Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Rory McCune shares some information on configuring Caddy , a Go-based open source web server. Virtualization Steven Bright shows readers how to back up their VMware ESXi TPM encryption recovery keys.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. TechWorld – Operating Systems. CIO Dashboard. The Next Web.

Resources 113

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. CIO Dashboard.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. CIO Dashboard.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

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!

Programming 96

Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

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.). Virtualization.

Operating Systems 60

Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

The CNCF blog has a great article written by an Alibaba software engineer (Xingyu Chen) on some performance optimizations for etcd that have been contributed back to the open source community. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Richard Bejarano rants a bit about container misconceptions.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

If you’re unfamiliar with SSH SOCKS proxying, read this to get up to speed (or use your favorite web search engine, there are many articles out there on this topic). of Helm adds the ability to store and work with charts in container (OCI, Open Container Initiative) registries (instead of Helm repositories). Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. CIO Dashboard.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

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.

Linux 60

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.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Linux Academy

MARCH 28, 2019

To ensure ongoing security site reliability engineers must work hand-in-hand with the CISO’s (Chief Information Security Officer) office to implement Kubernetes security. Kubernetes nodes rely on underlying virtual servers for both the master control plane and for worker nodes. Server Hardening. Use The Right Installer.

Policies 68

Policies Linux Security Virtualization 68

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. Chip Zoller makes the argument in favor of running Kubernetes in/on virtual machines. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems. ” Operating Systems/Applications. Tonis Tiigi has a write-up on experimenting with rootless Docker over on the Docker Engineering blog.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Who says you can’t please everyone all the time?

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. TechWorld – Operating Systems. CIO Dashboard. The Next Web.

Resources 66

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Introduction to Migrating Databases and Virtual Machines to Google Cloud Platform — This course covers the various issues of migrating databases and virtual machines to Google Cloud Platform.

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

This involves more extensive use of virtual network functions (VNFs) and software-defined infrastructure based on open software and open hardware. exclusively leverages open source software. The network monitoring solution is called TINA, and this feeds into an integrated monitoring system known as 3DV.

Network 60

Network Virtualization Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 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.

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

SPF13

MARCH 20, 2015

In the last few years open source has transformed the software industry. From Android to Wikipedia, open source is everywhere, but how does one succeed in it? What Every Successful Open Source Project Needs. spf13 Chief Operator @ Docker? Open Source is taking over the world. Transcript.

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Open Source Linux Software Software 100

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

In perusing some of Brian’s content, I see lots of stuff at the intersection of networking and virtualization. A new VPN security flaw has been uncovered that affects a wide range of UNIX- and Linux-based systems. I found this article on chaos engineering to be helpful in understanding the principles and concepts.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

The engineering team at Lyft recently discussed a new overlay-free networking approach they’ve been working on for Kubernetes: IPVLAN-based CNI stack for running within VPCs on AWS. (For VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Open source has become so critical to so many aspects of our computing infrastructure. I recently stumbled across Ricardo Sueiras’ “AWS open source news and updates” posts. Adrian Hornsby shows how to use AWS Systems Manager Automation to perform chaos engineering experiments.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The Intel Management Engine (ME) has received a bit of attention as a potential security vulnerability; in this article , authors Maxim Goryachy and Mark Ermolov expose some new concerns around the Intel ME and its undocumented Manufacturing Mode. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

A network engineer using AWS and CloudFormation? Mike Foley talks about new support for Virtualization Based Security (VBS) and Credential Guard in vSphere 6.7. ” While the post is clearly Sysdig-oriented (as would be fully expected), it’s also cool to see how powerful the assembly of various open source projects can be.

Network 60

Network Virtualization Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. Only a year late, I found this article about Cisco IOS XRv (as in “virtual”). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. This course explains the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this software is used today.

Course 104

Course Linux Devops Big Data 104

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Introduction to Migrating Databases and Virtual Machines to Google Cloud Platform — This course covers the various issues of migrating databases and virtual machines to Google Cloud Platform.

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 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. Operating Systems/Applications. I’m not sure if this falls into storage or virtualization, but we’ll place it here in the Storage section. Virtualization.

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

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. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This event looks interesting.

Storage 111

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

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. Virtualization. but we’ll stick it here anyway: check out this blog post on cilium-health , a tool for troubleshooting cluster connectivity.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

with the Floodlight open source controller. In his article titled “ OpenFlow Test Deployment Options “, Brent Salisbury—a rock star new breed network engineer emerging in the new world of SDN—discusses some practical deployment strategies for deploying OpenFlow into an existing network topology.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Want to know a bit more about how OVN (Open Virtual Network) plans to integrate support for containers? Although slanted toward Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), this is a good article about why open source—and OpenStack, in particular—isn’t necessarily “free.”. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Not sure if this link belongs in Networking or in Virtualization, but we’ll stick it here since it talks about VMware NSX. Here’s a three-part series on running VMware NSX on vSphere on AWS via Ravello Systems ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ). No problem, Ravello Systems has a blog (and a blueprint) to help you set all this up.

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Vmware Cloud Windows Linux 60