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Technology Short Take #77

Scott Lowe

Simon Leinen (from SWITCHengines) explains their use of IPv6 with OpenStack. There was a fair amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth when Apple updated the MacBook Pro line with the Touch Bar. The post is a bit geeky but quite informative, and worth reading if SSH bastion hosts are a key part of your architecture.

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Technology Short Take #57

Scott Lowe

Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. A lot of people think tools like Consul are only valuable in “next-generation” microservices-based architectures, but Benny’s article shows how it can add a lot of value in “traditional” architectures. on an Apple Xserve 3,1. Networking.

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Technology Short Take #65

Scott Lowe

Want to run Docker Swarm with IPv6? GitHub recently changed their storage architecture, using a Git-based solution called DGit. Psst, hey Frank: “Mac” is the hardware from Apple, “MAC” is an acronym that stands for Media Access Control (in networking circles, as in “MAC address”) or “Mandatory Access Control” (in security circles).

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