Linux Academy

JUNE 25, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students can develop their Linux and Cloud skills even further. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Principal Systems Engineer from Symantec Corporation and Ell Marquez for a Threat Report Rundown.

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Linux Academy

JANUARY 1, 2020

How to Get a Linux Job. This course helps prepare you for applying for and successfully obtaining a Linux Job. This course dives into LXC (Linux Containers) and its container manager, LXD. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy.

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Linux Academy

JANUARY 30, 2020

How to Get a Linux Job. This course helps prepare you for applying for and successfully obtaining a Linux Job. This course dives into LXC (Linux Containers) and its container manager, LXD. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

This blending of “traditional” network engineering with containers, Linux, and DevOps tooling is how Matt is setting new trends and directions for the networking industry. Mark Ermolov discusses a vulnerability in the ROM (read-only memory) of the Intel Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME). Virtualization.

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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. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job. AWS Concepts.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

Back in October of last year, Tom Hollingsworth weighed in on Hedgehog , the networking company that has set out to commercialize SONiC, a Linux-based NOS used extensively in Azure. Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Read his post for full details.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard. Version 3.8.0

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Linux Academy

JULY 30, 2019

Our free cloud training allows students to begin developing their Linux and Cloud skills. Visit the Linux Academy Booth at Black Hat or find Ell at any of the other Hacker Summer Camp events! Kali Linux Deep Dive – In this course, you will learn how to find the vulnerabilities in frameworks like Metasploit, BeEF, SET, etc.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 19, 2020

Lots of network engineers are familiar with GNS3, and showing how to integrate it with NSX-T for testing and simulation is, I think, going to be helpful. This article explains how to use a “stacked filesystem” encryption solution named eCryptfs to encrypt directories on Linux. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Intel Hardware Storage 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. I use OTR with Adium on OS X, and OTR with Pidgin on my Fedora Linux laptop.). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Said van de Klundert has a post on screen scraping basics for network engineers. For network engineers just getting started with network automation, I suspect that the information shared here may prove quite useful. Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

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. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. How to Get a Linux Job. Build Your Own Linux From Scratch. Free Mastery Courses.

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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. Courses Free in September: Microsoft SQL Server On Linux Quick Start. Linux Networking and Trouble Shooting. How to Get a Linux Job. Git Quick Start.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Adrian Hornsby shows how to use AWS Systems Manager Automation to perform chaos engineering experiments. Adrian’s operational review readiness template is another great post as well. Operating Systems/Applications. Something about Linux, and Fedora in particular, just keeps drawing me back. Good stuff!

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Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I really enjoyed David Gee’s series on the network automation engineer persona ( part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 ). David really unpacks the changes that are happening in the networking space and describes the key skills the “next-generation network engineer” will have. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Storage Engineering Network 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. 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.

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Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

” Ivan Pepelnjak attempts to answer the question, “How much do I need to know about Linux networking?” ” Speaking of Linux networking…Marek Majkowski of Cloudflare digs deep into conntrack , used for stateful firewalling functionality. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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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. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job. AWS Concepts.

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Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Implement and manage storage. This exam measures your ability to do the following: Implement data storage solutions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start : This course teaches learners how to install and configure an SQL Server on Linux, whether using a traditional machine, containers, or an Azure SQL VM.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. Cindy Sridharan has a good article on health checks and graceful degradation in distributed systems.

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Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. Instead, Apple’s engineers set out to design an operating environment that was tailored to the form factor. Macintosh iPhone Linux' It’s a shame…but such is life.

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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. 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.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting articles I wanted to share with readers on major areas in technology: networking, security, storage, virtualization, cloud computing, and OSes/applications. This post outlines some recent gVisor improvements in file system performance. Welcome to Technology Short Take #165!

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

Daniel Dib has a great article on how network engineers need to evolve. I referenced part 1 of Ajay Chenampara’s series on the Ansible network-engine command parser back in Technology Short Take 102 (July of last year). VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Networking. Virtualization.

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Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Russ White tackles the issue of networking engineers needing to learn to code. Dmitri Kalintsev examines some options for addressing storage-related connectivity in NSX environments. Operating Systems/Applications. Anthony Burke has written a script that uses VMware NSX to protect VMware Log Insight instances.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Miguel Gómez of Telefónica Engineering discusses maximizing performance in VXLAN overlay networks. Nicolas Michel has a good post on the transition from network engineer v1.0 to v2.0 , and some of the skillsets he believes network engineers must embrace moving forward. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Miguel Gómez of Telefónica Engineering discusses maximizing performance in VXLAN overlay networks. Nicolas Michel has a good post on the transition from network engineer v1.0 to v2.0 , and some of the skillsets he believes network engineers must embrace moving forward. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

This post by Matt Oswalt—the first in a series, apparently—provides a great introduction to 5 development tools for network engineers. It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope you are able to glean something useful. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Justin Pietsch Has a lengthy article on why network engineers need to focus on getting the network out of the way. I recently mentioned on Twitter that I was considering building out a new Linux PC to replace my aging Mac Pro (it’s a 2012 model, so going on 9 years old). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Storage Study Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

I particularly liked his (mini-)rant about how network automation can’t be only about making the network engineer’s life easier. Operating Systems/Applications. Michael Wittig shares some details on migrating to Amazon Linux 2. Ed Haletky has an updated Linux version of the VMware Software Manager.

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Linux Academy

MARCH 26, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

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Linux Academy

JULY 30, 2019

Our free cloud training allows students to begin developing their Linux and Cloud skills. Visit the Linux Academy Booth at Black Hat or find Ell at any of the other Hacker Summer Camp events! Kali Linux Deep Dive – In this course, you will learn how to find the vulnerabilities in frameworks like Metasploit, BeEF, SET, etc.

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Course Linux Devops Cloud 12

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

First up, there’s a great article on using IPVLAN with Docker and Cumulus Linux (with a tie back to sFlow, naturally!). Here’s a walkthrough by Cody Bunch on setting up BGP on Linux with Cumulus Quagga. Operating Systems/Applications. Want to get geeky with storage protocol stacks ?

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Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In a bit of an older post from late summer 2016, Matt Oswalt outlines why network engineers should care about the network software supply chain. Operating Systems/Applications. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications.

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Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

Although Rowan doesn’t specifically mention it, this command relies on tools like tr , sort , and uniq , so I’m guessing it will only work on OS X/Linux/*BSD systems. Operating Systems/Applications. The post has a nice list of Linux replacements for popular OS X apps. Check this out. Virtualization. release).

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 3, 2016

The examples Phil uses include StackWise, Virtual Switching System, and Virtual Port Channels. Alban Crequy has a post on using Linux queueing disciplines (qdiscs, for short) to help with testing application behavior under degraded network conditions. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In the process, he muses about the value of configuration management tool chains such as Chef and Puppet in a world of “open switch” platforms such as Cumulus Linux. Speaking of Cumulus Linux…did you see the announcement that Dell has signed a reseller agreement with Cumulus Networks? Operating Systems/Applications.

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