All Things Distributed

MAY 24, 2011

I am excited that today both the Route 53 , the highly available and scalable DNS service, and the Elastic Load Balancing teams are releasing new functionality that has been frequently requested by their customers: Route 53 now GA : Route 53 is now Generally Available and will provide an availability SLA of 100%.

IPv6 114

IPv6 Load Balancer Internet Applications 114

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope this collection of links has something useful for you! Networking.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

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. Here’s a set of 15 principles for designing and deploying scalable applications on Kubernetes. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

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. The next day, the Microsoft Security Response Center confirmed the vulnerability. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The “TL;DR” for those who are interested is that this solution bypasses the normal iptables layer involved in most Kubernetes implementations to load balance traffic directly to Pods in the cluster. Daniel Sagi of Aqua Security explains the mechanics behind a Pod escape using file system mounts. Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Teri Radichel uses some basketball analogies to explain why defensive (proactive) security strategies are more desirable than reactive security strategies. Operating Systems/Applications. Rudi Martinsen has an article on changing the Avi load balancer license tier (this is in the context of using it with vSphere with Tanzu).

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Galido

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Technology advancements have made it necessary for retail stores to institute data security measures. As such, it is critical that the merchants comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards ( PCI DSS ) to protect the cardholder information using the Amazon Web Services as well as Amazon cloud. AWS PCI Compliance.

How To 84

How To Load Balancer Security Cloud 84

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope this collection of links has something useful for you! Networking.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

ZIP files are often used to reduce the size of files for easier storage or transmission. Then, when there is not enough space for data storage, happens especially in a company that does not do data archiving , the systems become unstable and slow down at first and then completely crash.

Firewall 41

Firewall Applications Examples Load Balancer 41

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. This graphical summary of the AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) is pretty handy. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Nothing this time (sorry!). Ben Evans has a four-part series (so far) on vSAN.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Kamal Kyrala discusses a method for accessing Kubernetes Services without Ingress, NodePort, or load balancers. AWS adds local NVMe storage to the M5 instance family; more details here. What I found interesting is that the local NVMe storage is also hardware encrypted. Operating Systems/Applications.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Andrew Martin has a write-up with security recommendations for your Kubernetes clusters. Check out these articles talking about IPVS-based in-cluster load balancing , CoreDNS , dynamic kubelet configuration , and resizing persistent volumes in Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation. Part 1 covers how to choose a Linux distribution, and part 2 discusses some security tips for installing Linux on your SysAdmin workstation. Operating Systems/Applications. Intel NUC or SuperMicro E200-8D? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Chris Binnie walks you through the process of using user namespaces to help secure your Docker hosts and containers. Virtue Security has some articles on AWS penetration testing: one on S3 buckets and one that also covers IAM and EC2. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The Pivotal Engineering blog has an article that shows how to use BOSH with the vSphere CPI to automate adding servers to an NSX load balancing pool. Humair Ahmed takes a closer look at some Cross-VC NSX security enhancements that landed in the recent NSX 6.3 Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Teri Radichel uses some basketball analogies to explain why defensive (proactive) security strategies are more desirable than reactive security strategies. Operating Systems/Applications. Rudi Martinsen has an article on changing the Avi load balancer license tier (this is in the context of using it with vSphere with Tanzu).

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS. Software company Agile Bits recently announced support for U2F-compatible hardware security keys in their 1Password product. Operating Systems/Applications. I haven’t tested it.). Servers/Hardware.

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post. Operating Systems/Applications. Is Cisco’s Insieme effort producing a storage product? storage enhancements. Servers/Hardware.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Viktor van den Berg writes on deploying NSX load balancers with vRA. This doesn’t make me feel very secure. Most folks have probably heard about 12 Factor Applications (see here if you haven’t or if you need a refresher); this article talks about 12 basic rules and good practices for using Kubernetes optimally.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Before they started their journey to the public cloud, News Corp ran a “global application assessment”—and Caldwell believes that this was critical to the success News Corp/News UK has seen so far. Kinsella now takes a moment to define governance, particuarly in terms of controlling cost, security, and compliance. No tagging.

Government 60

Government Cloud Agile Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Continuing on that Envoy theme, you may find this article by Matt Klein—one of the primary authors of Envoy—helpful in understanding some of the concepts behind modern load balancing and proxying. From an unknown author, we have this security rant on Flatpak. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Bernd Malmqvist talks about Avi Networks’ software-defined load balancing solution, including providing an overview of how to use Vagrant to test it yourself. Operating Systems/Applications. Lightroom is one of only a few applications that I keep around for macOS; this article gives me some alternatives.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2024

Given that SASE is an approach that addresses the challenges of delivering seamless and secure connectivity for decentralised work environments, and remote working has remained a key trend over the last few years, this growth is unsurprising.

Security 52

Security Load Balancer Network Applications 52

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Russell Bryant has a couple great articles on OVN— how to test OVN’s “EZ Bake” release with DevStack as well as an article on implementing OpenStack security groups using OVN ACLs (which in turn leverage the integration between Open vSwitch and the Linux kernel’s conntrack module). Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

It says the the JET (Juniper Extension Toolkit) uses “open application programming interfaces”, but fails to provide any specifics. This article listing 20 Linux server hardening tips contains some basic tips but is nevertheless a very good resource for someone looking for Linux security recommendations. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Linux Academy

AUGUST 13, 2019

Domain 2: Security . Define AWS Cloud security and compliance concepts. Identify resources for security support . The basic security and compliance aspects of the AWS platform and the shared security model. IAM, Trusted Advisor – security, why it’s important, differences between users /groups/roles.

Cloud 16

Cloud Study Training Web Services 16

Dataconomy

JULY 26, 2023

Developers can seamlessly integrate ChatGPT into their applications using API access as one of the ChatGPT login options ( Image credit ) What should you do now? API access ChatGPT API provides programmatic access, enabling developers to integrate its capabilities into their applications seamlessly. davinci, curie, etc.)

Artificial Intelligence 68

Artificial Intelligence Applications How To Tools 68

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Simplifying IT - Create Your Application with AWS CloudFormation. With the launch of AWS CloudFormation today another important step has been taken in making it easier for customers to deploy applications to the cloud. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Comments ().

Applications 123

Applications Resources Cloud Load Balancer 123

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Paul Speciale is Chief Marketing Officer at Appcara , which is a provider of a model-based cloud application platform. He has more than 20 years of experience in assisting cloud, storage and data management technology companies as well as cloud service providers to address rapidly expanding Infrastructure-as-a-Service and big data sectors.

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Dataconomy

APRIL 28, 2023

Machine learning deployment is a crucial step in bringing the benefits of data science to real-world applications. In every case, a deployed model is associated with an application that fulfills a particular use case. Deploying the model to a device ensures that its runtime environment remains secure from external tampering.

Tools 77

Tools Open Source Architecture Applications 77

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Poonen briefly recaps yesterday’s messaging, and then moves into the focus of today’s keynote—focusing on the “any application and any device” part of the “Ready for Any” messaging. According to Poonen, the core of the solution for “any application on any device” is VMware’s Workspace Suite. What about iOS and Android devices?

Vmware 60

Vmware Applications Network Video 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

NFV is intended to address the problem caused by having to route/direct traffic from various sources through physical appliances designed to provide services like content filtering, security, content delivery/acceleration, and load balancing. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org.

Intel 61

Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 61

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Operating Systems/Applications. This VMware blog post helps explain the link between Puppet and vFabric Application Director, and why organizations may want to use both. QEMU, on the other hand, is needed to emulate everything else that a VM needs: networking, storage, USB, keyboard, mouse, etc. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

This time around, the content is a bit heavier on cloud management and applications/operating systems, but still lots of good content all the way around (I hope, anyway). Here’s a nice article on a multi-action security workflow built using VMware NSX, vShield Endpoint, and vCenter Orchestrator. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Dataconomy

MAY 22, 2023

This scalability is particularly valuable in scenarios where real-time or near-real-time predictions are needed or when dealing with large-scale datasets, such as those encountered in big data applications. Parameter servers centralize the storage and distribution of model parameters, enabling machines to query and update them as needed.

Training 93

Training Resources Data Load Balancer 93

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

A specific angle I want to address here is that of infrastructure automation ; that is, the dynamic manipulation of physical resources (virtualized or not) such as I/O, networking, load balancing, and storage connections - Sometimes referred to as "Infrastructure 2.0". a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc.

Load Balancer 100

Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 16, 2013

In 2003, I founded Blue Box from my college dorm room to be a managed hosting company focused on overcoming the complexities of highly customized open source infrastructure running high traffic web applications. For IaaS technology, the trunk is built of essential cloud core services: compute, networking and storage.

Cloud 61

Cloud Open Source Load Balancer Engineering 61