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A Brief Introduction to Linux Containers with LXC

Scott Lowe

In this post, I’m going to provide a brief introduction to working with Linux containers via LXC. To do that, you’ll add the “-d” parameter to the command: lxc-start -d -n <container name> This launches your container in the background. A Brief Introduction to Linux Containers with LXC.

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Technology Short Take 158

Scott Lowe

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. See this page for instructions on how to enable BBR on Debian 10. A “highly evasive” Linux malware named OrBit has emerged; see here for more details. Hopefully I’ve managed to find something useful for someone. Networking.

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Technology Short Take 124

Scott Lowe

And yes, normally I’d publish this on a Friday, but I messed up and forgot. Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. 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. Networking.

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Fix for Strange Issue Booting KVM Guests

Scott Lowe

I’d been struggling with this issue for quite some time now, but only recently found what I believe to be the final fix for the problem. This was an important step in educating myself on Linux, KVM, libvirt, and Open vSwitch (OVS), all of which are critical core components in most installations of OpenStack.

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COMS002: Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure with Data Plane Virtualization

Scott Lowe

In recent years, we’ve seen more devices running off-the-shelf software (like Linux). Is the Linux bridge efficient enough? These optimizations include things like Data Direct I/O (DDIO), VT-d, QPI, and QuickAssist (this helps with pattern matching, crypto, and compression).

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A Quick Introduction to CoreOS

Scott Lowe

CoreOS, in case you haven’t heard of it, is a highly streamlined Linux distribution designed with containers, massive server deployments, and distributed systems/applications in mind. systemd is not unique to CoreOS; it is the new standard system and service manager for Linux. A Brief Introduction to Linux Containers with LXC.

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Using ODrive for Cloud Storage on Linux

Scott Lowe

A few months ago, I stumbled across a service called ODrive (“Oh” Drive) that allows you to combine multiple cloud storage services together. Since that time, I’ve been experimenting with ODrive, testing it to see how well it works, if at all, with my Fedora Linux environment. Fedora, for example, already has ~/.local/bin

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