Why a Cloud Operating Model Requires a Modern Load Balancer
Information Week
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Businesses looking to embrace the cloud must also ensure their network infrastructure, which includes load balancers, has been fully modernized.
Enhancing AI projects with advanced cloud GPU servers
Dataconomy
MAY 6, 2024
Advanced cloud GPU servers are designed to meet the high-performance demands of AI projects. Unlike traditional cloud servers that rely on CPUs, these servers leverage Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to accelerate computational tasks. Image credit ) Enhanced memory capacity is another critical aspect.
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Kyndryl bolsters its Bridge infrastructure services
Network World
MAY 16, 2024
Bridge is one of Kyndryl’s major services offerings, which include consulting, hybrid cloud, security, and applications services. What makes it unique is how we’ve created, or how we stitched together, organizational information, systems, applications, and more. [It Current partners include Cisco, Fortinet, Microsoft, and Nokia.
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Kubernetes Port Names and Terminating HTTPS Traffic on AWS
Scott Lowe
JUNE 21, 2021
I recently came across something that wasn’t immediately intuitive with regard to terminating HTTPS traffic on an AWS Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) when using Kubernetes on AWS. For self-managed clusters, this requires the AWS cloud provider to be installed and configured. aws-load-balancer-backend-protocol : http.
IBM to Acquire Cloudant: Open, Cloud Database Service Helps Organizations Simplify Mobile, Web App and Big Data Development
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 24, 2014
By Bob Gourley Note: we have been tracking Cloudant in our special reporting on Analytical Tools , Big Data Capabilities , and Cloud Computing. Cloudant will extend IBM’s Big Data and Analytics , Cloud Computing and Mobile offerings by further helping clients take advantage of these key growth initiatives. – bg.
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Lessons Learnt from Running a Container-Native Cloud
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
This is a liveblog of the session titled “Lessons Learnt from Running a Container-Native Cloud,” led by Xu Wang. This session claims to discuss some lessons learned from running a cloud leveraging this sort of technology. The information for this session comes from running a Hypernetes (Hyper.sh directly.
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Scott Lowe
MARCH 15, 2024
Networking Lee Briggs (formerly of Pulumi, now with Tailscale) shows how to use the Tailscale Operator to create “free” Kubernetes load balancers (“free” as in no additional charge above and beyond what it would normally cost to operate a Kubernetes cluster). Thanks for reading!
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Testing times: testingRTC is the smart, synchronized, real-world scenario WebRTC testing solution for the times we live in.
Spearline Testing
JULY 21, 2022
Cloud 9 testingRTC is a cloud-based WebRTC testing solution that doesn’t require any installation and is extremely fast and easy to use. High level information in the top ribbon covering score, call setup time, bitrate (Kbits), packet loss, and jitter (ms). You can check framerate information for video here too.
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148 Kubernetes, Kubeadm, and the AWS Cloud Provider
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed quite a few questions appearing in the Kubernetes Slack channels about how to use kubeadm to configure Kubernetes with the AWS cloud provider. to set up a Kubernetes cluster with the AWS cloud provider. v1beta1 kind: InitConfiguration nodeRegistration: kubeletExtraArgs: cloud-provider: aws.
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Why Kubernetes Is So Popular in the Tech World
Galido
APRIL 27, 2020
Information Technology Blog - - Why Kubernetes Is So Popular in the Tech World - Information Technology Blog. First of all, public cloud container adoption is slowly shifting to Kubernetes. Few months after that, Kubernetes was donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Traffic routing and load balancing.
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Scott Lowe
JANUARY 21, 2022
Nick Schmidt talks about using GitOps with the NSX Advanced Load Balancer. Chris Evans revisits the discussion regarding Arm processor architectures in the public cloud. Kat Traxler considers the impact of the Log4J vulnerability in cloud-based environments. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.
New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more.
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%. Contact Info.
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Setting up the Kubernetes AWS Cloud Provider
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
The AWS cloud provider for Kubernetes enables a couple of key integration points for Kubernetes running on AWS; namely, dynamic provisioning of Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes and dynamic provisioning/configuration of Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs) for exposing Kubernetes Service objects. IAM Role and Policy.
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk: A Quick and Simple Way into the Cloud - All.
All Things Distributed
JANUARY 19, 2011
AWS Elastic Beanstalk: A Quick and Simple Way into the Cloud. Elastic Beanstalk makes it easy for developers to deploy and manage scalable and fault-tolerant applications on the AWS cloud. This is exactly where Elastic Beanstalk will help: to make it even simpler to get started and to run applications in the AWS cloud.
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How to Achieve PCI Compliance in AWS?
Galido
OCTOBER 20, 2018
Information Technology Blog - - How to Achieve PCI Compliance in AWS? Information Technology Blog. Retailers such as Amazon are relying on technology to capture the information of their clients. AWS is a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) and is not necessarily obliged to comply since it rarely handles cardholder information.
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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card
CTOvision
MAY 16, 2017
These include leading edge cloud service providers, Web 2.0 making it an ideal workhorse for 10GbE data center and cloud workloads, providing high bandwidth, high-packet rate and CPU efficient processing of network traffic. For more information, please visit: www.solarflare.com. The SFN8722 has 8 lanes of PCle 3.1
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Scott Lowe
AUGUST 27, 2021
Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This article provides some great “behind the scenes” information on AWS Lambda. Alex Ellis shares some information on how to use kubectl to access your private (Kubernetes) cluster. Nevertheless, there is some very useful information here. Upgrading to Go 1.17
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Migrating to VoIP
Spearline Testing
JANUARY 14, 2021
This prominent evolution has been spurred largely by three factors - firstly, the increased use of cloud services and personnel who are more experienced and comfortable operating in a virtual arena. For further information, or if you have any further questions. Resultant issues.
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Expanding the Cloud ? The Amazon Simple Workflow Service - All.
All Things Distributed
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
Expanding the Cloud â?? Amazon SWF makes it very easy for developers to architect and implement these tasks, run them in the cloud or on premise and coordinate their flow. They run their workers either on cloud infrastructure, such as Amazon EC2 , or on-premise. More information about the SDK see the developers guide.
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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card
CTOvision
MAY 9, 2017
These include leading edge cloud service providers, Web 2.0 making it an ideal workhorse for 10GbE data center and cloud workloads, providing high bandwidth, high-packet rate and CPU efficient processing of network traffic. For more information, please visit: www.solarflare.com. The SFN8722 has 8 lanes of PCle 3.1
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Technology Short Take 143
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 6, 2021
Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. More information is available here. Since taking my new job at Kong, I’ve been spending more time with Envoy, so you’ll see some Envoy-related content showing up in this Technology Short Take.
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Technology Short Take 119
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. This installation in the Tech Short Takes series is much shorter than usual, but hopefully I’ve managed to find something that proves to be helpful or informative! Now, on to the content!
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Scott Lowe
APRIL 15, 2022
This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. More information is available in this Helm blog post. I hope you’re able to find something useful here!
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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 4, 2024
Financial institutions must ensure the protection of sensitive personal information, most commonly payment card data, to maintain, trust and meet various regulatory requirements. In terms of numbers of requirements, the load on the business unit assessments is significantly reduced. Data and Information Security
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Scott Lowe
JUNE 18, 2021
The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. The first is a post on Cilium and F5 load balancer integration , while the second discusses implementing Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd. Networking.
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Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 14, 2017
Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Joe’s comment—“the merging of CDNs and cloud continues”—is pretty spot on, in my opinion. Richard Arnold shares some thoughts on VMware Cloud on AWS.
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Scott Lowe
AUGUST 27, 2021
Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This article provides some great “behind the scenes” information on AWS Lambda. Alex Ellis shares some information on how to use kubectl to access your private (Kubernetes) cluster. Nevertheless, there is some very useful information here. Upgrading to Go 1.17
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Consuming Pre-Existing AWS Infrastructure with Cluster API
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
This is fine, because generally speaking that’s part of the value of CAPI—it will create new cloud infrastructure for every Kubernetes cluster it instantiates. In the case of AWS, this includes VPCs, subnets, route tables, Internet gateways, NAT gateways, Elastic IPs, security groups, load balancers, and (of course) EC2 instances.
Setting up an AWS-Integrated Kubernetes 1.15 Cluster with Kubeadm
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 14, 2019
This post also builds upon previous posts I’ve written about setting up Kubernetes clusters with the AWS cloud provider: Setting up the AWS Cloud Provider. Kubernetes, Kubeadm, and the AWS Cloud Provider. Most, if not all, of this information is also included in the September 2018 post. Setting Node Hostnames.
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Scott Lowe
AUGUST 17, 2018
Gerald Dykeman shares some information on using Ansible to automate Cisco Meraki. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Check out these articles talking about IPVS-based in-cluster load balancing , CoreDNS , dynamic kubelet configuration , and resizing persistent volumes in Kubernetes. on various technology areas.
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Scott Lowe
AUGUST 6, 2021
Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. More information is available here. Since taking my new job at Kong, I’ve been spending more time with Envoy, so you’ll see some Envoy-related content showing up in this Technology Short Take.
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Top 10 Most Popular Hands-On Labs
Linux Academy
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Practice with live deployments, with built-in access to Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Azure, and more. . Cloud Systems Engineer, Amazon Web Services. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is AWS’s Infrastructure as a Service product. Setting Up an Application Load Balancer with an Auto Scaling Group and Route 53 in AWS.
Diablo 4 DDoS attack strikes again: A bitter deja vu for players
Dataconomy
JUNE 25, 2023
While the immediate resolution lies in the hands of the game developers and server administrators, here are some general steps you can take as a player: Stay informed : Keep an eye on official communication channels such as the game’s website, social media accounts, or forums for updates from the developers.
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Linux Academy
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and cloud skills further. You will walk through a local installation as well as how to use our Cloud Servers in order to follow along with our demos. What is AWS? What are AWS’s core services? Why do we use AWS?
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Technology Short Take #87
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
I saw a demo of the product—it looks quite handy, and provides a pretty fair amount of information to help operators figure out what’s happening “under the covers.” Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. There’s a ton of information in this series! Anyway, you may find the report interesting.
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Technology Short Take 101
Scott Lowe
JUNE 8, 2018
Kamal Kyrala discusses a method for accessing Kubernetes Services without Ingress, NodePort, or load balancers. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This is an interesting announcement from a few weeks ago that I missed—Dell EMC will offer Isilon on Google Cloud Platform. Why is this in the networking section?
AWS Tags: What makes them so important?
Galido
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
Role-based tags can be utilized to define either the owner or function of a specific node (load balancer, database server, web server etc). The current status of the tag for AWS resources – Image: cloud academy. This enables us to efficiently handle your cloud infrastructure and decrease the cost leakages.
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Why F5 and Tempered Networks founder Jeff Hussey left retirement and ‘bought’ himself a job
GeekWire
AUGUST 15, 2020
His education and work background were largely in finance, so he read volumes of tech literature and product manuals, ultimately building a load-balancer that did the job. Favorite apps, cloud services and software tools: Photoshop, ProTools, Salesforce and Firefox. Continue reading for his answers to our questionnaire.
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127 Weekly Update 5-20-2019
Linux Academy
MAY 15, 2019
Great news for all of our Linux Academy students; Red Hat Enterprise is already available to try out in Linux Academy’s Cloud Playground! We have more information on t he release in general and all the new features in our podcast Linux Action News and episode 105. Creating Confined Users in SELinux. Viewing and Sorting Data in MySQL.
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Technology Short Take #78
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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. More information on the Puppet plugin is available here.) There’s lots of good information here.
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Technology Short Take 115
Scott Lowe
JUNE 21, 2019
Mohamad Alhussein shares information on how to add a floating static route to an NSX edge via the NSX REST API. David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Myles Gray shows how to use cloud-init for VM templating on vSphere.
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Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 24, 2018
VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Viktor van den Berg writes on deploying NSX load balancers with vRA. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. IPVLAN is a low-latency means of providing IP connectivity to containers. Servers/Hardware.
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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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Many of these concepts had direct impacts on the design of Envoy. Good stuff!
VMworld 2013 Day 2 Keynote
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 27, 2013
VMware NSX, VMware VSAN, VMware Hybrid Cloud Service, and the expansion of the availability of Cloud Foundry. Making hybrid cloud ubiquitous. Kit shows tasks in vCenter Server that reflect the automation being done by NSX with regard to automatically creating load balancers, firewall rules, logical switches, etc.,
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