BitOps Open Meeting (23 Nov 2022): v2.2.0 release overview, CLI Ops Repo Generator, Secrets Masking, Local plugin install

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We invite everyone (developers, adopters, or just curious people) to join the bi-weekly BitOps Community 1 hour Meeting on Wednesday, 23 Nov 2022, 12:00 PM US East to discuss the ongoing project developments, updates, and plans, share use cases and stories or ask/answer questions about BitOps tool.

See #288 for the meeting link and schedule.

Agenda

Follow-ups from the previous #351 Meeting

• BitOps landing page (@mickmcgrath13 @armab)
  • BitOps 1-3min intro Video (@PhillypHenning)
• Update BitOps HeyEmoji blog to v2 (@armab)
• Update Combine Terraform and Ansible to Provision and Configure a Web Server to v2 (@LeoDiazL)
• Trying Twitch: BitOps HeyEmoji demo

BitOps v2.2 release overview

v2.2.0 release is out. Highlight the changes that landed in this release.

• https://github.com/bitovi/bitops/releases/tag/v2.2.0
• https://github.com/bitovi/bitops/milestone/8?closed=1

Discussion: BitOps CLI Repo Generator - 3 CLI Options

@PhillypHenning did a quick experiment writing a BitOps Golang CLI tool: #348
#173 highlights some of the initial ideas, while BitOps OpsRepo generator CLI: 3 options #353 discussion provides a breakdown between the 3 implementations with Python vs Golang path to BitOps CLI: pros & cons.
^^ Be prepared with the opinions so we need to decide where we want to go.

Feature: Secrets Masking

Initial take by @mickmcgrath13 #345 and the discussion in #208 about the secrets masking feature about different approaches, pros/cons and what do we want in this iteration.

Development: Local plugin install (@mickmcgrath13)

@mickmcgrath13 to highlight #349 new feature which allows setting local file:// for plugin install instead of remote git clone.