Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. From there, you will learn how to deploy Prometheus to Kubernetes and configure Prometheus to monitor the cluster as well as applications deployed to it.

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Here’s a set of 15 principles for designing and deploying scalable applications on Kubernetes. Ajeet Singh Raina shares a list of the top 200 Kubernetes tools for DevOps engineers. Operating Systems/Applications. Fatima Silveira has a good article on using the Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Linux Academy

JANUARY 29, 2019

Used across a variety of programs and languages for a vast array of reasons, YAML is a popular choice for data storage, configuration files, configurations management, and more. Courses Free in February: Git Quick Start – In the increasingly DevOps culture, source control has become a foundational skill for any IT Professional.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Big Data Course 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

This is a fascinating (to me, at least) paper on the implications of non-volatile storage on today’s data centers (and data center hardware). Micro-segmentation is one of those terms (like SDN, cloud, DevOps, etc.) Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

March Study Group Course: Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it? Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation.

Linux 80

Linux Big Data Course Devops 80

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 29, 2022

Organizations must approach cloud-first transformation from an application down perspective. In today’s cloud-first approach, a modern Managed Service Provider maintains a laser-focus on continuous modernization and innovation of infrastructure and application platforms to help clients quickly achieve business goals and stay ahead.

Cloud 52

Cloud Enterprise Enterprise Security 52

Linux Academy

APRIL 9, 2019

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional Level. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional. 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. AWS Certified Big Data.

Devops 60

Devops Architecture Web Services Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

This is a fascinating (to me, at least) paper on the implications of non-volatile storage on today’s data centers (and data center hardware). Micro-segmentation is one of those terms (like SDN, cloud, DevOps, etc.) Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Geert Baeke walks readers through deploying AKS with Nginx, External DNS, the Helm Operator, and Flux (all using an Azure DevOps pipeline, if I read the article correctly). Operating Systems/Applications. Teri Radichel has a post with some structural tips to better understand and utilize AWS CloudFormation.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Operating Systems/Applications. Jorge Castro shares some informal notes on using Clear Linux as an everyday DevOps/cloud-native/Kubernetes client. Megan O’Keefe shares a Kubernetes developer workflow for macOS that includes a list of applications, themes, tools, and shortcuts. Virtualization.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. For me, the key takeaway was that you need to carefully examine the architecture of your application(s) in order to understand where serverless (function-as-a-service) is the best fit. “The Alan Renouf shows you how to retrieve NVMe storage device details using PowerCLI.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges. Operating Systems/Applications. This post is from 2012, but is—to me—still as applicable today as ever. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This looks like a handy tool.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Linux Academy

JANUARY 1, 2020

Courses Free in January : Implementing Azure DevOps Development Processes. Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. DevOps Essentials. Looking for a basic introduction to the concept of DevOps? Kubernetes Essentials.

Course 31

Course Linux Devops Big Data 31

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. This post by Jason Valentino describing the move of Capital One’s largest customer-facing applications to AWS is a really good read. I really enjoyed this article by Jon Hall on the Andon cord and ITSM’s DevOps challenge. RegEx tester. Enough said. Career/Soft Skills.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. This post by Jason Valentino describing the move of Capital One’s largest customer-facing applications to AWS is a really good read. I really enjoyed this article by Jon Hall on the Andon cord and ITSM’s DevOps challenge. RegEx tester. Enough said. Career/Soft Skills.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Linux Academy

JANUARY 30, 2020

Courses Free in February : Implementing Azure DevOps Development Processes. Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. DevOps Essentials. Looking for a basic introduction to the concept of DevOps? DevSecOps Essentials.

Course 29

Course Linux Devops Big Data 29

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2018

Also, a quick note that I removed the “Servers/Hardware” and “Storage” sections this time around, as I didn’t have any useful content to share. Operating Systems/Applications. At first I thought this article on SRE vs. DevOps was link-bait (click-bait?), Career/Soft Skills.

Devops 60

Devops Hardware Resources Cloud 60

Linux Academy

DECEMBER 1, 2019

DevOps Essentials. Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. DevOps Essentials.

Course 26

Course Linux Devops Big Data 26

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

He describes cloud as the synthesis of many different forms of innovation within IT , pulling together things like open source, virtualization, distributed programming, NoSQL, DevOps/NoOps, distributed teams, dynamic languages, and Big Data (among others). Operating Systems/Applications. Like using Markdown on OS X?

Storage 111

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. This post by Jason Valentino describing the move of Capital One’s largest customer-facing applications to AWS is a really good read. I really enjoyed this article by Jon Hall on the Andon cord and ITSM’s DevOps challenge. RegEx tester. Enough said. Career/Soft Skills.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Customers don’t care about data centers, or DevOps pipelines, or toolkits…they just care about being able to do whatever it is you offer (buy stuff, consume a service, whatever). Kit Colbert shares 5 predictions for cloud-native applications in 2017. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The “800 servers” count included 3 controller nodes, 117 storage nodes, and 601 compute nodes, along with some additional bare metal nodes supporting Big Data workloads. For the 800-node deployment, T2cloud used a total of 3 Cobbler servers, running about 20 servers concurrently in each group.

How To 60

How To Travel Devops Construction 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The “800 servers” count included 3 controller nodes, 117 storage nodes, and 601 compute nodes, along with some additional bare metal nodes supporting Big Data workloads. For the 800-node deployment, T2cloud used a total of 3 Cobbler servers, running about 20 servers concurrently in each group.

How To 60

How To Travel Devops Construction 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Operating Systems/Applications. I’ll try to correct that for the next one. Have fun reading!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Operating Systems/Applications. A lot of folks criticized Bryan’s viewpoint on unikernels, but he’s right—there is (right now) a dearth of operational tools for unikernels. I like this post by Massimo Re Ferre’ on DevOps for Dummies. CoreOS rkt is coming along nicely; version 0.15.0

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Operating Systems/Applications. Keep hearing the term “DevOps,” but all the explanations you read are rather obtuse and obscure? I found this pair of articles on DevOps in straight English to be helpful. It’s a bit out of date, but the basics should still be applicable.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Jason Edelman, whose focus has been on network automation, recently posted an article on programming an ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) fabric. Operating Systems/Applications. While many folks think “DevOps = Technology,” what they’re overlooking is the cultural, personal, and procedural aspects.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

I recently spoke at Interop 2016 in Las Vegas, and while I was there I scribbled down some notes pertaining to how decomposing applications into microservices-based architectures was similar in some respects to decomposing networks into an overlay network and an underlay (physical) network. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Operating Systems/Applications. A lot of folks criticized Bryan’s viewpoint on unikernels, but he’s right—there is (right now) a dearth of operational tools for unikernels. I like this post by Massimo Re Ferre’ on DevOps for Dummies. CoreOS rkt is coming along nicely; version 0.15.0

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

DevOps Essentials. Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. DevOps Essentials.

Course 15

Course Linux Devops Big Data 15

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Jeff Geerling—author of Ansible for DevOps —has a post on how various Ansible configuration files may conflict with one another. It does seem, though, that Kubernetes deployment tools abound. Here’s how to run Steam in a systemd-nspawn container. Nothing this time around.

Hardware 60

Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. DevOps Essentials. Free Essentials Courses (CTD).

Linux 22

Linux Course Devops Big Data 22

Linux Academy

AUGUST 29, 2019

On September 17th Linux Torvald first released the Linux Operating System Kernel on September 17th, 1991 so we are celebrating by offering free training for you to increase your Linux Skills. We cover how to connect to and manage this popular RDMS using a variety of tools running on our favorite operating system.

Linux 18

Linux Course Devops Big Data 18

Linux Academy

JULY 30, 2019

Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Devops Essentials. YAML Essentials.

Course 25

Course Linux Devops Cloud 25

Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

DevOps: 16. Upon the completion of this course, learners will be able to tackle any DevOps assignments that must be orchestrated with Puppet or require configuration management. Implement and manage storage. This exam measures your ability to do the following: Implement data storage solutions. Google Cloud: 1.

Linux 14

Linux Course Microsoft Devops 14

Linux Academy

MARCH 26, 2019

By the time you are done, you will be able to use Ansible to automate and manage your DevOps infrastructure. Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation.

Linux 12

Linux Course Devops Big Data 12

Linux Academy

JULY 30, 2019

Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Devops Essentials. YAML Essentials.

Course 12

Course Linux Devops Cloud 12