Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Cole Atkinson discusses the fact that osxfuse is no longer open source , and the ramifications of this development on open source in general. The investment in your family will pay off in later years, trust me. Networking.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Components involved include the open source Kuma service mesh (in turn leveraging Envoy), anycast BGP, and mutual TLS (mTLS). Servers/Hardware. William Lam takes a look at some potentially interesting homelab hardware. A redesign for Apple’s long-stagnant System Preferences app? Seriously.). Yes, please.

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Galido

JULY 20, 2018

Many iPhone users and Apple fanboys alike stand by their product no matter how limited Apple makes their storage capacities, while Android geeks have long time been able to freely add storage/memory cards to their devices and take advantage of more powerful hardware. Aesthetics, Hardware and Price.

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Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Servers/Hardware. As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Check back next time!

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Servers/Hardware. The big news in the hardware space recently was the article regarding the purported Chinese hardware supply chain attack. Of the (innumerable) articles commenting on the hardware hack, this article by Joe FitzPatrick and this ErrataSec article caught my eye. Operating Systems/Applications.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 5, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Although I’ve by and large moved away from Apple hardware (I still have a MacBook Pro running macOS that sees very little use, and a Mac Pro running Fedora), I did see this article regarding a new keyboard for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Operating Systems/Applications. Kubernetes 1.15

Storage 60

Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Xavier Avrillier walks readers through using Antrea (a Kubernetes CNI built on top of Open vSwitch—a topic I’ve touched on a time or two) to provide on-premise load balancing in Kubernetes. Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Open source has become so critical to so many aspects of our computing infrastructure. Uh oh… more hardware exploits. I recently stumbled across Ricardo Sueiras’ “AWS open source news and updates” posts. Adrian’s operational review readiness template is another great post as well.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Early in a new year is a great time for predictions.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

For all your other desktop software needs, there’s usually a free, open-source program that can do just as good a job. Another advantage, which Mint shares with other Linux distros, is it runs on low-power hardware. This is an image of the Mint operating system which you can use to run or install the operating system.

Linux 106

Linux Windows How To Operating Systems 106

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Here’s a good source. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. While written for OS X, most of these tips apply to Linux or other Unix-like operating systems as well. In part 1 , he covered installation, primarily centered around LVM and file system mount options. Any thoughts?

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2020

I don’t have any links for servers/hardware or security in today’s Short Take, but hopefully there’s enough linked content in the other sections that you’ll still find something useful. Servers/Hardware. I recently stumbled across this regular list of AWS open source news and updates by Ricardo Sueiras.

Storage 60

Storage Tools Architecture Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Servers/Hardware. This article is about hardware, just not the hardware I’d typically talk about in this section—instead, it’s about Philips Hue light bulbs. Operating Systems/Applications. For readers who may be new to networking, Daniel Wray has a write-up on network cabling. That’s cool.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Servers/Hardware. James Hamilton is back with a more in-depth look at the components of the AWS Nitro System. Operating Systems/Applications. Paul Fitzgerald shows how to use Hyper-V and Docker to build a VyOS 1.2.0 Virtualization.

Operating Systems 60

Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Servers/Hardware. The CNCF blog has a great article written by an Alibaba software engineer (Xingyu Chen) on some performance optimizations for etcd that have been contributed back to the open source community. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Tim Hinrichs discusses securing the Kubernetes API with Open Policy Agent. This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems. ” Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. could make RDP connections to modern Windows systems. Jase McCarty talks about how to backup or recover storage policy-based management (SPBM) profiles. Ivan Pepelnjak shares a Python script that creates Ansible inventory from Vagrant’s SSH configuration.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Early in a new year is a great time for predictions.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

“Whether companies are pursuing space ventures of their own or maturing cutting-edge systems to one day offer a new service to NASA, the agency is dedicated to helping bring new capabilities to market for our mutual benefit.”. Northrop Grumman Space Systems) of Dulles, Va., Kent, Wash.-based AI SpaceFactory of Secaucus, N.J.,

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Research System Development Energy 120

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. This was the source of some confusion in the past; the move to Moby sidesteps those concerns. Fun read if you’re into custom builds.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. This was the source of some confusion in the past; the move to Moby sidesteps those concerns. Fun read if you’re into custom builds.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Serve The Home takes a critical look at the Bloomberg Supermicro stories, debunking or at least calling into question many details of the alleged hardware hack as reported by Bloomberg. Non-code contributions are, in my opinion, an important but oft-overlooked aspect of open source communities.

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Now I really want to see hardware security key support in the desktop and mobile apps! Operating Systems/Applications. Eric Sloof mentions the NSX-T load balancing encyclopedia (found here ), which intends to be an authoritative resource to NSX-T load balancing configuration and management.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Ryan Kelly shows readers how to configure Harbor (open source container registry project) to use Amazon S3 for storage. Ben Armstrong shows how you can use Hyper-V storage resource pools to help ease migration of workloads between data centers.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Examples 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Who says you can’t please everyone all the time?

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. Servers/Hardware. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Servers/Hardware. While all the attention is “up the stack,” there are still some occasions when you need to worry about the details in the hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. I’m not sure if this falls into storage or virtualization, but we’ll place it here in the Storage section.

Vmware 65

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 65

Scott Lowe

APRIL 27, 2018

Cilium, the open source project working to bring eBPF-powered networking and security to Kubernetes environments, has hit the 1.0 Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. VMware has released a PowerCLI preview/fling for NSX-T; Kyle Ruddy has a write-up here. Your mileage may vary, of course.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Open Source Security 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Via Maish Saidel-Keesing, I saw this post about 10 open source Kubernetes tools for highly effective SRE and Ops teams. Operating Systems/Applications. Mark Peek talks about Dispatch , the open source serverless framework VMware recently released. Nothing this time around.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Students will get hands-on experience installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Courses Free in May. Then this course is for you.

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Servers/Hardware. I’ll keep an eye open for links to include next time around. Operating Systems/Applications. The popular open source container registry project, Harbor , has released a new version (version 1.2). Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Nick Korte shares some “lessons learned” as his team explored VMware vSAN as a storage solution. Steve Tilkens has a review of some different storage options he’s explored in his VMware-based home lab. Nothing this time around (sorry!).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

This is an interesting project to watch, I think—it’s porting OVN (Open Virtual Network) from a “traditional” OvS back-end to an IOVisor-based back-end (IOVisor implements the data plane in eBPF). Servers/Hardware. I noted that a Vagrant provider for vRealize Automation was recently released as an open source project.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The one caveat to his approach that may be worth mentioning is that some policies (a PodSecurityPolicy or the use of Open Policy Agent) may prevent the user from launching a Pod connected to the host’s network namespace. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Nothing this time; sorry! Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. Servers/Hardware. Colin Lynch gives a “first look” at the Cisco UCS Generation 3 hardware , which may be of interest if you’re a UCS customer or looking at purchasing UCS.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60