Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Adin Ermie provides a review of Managing Kubernetes , a book by Brendan Burns and my colleague Craig Tracey. For those new to Linux virtualization—or even if you’ve been around Linux virtualization for a while—this article explaining how Intel VT-x, QEMU, and KVM work together is full of good information.

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Linux Virtualization Security Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

What will happen when you combine GPUs and persistent storage? It seems to me that the ever-increasing application of persistent storage technologies in lots of difference places is going to change lots and lots of things. Is the era of the storage admin over ? Virtualization. Version 2.0 Have you checked out vSphere DSC yet?

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Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

After all, I’ve written books and have been blogging for 9 years, so I should be able to add some value via documentation contributions. Using a Linux Environment. It wasn’t until just recently that I realized: why not just use a Linux VM? I felt that documentation might be a way to achieve that goal.

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Tools Linux Open Source Cloud 67

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. J Metz offered to send me a few links for storage, so I happily took him up on that offer. Networking.

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Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

His journey started in June 2014 as a result of the Microsoft announcement regarding support for Linux and Kubernetes on Azure—this really indicated a shift in the industry. Safari Books Online ( link ) a great resource, highly recommended. Safari Books Online. Ansible (not Chef, Puppet, or Salt). Cassandra and Neo4j.

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Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox. Alan Renouf shows you how to retrieve NVMe storage device details using PowerCLI. Thinking of virtualizing Linux on Hyper-V? Then you may find this list of tips for Linux performance on Hyper-V to be useful. Virtualization. environments.

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Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 17, 2013

Next, the presenter shows us a picture of Clayton Christiansen, who wrote (among other books) “The Innovator’s Dilemma.” ” The conclusion drawn in the book is that there are two types of innovation: sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation. ” If that’s not the right way, then what is?

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Enterprise Enterprise HP Linux 99

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. This post has a list of 5 Docker utilities you may find helpful. I must confess I hadn’t considered the idea of using Terraform to manage GitHub. RegEx tester.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. This post has a list of 5 Docker utilities you may find helpful. I must confess I hadn’t considered the idea of using Terraform to manage GitHub. RegEx tester.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

His journey started in June 2014 as a result of the Microsoft announcement regarding support for Linux and Kubernetes on Azure—this really indicated a shift in the industry. Safari Books Online ( link ) a great resource, highly recommended. Safari Books Online. Ansible (not Chef, Puppet, or Salt). Cassandra and Neo4j.

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Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Readers may find this list of recommended books from Jessie Frazelle of interest. I’m not sure how I missed that part 2 was published only 2 days later, so I’m rectifying that now. Go check out part 2. Virtualization. OK, that’s all for now.

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Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Thomas Maurer has a “first impressions” post on the Microsoft Surface Book 2. (I Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). JJ Asghar provides some direct steps to getting PowerCLI 10+ working on Ubuntu Linux. Servers/Hardware. Still, the idea is pretty cool.

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Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. Cal’s book is in the “To Read” pile on my desk; guess I need to hurry up and get to it! Via Ivan Pepelnjak’s site, Albert Siersema shares some information on using Ansible to automate 802.1x configurations. Virtualization.

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Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Sean Daniel

JUNE 12, 2012

Book Give-away : Win free copy of the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Configuring (70-169) Certification Guide , just by commenting! Using this book readers will learn to manage messaging collaboration and develop management of users, computers and printers. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Tuesday, June 12, 2012.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. I must confess I hadn’t considered the idea of using Terraform to manage GitHub. Enough said. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

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Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2018

With over 1300 modules, Ansible simplifies several aspects of IT infrastructure, including web, database, network, cloud, cluster, monitoring, and storage. This sponsored post is part of a series designed to highlight recently published Packt books about leading technologies and software applications.

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Tools Applications Network Firewall 94

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

That prompted Cody Bunch to write this article on setting up a topology with BGP on Linux using the topology converter , which I’m now mentioning in this Technology Short Take. PowerShell on Cumulus Linux on a network switch? How’s this for Technology Short Take inception—in TST #70 , I mentioned the Cumulus topology converter.

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Vmware Case Study Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Noorali starts out with a quick introduction/overview of Helm, likening it to yum or apt for Linux packages. Moving into storage, Rice mentions Rook, which as of September moved from the Sandbox into the CNCF Incubator. At this point, Rice turns it over to Michelle Noorali , a key maintainer of Helm. Rice moves on to Linkerd 2.0,

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Open Source Vmware Architecture Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This would improve container security and move Linux containers closer to the Bromium “microvisor” architecture. Any work that Intel can do to make that easier/faster/cheaper is all positive in my book. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

Matt Oswalt, one of the co-authors of our recently-released network automation book from O’Reilly, recently tackled the topic of running Kubernetes with Tungsten Fabric (formerly known as OpenContrail). Thomas Graf explains why the Linux kernel community is replacing iptables with BPF. No, really. It’s worth reading.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. It's a comprehensive book, and it's an important topic.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. It's a comprehensive book, and it's an important topic.

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Internet Research Security Tools 52

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

Infrastructure Orchestration abstracts and defines/configures the infrastructure world (I/O, NIC cards, HBA cards, storage connectivity, LANs, switches, etc.). So, not only can you define a virtual server instantly, you can define a *physical* server (maybe a virtual host, or a physical machine) down to I/O, NICs, Storage and Network.

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The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s a Linux gaming PC that runs many but not all Windows games, on the go like a Nintendo Switch, only with way more horsepower, shorter battery life, and a seriously noisy fan. At least there’s nothing pointy on the Steam Deck, unlike some of the book corners I’ve brained myself with over the years. Consider this our Steam Deck FAQ.

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Linux Windows Virtualization Storage 75

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems. The Windows architecture is so dramatically different from UNIX/Linux that trying to adapt per-process containers is quite naturally going to be more than a little bit challenging.

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SPF13

MAY 14, 2012

Effectively MongoDB is a persistent storage engine for PHP arrays and objects (as well as any other language) with read through, write thorough memory caching, true high availability,  an elegant interface and seamless horizontal scale. Whether you are using Linux, Mac or Windows, itâ??s MongoDB and PHP, The Book. Development.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2020

” New C9 elements include acrylic desk screens for added protection as well as Olli, a rolling side table, storage locker and seating option that puts wheels to social distancing. Mac, Windows or Linux? As of today, I have listened to 3 months, 19 days, 1 hour, and 46 minutes of audio books on this app.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 30, 2013

Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Thoughts on a Couple of Books. Networking Virtualization IPSec Linux VPN' Do you really want to incur the computational overhead of using encryption for all intra-DC traffic? Thinking Out Loud: DIY Network Virtualization?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 30, 2022

This service holds metadata about the currently running virtual machine instance, such as storage, network configuration and more. Vamosi: IPTables is a way to configure the IP packet filter rules of the Linux kernel firewall. So before they elevated their privileges they couldn’t see iIMDS. Why might that be the case?

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Firewall Virtualization Authentication Linux 52

Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Moreover, it’s SHARED with both Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. I can’t easily extend my storage when I have a disk that’s running out of space. With a plan, you can easily map out your storage needs, and growth. What does that mean?

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Windows Backup Storage Microsoft 87

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

First, here’s a workaround to the fact that vCA doesn’t (yet) do cloud-init, which makes injecting SSH keys into Linux instances a bit difficult. He postulates that, as more and more aspects of the data center fall under virtualization (network virtualization, storage virtualization, etc.) Hats off to Massimo for writing this up.

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Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Infrastructure extensibility is all about how Kubernetes consumes the underlying infrastructure; this would include, for example, cloud provider integrations, storage plugins (CSI), networking plugins (CNI), and the container runtime (CRI). Extensibility has two parts: infrastructure extensibility, and API extensibility.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

You’ll probably want clients for Mac and Windows, iOS and Android, the open web, and — if you’re showing off — Linux. This is true even though Apple runs its own email platform, which is free but charges for extra storage, and gets to keep all that revenue for itself.

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