other content you're referencing.

These notes were cribbed from the work that Sean O'Meara did for the Yum cookbook.

Ensure Travis integration is on in GitHub.
Set up Gemfile, Rakefile like the ones here
Set up .kitchen.cloud.yml
Set up a .travis.yml without all the encrypted secrets but with the tasks, matrix, etc. This .travis.yml needs to have env vars like DIGITAL_OCEAN_SSH_KEY_PATH set up unencrypted in the env->global section.
Install the Travis gem on your workstation. Encrypt the secrets you will use. This is the trickiest part:

	rules "throw errors on control group failures"

	rule on run control group
	when
	status = "failure"
	then
	notify("email_me", "Run control group \"{{ message.name }}\" just failed on {{ message.run.node_name }}!")
	notify("webhook_me")
	end
	end

	$ KITCHEN_YAML=.kitchen.cloud.yml kitchen converge
	-----> Starting Kitchen (v1.3.1)
	-----> Creating <default-centos-65>...
	Digital Ocean instance <4226737> created.
	(ssh ready)

	Finished creating <default-centos-65> (1m16.01s).
	-----> Converging <default-centos-65>...
	Preparing files for transfer
	Preparing dna.json

	package 'glibc' do
	action :upgrade
	not_if "rpm -q --changelog glibc \| grep -q 'CVE-2015-0235'"
	notifies :request_reboot, "reboot[ghost-detected]"
	end

	reboot 'ghost-detected' do
	action :cancel
	reason 'GHOST vulnerability detected, system must reboot'
	delay_mins 2

	#
	# Author:: Claudio Cesar Sanchez Tejeda <[email protected]>
	# Author:: Julian C. Dunn <[email protected]>
	# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
	#
	# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	# You may obtain a copy of the License at
	#
	# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

	#!/usr/bin/python
	#
	# Copyright 2013 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
	#
	# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	# You may obtain a copy of the License at
	#
	# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	#

	#!/bin/sh
	#
	# Note: On AIX, /bin/sh is Korn Shell. Don't use Bashisms here!

	# Partitions are too small to be useful. Expand them.
	chfs -a size=+2000000 /usr
	chfs -a size=+2000000 /opt
	chfs -a size=+2000000 /home
	chfs -a size=+2000000 /var
	chfs -a size=+2000000 /tmp