Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2023

Prior to the recent Spousetivities post , it had been a few months since I posted on the site; life has been busy, and it hasn’t left much time for blogging. As a side note, I am curious to know what other CPU architectures, if any, are affected. Will something like this spark a (larger) migration to ARM-based architectures?

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Linux Academy

JUNE 4, 2019

The Serverless Framework is an open-source project that replaces traditional platforms (hardware, operating systems) with a platform that can run in a cloud environment. The post Going Serverless: Where to Start appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. What is serverless framework? Why use it? Vendor lock-in is a concern.

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Linux Cloud Architecture Open Source 92

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Chris Evans revisits the discussion regarding Arm processor architectures in the public cloud. And, speaking of Arm processor architectures in the public cloud, here’s another look at Amazon’s Graviton2 and Graviton3 chips, as discussed in a pair of re:Invent talks. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Top Tech Websites 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Thus it is essential to always stay on top of news and information, whether it be by newsletter, following RSS feeds and blogs, tutorials or going back to school. Find the links to these blogs in the descriptions below.

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Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. This post on using SPIFFE/SPIRE, Kubernetes, and Envoy together shows how to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) for a simple application. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

Maegan Jong and Dominik Tornow have a blog series that, in their words, “aims to advance the understanding of Kubernetes and its underlying concepts.” VentureBeat discusses Armv9 , a new architectural update for Arm-based CPUs. Pulumi recently released version 3; get more details on the latest release in this blog post.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This is an older article, but hopefully still useful nevertheless: Brian Mathews explains how to use the linkerd sidecar to find and fix application issues on Kubernetes. Check out this blog post on the AWS re:Invent announcement , and take a look at Weave’s blog post on their involvement. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Study Group in May. If so, this is the course for you.

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Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

The Google Project Zero blog takes a look at iMessage in iOS 14. This blog post by Alex DeBrie on AWS API Gateway access logs is a real tour de force. Operating Systems/Applications. Alex Gurbych discusses a microservices architecture, including adapting the concepts to actual services and offerings from AWS.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code. Jon Langemak is blogging again, and he jumps back into the “blogging saddle” with a post on working with tc on Linux systems.

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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. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 9, 2019

As the name implies, it focuses on testing one’s ability to architect applications and infrastructures on Amazon Web Services, which is something many organizations are looking for. Understand AWS architectural best practices. Knowledge of migrating existing on-premises applications to AWS. Implement cost-control strategies.

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Galido

APRIL 9, 2020

Information Technology Blog - - Convert PDF to Excel: The Definitive Guide - Information Technology Blog. And that is exactly why we need PDF converters: to help us revert PDFs to a specific editable file format for creating and editing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, architectural plans and more. Go ahead and try it.

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Galido

JANUARY 28, 2020

Information Technology Blog - - Ultimate Gaming Computer for 2020 - Information Technology Blog. Various motherboard architectures support various generations of processors, and for the AMD Ryzen 3900X, ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero is the best suite. AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. Motherboard. The motherboard holds the processor and the GPU.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

There is a fundamental weakness in the architecture of the Windows platform, which seems to make it particularly vulnerable to malware. What they have learned is that the fundamental weakness in Microsoft software that is attracting the hackers lies in its application programming interfaces (APIs). What All Of This Means For You.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2020

My colleague Dustin Scott has a post up on his new blog that takes readers through the process of provisioning an air-gapped Kubernetes cluster using Cluster API for vSphere (CAPV). ” It’s not just about VMotion; it’s about the bigger architectural shifts that need to be made. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

This graphical summary of the AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) is pretty handy. Operating Systems/Applications. This version introduces vulnerability scanning (leveraging the Clair project ), and Henry Zhang has a blog post with more details. Joel Knight shares how he’s tried to blog more in 2017.

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Galido

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.

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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 According to this article , “It is hard to overstate what a sea change” this sort of architecture will create. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

See this blog post from Fabrizio Pandini for more details. I have to say that, in general, I disagree with this architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Now that Cluster API has hit 1.0 (and Want to use the Kong API Gateway with Knative? Chris Evans attempts to define hybrid cloud and multi-cloud.

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Linux Academy

JANUARY 26, 2019

As you create this nginx module, you’ll learn how to use resource types, provide operating system-specific parameters, store data in various Hiera hierarchies, and learn some Puppet best practices. It can help you manage complex applications and provide you with the ability to easily automate tasks involved in managing them.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Check out Mark Russinovich’s blog post on SONiC , then pop over to Kamala Subramaniam’s more in-depth SONiC post. Marcos Hernandez (a colleague on the NSX team at VMware) recently pointed out this Heat template for a multi-tier application with dynamic routing (via Quagga). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

to Google Container Engine; this blog post talks about some of the new features and functionality. Lior Kamrat has a multi-part series on an architecture that blends Mesosphere DC/OS, Azure, Docker, and VMware vSphere. Operating Systems/Applications. Check out Frank’s blog for more details.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

More information on the script is in his blog post. The first article provides a blueprint for migrating applications to VMware NSX ; the second article supplies some tips for creating filtering policies in VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Is it necessary? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 24, 2019

As more and more organizations migrate applications and services to the cloud migration of services is becoming more critical to organizations so they can accelerate moving on-premise services to the cloud. The Cloud Service operates with an agent-based technology and allows for the migration of live running machines.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Ray Budavari—who is an absolutely fantastic NSX resource—has a blog post up on the integration between VMware NSX and vRealize Automation. It says the the JET (Juniper Extension Toolkit) uses “open application programming interfaces”, but fails to provide any specifics. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. Mikhail Shilkov provides a great overview of Azure Durable Functions and how they fit into the bigger picture of microservices architectures, serverless platforms, and event-driven models. Via the AWS News blog, Michael Wittig shares some information on how to become an AWS expert.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Case Study 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

Here’s a fresh new collection of links and articles from the around the web to propel myself back into blogging. The folks at Pulumi recently added support for Terraform remote state; check out this blog post on using Terraform remote state with Pulumi. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Linux Academy

JANUARY 27, 2019

In this Course, you’ll learn about the basics of Prometheus, which includes its architecture and components, such as exporters, client libraries, and alerting. From there, you’ll learn how to deploy Prometheus to Kubernetes and configure Prometheus to monitor the cluster as well as applications deployed to it. Try it out!

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

See this blog post from Fabrizio Pandini for more details. I have to say that, in general, I disagree with this architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Now that Cluster API has hit 1.0 (and Want to use the Kong API Gateway with Knative? Chris Evans attempts to define hybrid cloud and multi-cloud.

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Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

I was sure I had mentioned Skydive before, but apparently not (a grep of all my blog posts found nothing), so let me rectify that first. Operating Systems/Applications. Microsoft recently added an overlay network driver with support for Docker in Windows 10; check out this Microsoft blog post for more information.

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Linux Academy

MAY 28, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. Implement And Manage Application Services (Azure)- This course provides instructions on how to manage and maintain the infrastructure for the core web apps and services developers build and deploy. This course serves as an introduction to Splunk Enterprise.

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Linux Course Big Data Devops 104

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Amit Aneja has a two-part series (so far) explaining the routing architecture in NSX-T (which brings multi-hypervisor and multi-cloud support to the NSX platform). It’s good to see my friend Brent Salisbury blogging again, this time writing about measuring bandwith using iperf and Docker. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Linux Network Storage 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. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope to be able to spend a bit of time with it soon, but in the meantime you can read the announcement blog post.

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Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Study Group in May. If so, this is the course for you.

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Linux Course Big Data Devops 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

This post is a bit older, but covers a challenge faced by cloud-native darling Netflix—how does one, exactly, identify which application used which IP address at a given point in time? When you’re operating at the scale at which Netflix operates, this is no trivial feat. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Academy

JUNE 25, 2019

Principal Systems Engineer from Symantec Corporation and Ell Marquez for a Threat Report Rundown. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for details! MicroService Applications In Kubernetes. This course provides hands-on experience with installing and administering a complex microservice application in a Kubernetes cluster.

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