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. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux. Networking. So useful.).

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Linux Academy

DECEMBER 1, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job.

Course 26

Course Linux Devops Big Data 26

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

However, managing PCI security compliance across various lines of business within these institutions can be a complex and resource-intensive task. Having segmentation between infrastructure providing data processing and data storage is an example of a broad IT security architectural pattern.

Financial 101

Financial Architecture Resources Security 101

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Humair Ahmed of VMware shares some details on a new control plane resiliency feature recently added to VMware NSX: Controller Disconnected Operation (CDO) mode. Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Arthur Chiao’s post on cracking kube-proxy is also an excellent resource—in fact, there’s so much information packed in there you may need to read it more than once. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Start here.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

CTOvision

JANUARY 31, 2017

They need servers and bandwidth — and because it’s in the interest of everyone who isn’t a spammer to deny them those resources, they must constantly replenish their stock of compromised servers, hosting accounts, and, in the last couple of years, smart connected devices. The Internet of Things is the marketing term for those devices.

Internet 150

Internet Network Course Linux 150

Linux Academy

JULY 30, 2019

To continually support you in your mission to learn and grow we are always adding new courses and resources. Our free cloud training allows students to begin developing their Linux and Cloud skills. Visit the Linux Academy Booth at Black Hat or find Ell at any of the other Hacker Summer Camp events! How to Get a Linux Job.

Course 25

Course Linux Devops Cloud 25

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. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. How to Get a Linux Job. Build Your Own Linux From Scratch.

Linux 22

Linux Course Devops Big Data 22

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

Back in October of last year, Tom Hollingsworth weighed in on Hedgehog , the networking company that has set out to commercialize SONiC, a Linux-based NOS used extensively in Azure. Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Linux Academy

AUGUST 29, 2019

To continually support you in your mission to learn and grow we are always adding new courses and free resources to begin developing your Linux and Cloud skills. Courses Free in September: Microsoft SQL Server On Linux Quick Start. Linux Networking and Trouble Shooting. How to Get a Linux Job. Git Quick Start.

Linux 18

Linux Course Devops Big Data 18

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job.

Course 15

Course Linux Devops Big Data 15

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Here are some resources for learning Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. Nicola Apicella has a nice, in-depth write-up discussing Docker images, overlay file systems, and the OCI specification. Tomas provides resources for running Fedora Silverblue on Libvirt/KVM. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

Linux 60

Linux Virtualization Security Network 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. Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post. Operating Systems/Applications.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Microsoft Azure Administrator – Exam AZ-103 : This course will help to prepare you for the AZ-103 exam with practical labs and demonstrations with the focus on these 5 domains: Manage Azure subscriptions and resources. Implement and manage storage. Last month we put out over 45 new hands-on labs for our learners to work with.

Linux 14

Linux Course Microsoft Devops 14

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. Welcome to Technology Short Take #165! Also see the link to the newer article the author wrote as a follow-up.

Programming 96

Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

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

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

The key to making it work is the idea of a virtual resource. In Puppet, you are normally only allowed to define a resource once; you’d then apply that same resource against multiple systems. The Puppet Labs site does a much better job of explaining virtual resources. or similar.

Resources 126

Resources Virtualization Linux Open Source 126

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

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. Christopher Damerau explains how to use Ansible to manage VMware resources. The article is a bit high-level, and most readers will need to seek out other resources for more details.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

These are some really good articles with useful information on using Ansible to create/destroy AWS resources. Rowan Udell has a quick AWS CLI command that prints an ordered list of all the resources in a CloudFormation stack. Operating Systems/Applications. This post is a bit older, but still useful, I think. release).

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Dell 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

If you’re trying to wrap your head around AWS IAM policies, I have yet to find a resource I can recommend more strongly than this article on AWS IAM policies in a nutshell. Operating Systems/Applications. Ryan Kelly shows readers how to configure Harbor (open source container registry project) to use Amazon S3 for storage.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Examples 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Weijuan Shi Davis collected some resources related to Windows containers on Kubernetes in this post-KubeCon post. Operating Systems/Applications. This post reminds me that I need to write up the procedure I followed to get the Prometheus Operator scraping metrics from a TLS-secured etcd cluster bootstrapped using kubeadm.).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Case Study 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 27, 2019

Operating Systems/Applications. I recently saw an article stating that VMware is going to use Minio as the object storage platform for Kubernetes, but the evidence presented in the article is anything but convincing. Bjoern Brundert has a collection of resources for Project Pacific (announced at VMworld 2019).

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Linux Academy

JULY 30, 2019

To continually support you in your mission to learn and grow we are always adding new courses and resources. Our free cloud training allows students to begin developing their Linux and Cloud skills. Visit the Linux Academy Booth at Black Hat or find Ell at any of the other Hacker Summer Camp events! How to Get a Linux Job.

Course 12

Course Linux Devops Cloud 12

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Kevin Lynch of the Squarespace Engineering team has a great write-up on Linux container scheduling ; this post provides some in-depth information on the various components and considerations involved. Host Resources Deep Dive book is now available as a free e-book, courtesy of Rubrik.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Engineering Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

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. Via Mike Foley , the community now has a new resource to help educate on VM escapes. Operating Systems/Applications. Alpine Linux 3.5

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Perhaps this article can help. Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 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. Want to install VMware NSX in your home lab, but concerned about resource utilization? Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. Looking for some Docker and Kubernetes resources? RegEx tester. Enough said. Virtualization. Here’s a great way.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. Looking for some Docker and Kubernetes resources? RegEx tester. Enough said. Virtualization. Here’s a great way.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Brent Salisbury’s post on Golang for Network Ops not only points out why networking pros should learn Golang, but also provides some resources on how to learn it. A new VPN security flaw has been uncovered that affects a wide range of UNIX- and Linux-based systems. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

What will happen when you combine GPUs and persistent storage? It seems to me that the ever-increasing application of persistent storage technologies in lots of difference places is going to change lots and lots of things. Operating Systems/Applications. Is the era of the storage admin over ? Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

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). Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Operating Systems/Applications. I knew Microsoft was cozying up to Linux, but I honestly didn’t expect they would port SQL Server to Linux. Have fun reading! Networking. VMware recently GA’d version 6.2

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox. I like the idea of using Docker labels to include a reference to a commit in a version control system as suggested in this article , but as I was thinking about it this morning I had a question. That’s handy. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Scott McCarty explains sVirt and how it’s used to isolate Linux containers. Operating Systems/Applications. This is from July 2017, but still applicable I think: Detectify has a deep dive on access controls for Amazon’s S3 object storage service , which increasingly has been a source of data breaches.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 60