Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Xavier Avrillier walks readers through using Antrea (a Kubernetes CNI built on top of Open vSwitch—a topic I’ve touched on a time or two) to provide on-premise load balancing in Kubernetes. Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Ulrich Speidel shares some of the findings after the volcanic eruption in Tonga.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Servers/Hardware. 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.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This is a slightly older article (from January of this year) in which Josh Saul of Hedgehog pays homage to the achievements of Cumulus Networks in the open networking movement. Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. Here are some design considerations for Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) networks.

Vmware 74

Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

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. Open Source Companies • Redhat $13B • Cloudera $3B • MongoDB $1.6B • Docker $.5B

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Open Source Linux Software Software 100

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Here’s a good source. Servers/Hardware. While written for OS X, most of these tips apply to Linux or other Unix-like operating systems as well. Mike Preston has a great series going on tuning Debian Linux running under vSphere. Want some additional information on layer 2 and layer 3 services in VMware NSX?

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Servers/Hardware. I’ll keep an eye open for links to include next time around. The popular open source container registry project, Harbor , has released a new version (version 1.2). Abdullah Abdullah shares some thoughts on design decisions regarding NSX VXLAN control plane replication modes. Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

As I produce this episode, there's a dangerous new vulnerability known informally as Log4Shell, it’s a flaw in an open source Java logging library developed by the Apache Foundation and, in the hands of a malicious actor, could allow for remote code injection. Vamosi: The idea behind Open Source is great.

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Open Source Software Software Applications 52