Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ). Could we use OpenFlow to build better internet exchanges? Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Here’s one idea. Servers/Hardware. Thanks Gabe!

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Looking for a step-by-step install guide for VMware NSX? Ray Budavari—who is an absolutely fantastic NSX resource—has a blog post up on the integration between VMware NSX and vRealize Automation. If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As described in this Metacloud blog post , vxfld is designed to “handle VXLAN traffic from any operationg system or hardware platform that adheres to the IETF Internet-Draft for VXLAN” Nir Yechiel recently posted part 1 of a discussion on the need for network overlays. Running Hyper-V with Linux VMs? Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Flavio Leitner has a nice article comparing OVS internal ports with Linux veth devices. This topic is the subject of some debate given that some claim OVS internal ports perform much better than Linux veth devices. Along with Docker, VMware worked with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) to prepare a security benchmark for Docker 1.6

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

This Tech Short Take marks the end of an era (sort of); it’s the last Tech Short Take published while I’m a VMware employee (today is my last day; see here for more details). If you don’t know how that image was built, this is no different than downloading a compiled executable from the Internet and running it.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. Anthony Spiteri shares a Terraform configuration he created to deploy a sandbox Kubernetes cluster on VMware vSphere. Welcome to Technology Short Take #119! Now, on to the content! Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

If you like geeking out over the hardware side of networking, you may find this Ars Technica article on the physical infrastructure of the global Internet to be an interesting read. (I This is a highly technical article on scheduling in the Linux kernel , but it’s well worth reading. The latest I’ve found: Kontena. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

I have, however, finally managed to pull together this list of links and articles from around the Internet, and I hope that something I’ve included here proves useful to readers. Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. Networking. configurations. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2013

On OS X or Linux, this installs with the OS; on Windows, you’ll need a client like PuTTY. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. VMware Weak Spot. Linux Virtualization CLI KVM SSH' A VNC client. Accessing VNC Consoles of KVM Guests via SSH.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #125, where I have a collection of articles about various data center and cloud technologies collected from around the Internet. William Lam provides a sneak peek at deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on vSphere and VMware Cloud on AWS. You can also go get your fill of storage-related links from J Metz.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #42, another installation in my ongoing series of irregularly published collections of news, items, thoughts, rants, raves, and tidbits from around the Internet, with a focus on data center-related technologies. Anthony Burke’s series on VMware NSX continues with part 5. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 23, 2019

Otherwise, I leave you with this list of links and articles from around the Internet to keep you busy. Network bonding in Linux—as outlined in this article —is something I may have to explore. What I’d really like to have is something like ControlPlane (née Marco Polo for the longtime Mac users), but for Linux.

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