TM Forum

JANUARY 31, 2022

In order to effectively carry out location analytics to help ensure public safety, three key elements are required: Location data sourcing. Location data treatment and storage. Location data sourcing. Mobile apps typically use GPS from the mobile phones to determine location, but other sources are utilized such as Wi-Fi nodes.

Analysis 130

Analysis Mobile Storage Data 130

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Servers/Hardware.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Engin Diri’s article on continuous cluster audit scanning with Trivy is a “two-for-one” article: you get to see some Pulumi YAML to create a Kubernetes cluster on Civo, and you get to see writing policies for the Trivy Operator. Ricardo Sueiras captured some great links on open source at AWS in this newsletter.

Devops 87

Devops Virtualization Engineering Storage 87

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Operating Systems/Applications. Filippo Valsorda speculates on how open source maintainers need to evolve into professional maintainers. Dmitri Lerko shows how to use labels to do dynamic alert routing with Prometheus and AlertManager (in other words, routing alerts to the correct team based on labels). Virtualization.

Open Source 94

Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Kitaboo

APRIL 1, 2024

KITABOO KITABOO is a cloud-based digital textbook platform that offers a powerful and simple ePUB reader for a large range of operating systems and devices. Sigil Sigil, an open-source ePUB editor, offers various tools for generating and modifying ePUB files.

Software 78

Software Software eBook Adobe 78

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Operating Systems/Applications. Cole Atkinson discusses the fact that osxfuse is no longer open source , and the ramifications of this development on open source in general. Continuing his focus on cloud-init , Luc Dekens has added four more articles to his site discussing this tool.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework. Operating Systems/Applications. Although it isn’t technically specific to storage, there are significant storage themes in this article on what might happen if you lock yourself out of your digital life. Check out this write-up.

Vmware 74

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Rory McCune shares some information on configuring Caddy , a Go-based open source web server. Storage Stephen Wagner discusses a situation in which all VMs are inaccessible after graceful cluster shutdown and restart.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Acra is open source and available via GitHub.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

marks the first release of the open source container orchestration platform that is signed using Sigstore (more details here ). Operating Systems/Applications. For relevant storage news, I’d recommend having a look at J Metz’ Storage Short Take 42. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Kubernetes 1.24

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Servers/Hardware.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

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! Denis Mulyalin shows how to use Nornir, Salt, and NetBox to template your network tests.

Programming 96

Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

For all your other desktop software needs, there’s usually a free, open-source program that can do just as good a job. This is an image of the Mint operating system which you can use to run or install the operating system. You should also set it to update your system to the latest version of Mint.

Linux 106

Linux Windows How To Operating Systems 106

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Lots of folks like using Dropbox , the ubiquitous store-and-sync cloud storage service; I am among them. To help address that, I looked around to find an open, interoperable way of adding an extra layer of encryption onto my data. A Mac port of the open source EncFS FUSE filesystem. Background. What You’ll Need.

Open Source 137

Open Source Storage Security Guidelines 137

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Components involved include the open source Kuma service mesh (in turn leveraging Envoy), anycast BGP, and mutual TLS (mTLS). It’s a shame the site doesn’t appear to have an RSS/Atom feed… Operating Systems/Applications. A redesign for Apple’s long-stagnant System Preferences app?

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Operating Systems/Applications. While written for OS X, most of these tips apply to Linux or other Unix-like operating systems as well. “Captain KVM,” aka Jon Benedict, takes on the discussion of enterprise storage vs. open source storage solutions in OpenStack environments.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Galido

JULY 20, 2018

Many iPhone users and Apple fanboys alike stand by their product no matter how limited Apple makes their storage capacities, while Android geeks have long time been able to freely add storage/memory cards to their devices and take advantage of more powerful hardware. Galaxy S8 base storage starts at 64GB, while Apple’s is 32GB.

Study 66

Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Operating Systems/Applications. could make RDP connections to modern Windows systems. Jase McCarty talks about how to backup or recover storage policy-based management (SPBM) profiles. This is notable (for me, at least) primarily because a growing number of Docker images are based on Alpine Linux. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Open source has become so critical to so many aspects of our computing infrastructure. I recently stumbled across Ricardo Sueiras’ “AWS open source news and updates” posts. Adrian’s operational review readiness template is another great post as well. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Operating Systems/Applications. I’m not sure how I missed that part 2 was published only 2 days later, so I’m rectifying that now. Go check out part 2. Paul Fitzgerald shows how to use Hyper-V and Docker to build a VyOS 1.2.0

Operating Systems 60

Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

The CNCF blog has a great article written by an Alibaba software engineer (Xingyu Chen) on some performance optimizations for etcd that have been contributed back to the open source community. Operating Systems/Applications. These look interesting, but be aware that they are not licensed with an open source license.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Licensing Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 5, 2019

As would be expected with any maturing open source project that is starting to see increased adoption, Kubernetes has seen its share of security vulnerabilities over the last couple of months. Operating Systems/Applications. It provides the basics behind X.509v3 Plus, there are some handy openssl commands! Kubernetes 1.15

Storage 60

Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems. ” Operating Systems/Applications. Sysdig explains PSPs, and talks about kube-psp-advisor , a tool to help simplify deploying PSPs. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

This is a fascinating (to me, at least) paper on the implications of non-volatile storage on today’s data centers (and data center hardware). VMware open-sourced an identity and access management service called Lightwave ( project web site , GitHub repo ). Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2020

I recently stumbled across this regular list of AWS open source news and updates by Ricardo Sueiras. Operating Systems/Applications. Cody Hosterman, of Pure Storage, takes a look at Pure Storage’s support of the recently-released vSphere 7. I also really liked his post on text processing tools.

Storage 60

Storage Tools Architecture Network 60

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

“Whether companies are pursuing space ventures of their own or maturing cutting-edge systems to one day offer a new service to NASA, the agency is dedicated to helping bring new capabilities to market for our mutual benefit.”. Northrop Grumman Space Systems) of Dulles, Va., Kent, Wash.-based million Tipping Point award from NASA.

Research 123

Research System Development Energy 123

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Operating Systems/Applications. And it’s publicly available on GitHub , although not licensed with a typical open source license. Fatima Silveira has a good article on using the Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler. Ajeet Singh Raina shares a list of the top 200 Kubernetes tools for DevOps engineers. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. YAML is a popular choice for data storage, configuration files, configurations management, etc. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. used across a variety of programs/languages.

Course 104

Course Linux Devops Big Data 104

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Sathyajith Bhat covers five open source tools for container security. The folks at Platform9 recently open-sourced a tool called etcdadm (inspired by kubeadm ). Operating Systems/Applications. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. The GitHub repository is here , and the blog post with the announcement is here.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. This was the source of some confusion in the past; the move to Moby sidesteps those concerns. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. This was the source of some confusion in the past; the move to Moby sidesteps those concerns. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Ryan Kelly shows readers how to configure Harbor (open source container registry project) to use Amazon S3 for storage. YACOOS (Yet Another Container-Optimized Operating System) has gone GA; this time it’s Google’s (imaginatively-named) “Container-Optimized OS”.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Examples 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. Operating Systems/Applications. Who says you can’t please everyone all the time? Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Students will get hands-on experience installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Courses Free in May. Then this course is for you.

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

This is a fascinating (to me, at least) paper on the implications of non-volatile storage on today’s data centers (and data center hardware). VMware open-sourced an identity and access management service called Lightwave ( project web site , GitHub repo ). Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Maish Saidel-Keesing, I saw this post about 10 open source Kubernetes tools for highly effective SRE and Ops teams. Operating Systems/Applications. Mark Peek talks about Dispatch , the open source serverless framework VMware recently released. release of Kubernetes. PowerShell Core 6.0 Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60