Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Anthony Burke has written a script that uses VMware NSX to protect VMware Log Insight instances. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Ajeet Singh Raina has a write-up on running Docker Datacenter on VMware vSphere. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Operating Systems/Applications. You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself). You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself).

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

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

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Colin Lynch shares some details on his journey with VMware NSX (so far). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Colin Lynch shares some details on his journey with VMware NSX (so far). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 28, 2014

Or should I say, I haven’t seen a great operating model for seamlessly managing both Windows and Linux. For instance, there was the whole Windows vs. automobile industry meme that was going around a few years ago. I’ve also seen how difficult it is to manage both the product and operations model.

Vmware 68

Vmware Linux Comparison Windows 68

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It’s a toolkit, part of the Moby Project, that is used for building secure, portable, and lean operating systems for containers. It uses the moby tooling to build system images. Linux containers on Windows (LCOW) preview support. Multi-arch build system. Fully immutable system images.

Linux 60

Linux Architecture Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

This is pretty cool: a WYSIWYG topology designer for VMware NSX. Barry Peddycord shares an update on Ansible support for the Cumulus Linux NCLU. The VMware Cloud-Native Apps group has a breakdown of some of the new features/functionality found in the 1.9 Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. or higher).

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Sam McGeown has a nice diagram of the communications channels between the various VMware NSX components. Operating Systems/Applications. Michael Wittig shares some details on migrating to Amazon Linux 2. Nick Korte shares some “lessons learned” as his team explored VMware vSAN as a storage solution.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Cumulus Networks recently introduced the Cumulus Linux Network Command Line Utility (NCLU) , which provides a more unified front-end to configuring switches running Cumulus Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. Jeff Geerling walks you through how to use Ansible via Windows 10’s Subsystem for Linux.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. As a partial counterpoint to the increased use/visibility of Linux in the networking industry, check out Ivan’s take on Dell’s OS10 announcement. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 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. Operating Systems/Applications. could make RDP connections to modern Windows systems. could make RDP connections to modern Windows systems.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

VMware recently released an updated to PowerCLI (version 6.5.3), and with it comes a set of cmdlets that provide low-level access to the NSX-T REST API. Lior Kamrat has a multi-part series on an architecture that blends Mesosphere DC/OS, Azure, Docker, and VMware vSphere. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Engineering Network 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

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Jeremy is a “hard-core” networking professional, and so hearing his feedback on Cumulus Linux was, in my opinion, useful.

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

That prompted Cody Bunch to write this article on setting up a topology with BGP on Linux using the topology converter , which I’m now mentioning in this Technology Short Take. PowerShell on Cumulus Linux on a network switch? Clifford Haas has a review of VMware NSX (this is from back in January). Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Case Study Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Not sure if this link belongs in Networking or in Virtualization, but we’ll stick it here since it talks about VMware NSX. Here’s a three-part series on running VMware NSX on vSphere on AWS via Ravello Systems ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ). No problem, Ravello Systems has a blog (and a blueprint) to help you set all this up.

Vmware 60

Vmware Cloud Windows Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Want to install VMware NSX in your home lab, but concerned about resource utilization? Although it’s not called out in the article, it’s important to note that this is not supported by VMware.). to VMware NSX 6.2.5 Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Gareth Lewis walks through a vCNS 5.5.4

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Colin Lynch shares some details on his journey with VMware NSX (so far). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I’ve been a Mac OS X user for a long time; I switched from Windows to OS X in 2003 when the OS X flavor of the day was 10.2 “Jaguar.” I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. Apple and VMware…or Xen?

Operating Systems 131

Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 131

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). William Lam has a series of posts on VMware Pivotal Container Service (PKS), which at the time of this writing was up to 4 posts in the series.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ). Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? and Windows Server 2012 NFS. Here’s one idea. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 106

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

In case you’re interested, here’s more details on CVE-2016-5195 , aka “Dirty Cow,” and how it might be used to allow a user to escape from a Linux container (like a Docker container). Blueprints that demonstrate VMware-Chef integration. Operating Systems/Applications. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Larry Smith Jr.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 27, 2018

VMware has released a PowerCLI preview/fling for NSX-T; Kyle Ruddy has a write-up here. VMware has launched a SIG for Kubernetes on VMware. Operating Systems/Applications. I found this article on the “end of Windows” to be an interesting read. VMware recently GA’d vSphere 6.7,

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Open Source Security 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. As a partial counterpoint to the increased use/visibility of Linux in the networking industry, check out Ivan’s take on Dell’s OS10 announcement. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 8, 2014

It would be great to see Docker get support for connecting containers directly to Open vSwitch (OVS), which is generally considered the de facto standard for networking on Linux hosts. Another series on VMware NSX has popped up, this time from Jon Langemak. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Erik Hinderer takes a stab (based on his field experience) at estimating how long it takes to upgrade VMware NSX. When you’re operating at the scale at which Netflix operates, this is no trivial feat. Christian Kellner talks about work done on Thunderbolt 3 security levels for GNU/Linux. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

In the event you’re interested in an idea of how much latency the use of in-kernel hypervisor firewalling (such as that offered by VMware NSX) adds, have a look at this article by Sean Howard. Operating Systems/Applications. What really caught my eye, though, was the size of the Windows Server Docker image (9.429 GB!).

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

PowerNSX is pretty cool—it’s a set of PowerShell cmdlets for administrators of VMware NSX running in vSphere environments. Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

John Welsh has a post on why someone might use VMware NSX. Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Unfortunately, if you were the owner of a Logitech device, you had to boot into Windows just to update the firmware—until now. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

John Welsh has a post on why someone might use VMware NSX. Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Unfortunately, if you were the owner of a Logitech device, you had to boot into Windows just to update the firmware—until now. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The first was on RESTful control of Cumulus Linux ACLs (this one isn’t actually sFlow-related); the second was on combining sFlow telemetry and RESTful APIs for visibility and control in campus networks. Kevin Houston provides some details on blade server options for VMware vSAN Ready Nodes. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. Bahubali (Bill) Shetti walks through analyzing the cost of a self-managed Kubernetes cluster on AWS using VMware CloudHealth. ” Operating Systems/Applications. configurations. Servers/Hardware. Nothing this time around!

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

VMware has a similar offering via the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service recovery-as-a-service offering. The portability of orchestration resources is one of several aspects you’ll want to examine as you progress down the route of fully embracing a cloud computing operational model. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ). Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? and Windows Server 2012 NFS. Here’s one idea. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

Andrew Beekhof tackles some issues around the evolving OpenStack HA architecture ; in particular, how and when Pacemaker should be used as more and more OpenStack services become able to operate in active/active configurations. Operating Systems/Applications. How about a Salt plugin for vRealize Orchestrator ? Virtualization.

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Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60