Linux Academy

JUNE 3, 2019

You have to launch the virtual servers, which means you need to: Choose an operating system. Configure auto-scaling with load balancers. Finally, you have to make sure all of those moving parts are secure; it is important that you have a good background with security, or you have a chance of getting hacked.

Linux 92

Linux Course Open Source Load Balancer 92

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

I read a couple of Cilium-related blog posts recently that may be useful. The first is a post on Cilium and F5 load balancer integration , while the second discusses implementing Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

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. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Networking.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Yves Fauser discusses NSX integration with Kubernetes in this blog post. 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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Humair Ahmed takes a closer look at some Cross-VC NSX security enhancements that landed in the recent NSX 6.3

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

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. Looks like PKS, the joint Kubernetes effort from VMware and Pivotal, has gone GA (see this VMware blog post ) with initial support for vSphere and GCP. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Kamal Kyrala discusses a method for accessing Kubernetes Services without Ingress, NodePort, or load balancers. Operating Systems/Applications. Mike Foley shares his experience in updating his vSphere hosts to support the new Secure Boot functionality in vSphere 6.7. Why is this in the networking section?

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 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. David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS. I hope you find something useful here! Networking. I haven’t tested it.). Servers/Hardware.

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 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. Dusty Mabe has a multi-part blog series on Atomic Host.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

If any enterprise Puppet experts want to give it a go, I’d be happy to publish a guest blog post for you with full details on how it’s done. Operating Systems/Applications. I found this article on imperative vs. declarative system configuration is quite helpful in understanding Puppet’s declarative model.

Vmware 108

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 108

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Some folks from Nicira (now part of VMware) recently published a blog post discussing the OVSDB IETF draft (see here ). I found this series of posts to be helpful when I was working on configuring LACP with Open vSwitch (I hope to have a blog post on that up soon). Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Operational Control â?? OpsWorks promotes conventions and sane defaults, such as template security groups, but also supports the ability to customize any aspect of an applicationâ??s You define JSON templates and use them to provision and manage AWS resources, operating systems and application code. s configuration.

Cloud 157

Cloud Applications Web Services Resources 157

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

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

As I walk through the four steps I outlined above, I’ll be supplementing the information provided in that blog post. The private subnets won’t have Internet access, but the AWS cloud provider needs to make a call to the EC2 and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) API endpoints. Build Preconfigured AMIs. How I Tested.

Internet 60

Internet Load Balancer Cloud System 60

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). Craig Matsumoto of SDxCentral recently published a piece on NFV performance ; that article was based largely on a blog post by Martin Taylor of Metaswitch found here.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

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. 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. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60