Guidelines Linux Storage Virtualization 
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 12, 2022
DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. A “highly evasive” Linux malware named OrBit has emerged; see here for more details. Ivan Velichko takes readers on a journey of how Kubernetes reinvented virtual machines (in a good sense). Virtualization. Networking.
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. This article has good information on safely using /tmp and /var/tmp on systemd-powered Linux distributions. Virtualization.
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Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 24, 2012
The key to making it work is the idea of a virtual resource. With a virtual resource, though, you can define the resource once (as a virtual resource; denoted with an “@” in front of the resource). The Puppet Labs site does a much better job of explaining virtual resources. or similar.
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. Here’s an article from Marko Saric on his switch from macOS to Linux. Virtualization.
Scott Lowe
MARCH 23, 2017
As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Virtualization.
Scott Lowe
APRIL 24, 2015
This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt).
Scott Lowe
MARCH 10, 2023
This article by Kirill Shirinkin provides, in the author’s words, “some guidelines that will help you to assess if Argo CD makes sense for your setup” Operating Systems/Applications Stewart X Addison shares some macOS “first experiences” from a Linux user. Wonder no longer.
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