Linux Academy

MAY 28, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. After taking this course, students will know how Azure App Service is used as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering for deploying cloud apps for web and mobile environments. What is AWS?

Linux 104

Linux Course Big Data Devops 104

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. I also recently discovered Anaïs Urlichs’ weekly-but-not-so-weekly Seven-Day DevOps newsletter , which—like the rest of her site—has some great information. Operating Systems/Applications. Scott Rosenberg has a piece on how to learn Tanzu. That’s handy.

Vmware 74

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Linux Academy

JANUARY 29, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. 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. What is AWS?

Linux 60

Linux Devops Big Data Course 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. 3) Join us on YouTube! Courses Free in May.

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. 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). Seth Vargo walks through how to use Terraform to setup and configure a Google Cloud Run service.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Bart shares some details about his journey from being a Microsoft-centric infrastructure engineer to what he calls a cloud-native full-stack engineer. DevOps Enterprise Summit would be a good conference to attend (he couldn’t make it this past year). Trustworthy secure modular operating system engineering: https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-

Devops 60

Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 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.) Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Bart shares some details about his journey from being a Microsoft-centric infrastructure engineer to what he calls a cloud-native full-stack engineer. DevOps Enterprise Summit would be a good conference to attend (he couldn’t make it this past year). Trustworthy secure modular operating system engineering: https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-

Devops 60

Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 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.) Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Jorge Castro shares some informal notes on using Clear Linux as an everyday DevOps/cloud-native/Kubernetes client. LTS cloud image that will work with Guest OS Customization in vSphere. There’s some handy tips/ideas in here.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Ajeet Singh Raina shares a list of the top 200 Kubernetes tools for DevOps engineers. Operating Systems/Applications. Ouch— another Azure vulnerability that allows cross-account access. Diego Sucaria shows how to use an SSH SOCKS proxy to access private Kubernetes clusters.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Linux Academy

JANUARY 1, 2020

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we encourage you to try these free courses and resources for developing and advancing your Cloud skills. Courses Free in January : Implementing Azure DevOps Development Processes. Azure Cloud Services and Infrastructure. Google Cloud Essentials (NEW). YAML Essentials.

Course 31

Course Linux Devops Big Data 31

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Massimo Re Ferre pointed me to an article by “Cloud Opinion” that discusses the upcoming SaaSocalypse that will be created by the next generation of SaaS vendors leveraging FaaS (Function-as-a-Service, as typified by AWS Lambda) and other “serverless” features. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Linux Academy

JANUARY 30, 2020

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we encourage you to try these free courses and resources for developing and advancing your Cloud skills. Courses Free in February : Implementing Azure DevOps Development Processes. AWS Cloud Services and Infrastructure – Cost Optimization Deep Dive. DevOps 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Yan Cui of A Cloud Guru discusses how language, memory, and package size affect cold starts of AWS Lambda.

Devops 60

Devops Hardware Resources Cloud 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 9, 2019

These are the: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional Level. AWS Cloud Practitioner (if starting with no cloud knowledge or if not in engineering). AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level (AWS CSA).

Devops 60

Devops Architecture Web Services Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. I’d like to stress—as Valentino does—that a lot of what made this effort so successful was that the development team was already “cloud ready”. I really enjoyed this article by Jon Hall on the Andon cord and ITSM’s DevOps challenge.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. I’d like to stress—as Valentino does—that a lot of what made this effort so successful was that the development team was already “cloud ready”. I really enjoyed this article by Jon Hall on the Andon cord and ITSM’s DevOps challenge.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Tech Republic Cloud

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Cloud Technologies have moved from single workload projects to the mainstream. Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is popular. With IaaS, the cloud provider operates the underlying IT infrastructure — servers and virtual machines, storage, networking, and operating systems — using an ondemand and a pay-as-you-go model.

Devops 63

Devops Cloud Operating Systems Storage 63

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. As the website describes it, it’s designed to “reverse engineer” servers so that you can migrate them into a configuration management system like Chef or Puppet. Operating Systems/Applications. Check it out here. Does a dedicated iSCSI infrastructure make sense?

Storage 111

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

Linux Academy

DECEMBER 1, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. DevOps Essentials. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Google Cloud Essentials (NEW).

Course 26

Course Linux Devops Big Data 26

Linux Academy

JANUARY 27, 2019

Simply put, Ansible facts are system properties that are collected by Ansible when it executes on a remote system. The facts contain useful details such as storage and network configuration about a target system. Ansible provides simple yet powerful automation no matter your operating system or cloud provider.

System 60

System Linux Operating Systems Course 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Though I haven’t had much opportunity to work with Cloud Foundry (yet), I still try (my best) to keep track of what’s happening in that space. Operating Systems/Applications. I like this post by Massimo Re Ferre’ on DevOps for Dummies. Career/Soft Skills/Productivity.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This past week Microsoft and VMware announced Azure VMware Solutions, which allows customers to run the VMware software stack on Azure (an arrangement similar in nature to VMware Cloud on AWS, as I understand it). Operating Systems/Applications. This looks like a handy tool.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Is the abstraction layer better served by being integrated into a cloud management platform, like OpenStack? Naturally, the argument then would be, “Not everyone will use a cloud management platform,” which is a valid argument. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. 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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. I’d like to stress—as Valentino does—that a lot of what made this effort so successful was that the development team was already “cloud ready” Culture, process, and mindset are often more important than technology.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 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). At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Though I haven’t had much opportunity to work with Cloud Foundry (yet), I still try (my best) to keep track of what’s happening in that space. Operating Systems/Applications. I like this post by Massimo Re Ferre’ on DevOps for Dummies. Career/Soft Skills/Productivity.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. If you think that “infrastructure as code,” particularly when in conjunction with cloud platforms (private or public) isn’t a thing, then you need only look at all the various orchestration tools designed to help you define infrastructure in some format. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Linux Academy

JULY 30, 2019

Our free cloud training allows students to begin developing their Linux and Cloud skills. August Study Group: Whether you need the Cloud Practitioner certification for work or a personal goal, studying and staying on track is hard. Google Cloud Essentials (NEW). Devops Essentials. Mastering Regular Expressions.

Course 25

Course Linux Devops Cloud 25

Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Thus, storage solutions for containers/containerized environments, while a bit sparse now, are likely to really start popping up very soon. Nothing this time around, but I’ll stay tuned for items to include next time! Running vSphere 6? Good stuff.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Virtualization Network 60

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. DevOps Essentials. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Google Cloud Essentials (NEW).

Course 15

Course Linux Devops Big Data 15

Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Google Cloud Functions is a serverless, event-driven, managed platform for building and connecting cloud services. Google Cloud Essentials (NEW). Free Essentials Courses.

Linux 22

Linux Course Devops Big Data 22

Linux Academy

AUGUST 29, 2019

To continually support you in your mission to learn and grow we are always adding new courses and free resources to begin developing your Linux and Cloud skills. We cover how to connect to and manage this popular RDMS using a variety of tools running on our favorite operating system. Google Cloud Essentials (NEW).

Linux 18

Linux Course Devops Big Data 18

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Good reason to make sure your systems and your images are patched! Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Jeff Geerling—author of Ansible for DevOps —has a post on how various Ansible configuration files may conflict with one another. Nothing this time around.

Hardware 60

Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Linux Academy

JULY 30, 2019

Our free cloud training allows students to begin developing their Linux and Cloud skills. August Study Group: Whether you need the Cloud Practitioner certification for work or a personal goal, studying and staying on track is hard. Google Cloud Essentials (NEW). Devops Essentials. Mastering Regular Expressions.

Course 12

Course Linux Devops Cloud 12