Linux Academy

MARCH 7, 2019

Amazon Web Services’ broad portfolio of solutions and services empower organizations to drive measurable business success including cost savings, cost avoidance, and operational resilience, with dramatic reductions in downtime, improved resource efficiency at the task level and greatly enhanced business agility.

Cloud 60

Cloud Web Services Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak addresses the idea that network automation is harmful. I believe that IT folks in all disciplines, including networking, need to embrace automation. I believe that IT folks in all disciplines, including networking, need to embrace automation. Servers/Hardware. Using Auth0? Programming.

Open Source 79

Open Source Apple Vmware Cloud 79

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Networking. Matt Oswalt has a great post on the need for networking professionals to learn basic scripting skills—something he (rightfully) distinguishes from programming as a full-time occupation. Further, he follows that up with a post on how automation is more than just configuration management ; it’s about network services.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak (one of my absolutely favorite folks in the IT industry) has a great post on using regex filters in Ansible to parse text printouts from network devices. This is a super-practical post that anyone working with network automation can put to use right away. Servers/Hardware. As of Vagrant 1.9.1,

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Dell 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Networking. Servers/Hardware. Benoît Bouré explains how to use short-lived credentials to access AWS resources from GitHub Actions. Ivan Velichko has a detailed article on Kubernetes API resources, kinds, and objects. Dennis Felsing shares some thoughts on switching to macOS after 15 years on Linux. Read more here.

Load Balancer 90

Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

Networking. Servers/Hardware. Heidi Howard and Ittai Abraham illustrate some of the challenges of the Raft consensus protocol when there is a network partition. Cormac Hogan shares some lessons learned using a Kubernetes Operator to query vSphere resources. Linux may be coming to the Apple M1 chip.

Linux 60

Linux Firewall Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Networking William Morgan’s 2022 service mesh recap captures some of the significant events in service mesh in 2022, although through a Linkerd-colored lens.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq along the way. Networking. Servers/Hardware. I hope you find something useful! So useful.).

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Networking. Brian Linkletter has a post on how to run the Antidote network emulator on KVM for better performance. Antidote, as I understand it, is the network emulator that runs the labs on the NRELabs web site (which is another cool thing in and of itself). Servers/Hardware. Security. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Networking. Brian Boucheron provides a great article on how to inspect and debug Kubernetes network primitives. Servers/Hardware. The big news in the hardware space recently was the article regarding the purported Chinese hardware supply chain attack. Here’s a nice deep dive on Linux executables.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Let’s see what I’ve managed to collect for you this time around… Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak provides a 101-level overview of AWS networking. Andrew Sy Kim tackles explaining a (somewhat) obscure part of Kubernetes networking: the externalTrafficPolicy setting. Servers/Hardware. Read his write-up here.

Linux 60

Linux Virtualization Security Backup 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Servers/Hardware. Looking for some Docker and Kubernetes resources? Check out James Thorne’s recent post on beginner resources for Docker and Kubernetes. RegEx tester. (If

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Servers/Hardware. Looking for some Docker and Kubernetes resources? Check out James Thorne’s recent post on beginner resources for Docker and Kubernetes. RegEx tester. (If

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Networking. Via Kirk Byers (who is himself a fantastic resource), I read a couple of articles on network automation that I think readers may find helpful. First up is a treatise from Mircea Ulinic on whether network automation is needed. I first ran into Forward Networks a few years ago at Fall ONUG in New York.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Networking. Servers/Hardware. On the hardware side of things, we have James Hamilton of AWS discussing two hardware-related items coming out of AWS re:Invent 2018. Weijuan Shi Davis collected some resources related to Windows containers on Kubernetes in this post-KubeCon post. Welcome to Technology Short Take #108!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Case Study 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Networking. Numan Siddique describes the native DHCP support available in OVN (Open Virtual Network). Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Networking. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Here’s some information on Nuage Networks’ experimental Docker Network plugin.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Networking. Here’s a guide to deploying NSX in home labs with limited resources.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #129, where I’ve collected a bunch of links and references to technology-centric resources around the Internet. Networking. Chip Zoller takes a look at Antrea , a new Kubernetes CNI (Container Networking Interface) plugin that leverages Open vSwitch (OVS). Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2023

Economic sustainability is about fair and equal access to employment, broadband networks, and other technology resources, while the third pillar, equitable sustainability, involves removing or reducing bias in the flood of data and algorithms underpinning applications, particularly in emerging generative AI models, he says.

CTO Hire 52

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Data Center 52

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Here are some notes from our conversation, along with some additional resources Bart wanted to share with readers/listeners. 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. List of Resources. Show Notes.

Devops 60

Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Using Python and Netmiko for network automation is the topic of this post by Colin McAlister.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Networking. To help resolve this issue, Cumulus Networks (and possibly Metacloud, I’m not sure of their involvement yet) has release an open source project called vxfld. I’d love to hear from more networking pros (please disclose company affiliations) about their thoughts on this matter. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Here are some notes from our conversation, along with some additional resources Bart wanted to share with readers/listeners. 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. List of Resources. Show Notes.

Devops 60

Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Networking. Ajay Chenampara has some observations about running Ansible at scale against network devices. Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. Servers/Hardware. Alpine Linux 3.5

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Networking. There’s lots of talk about applying test-driven development (TDD) principles in various automation contexts, but I like the fact that Ajay Chenampara provides some practical examples in his blog post on applying TDD in network automation using Ansible. If you’re just starting your network automation journey, start small.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Examples 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Networking. Lindsay Hill walks through using Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana to monitor network statistics. Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I found this article by Diane Patton at Cumulus Networks talking about container network designs. Servers/Hardware. Good information here, in my opinion. Thanks Michael! Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Servers/Hardware. Looking for some Docker and Kubernetes resources? Check out James Thorne’s recent post on beginner resources for Docker and Kubernetes.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

This is my first time publishing a Technology Short Take with my new filesystem-based approach of managing resources. Networking. I think this three-part series on new network models for cloud computing ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ), while almost a year old, is quite good. Servers/Hardware. ; my apologies for that.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Networking. Matt Klein breaks down service mesh components , using terms networking professionals know well, like “data plane” and “control plane.” ” Those familiar with networking concepts will identify well with the ideas in this article, I think. Servers/Hardware. Nothing this time around.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Networking. Ray Budavari—who is an absolutely fantastic NSX resource—has a blog post up on the integration between VMware NSX and vRealize Automation. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. Here’s a post that claims to translate OVS and OpenStack Neutron to the network engineer’s language.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Networking. Skydive is (in the project’s own words) an “open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer.” Servers/Hardware. Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox. Thinking of virtualizing Linux on Hyper-V? Welcome to Technology Short Take #79! What’s that? See here.). environments.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Galido

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones. In Vehicle Infotainment.

Open Source 60

Open Source Linux Automotive Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Networking. Servers/Hardware. Phoummala Schmitt talks about the importance of tags with cloud resources. Although her article is written specifically for Azure, the underlying concept of being sure to tag resources appropriately is valuable for any cloud provider. Now, on to the content! Nothing this time around.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Networking. Servers/Hardware. Ahmet Alp Balkan talks about how the Knative Serving component addresses some key networking challenges within Kubernetes. Bjoern Brundert has a collection of resources for Project Pacific (announced at VMworld 2019). Spend time with your family instead. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Using Python and Netmiko for network automation is the topic of this post by Colin McAlister.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

Networking. David Gee makes the connection between coffee and network automation. Matt Oswalt, one of the co-authors of our recently-released network automation book from O’Reilly, recently tackled the topic of running Kubernetes with Tungsten Fabric (formerly known as OpenContrail). Servers/Hardware. No, really.

Network 60

Network Virtualization Open Source Vmware 60