Scott Lowe

APRIL 3, 2013

The real problem is the configuration and management of network policy: stuff like QoS, VLANs, ACLs, NAT, VRFs, firewalls, load balancing, etc. Please be sure to add vendor affiliations, where applicable. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Or am I missing something?

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Load Balancer Network HP Virtualization 119

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. This is a thorny topic full of design considerations, and this AWS article discusses a few of them. Networking.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Spearline Testing

JANUARY 14, 2021

Many individuals utilize VoIP on a daily basis unbeknownst to themselves, for example in online gaming or through video calling applications. SIP also identifies which codec should be used to interpret the media packets that are being sent between the caller and the receiver in order to digitally convey the conversation. Resultant issues.

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VOIP Telecommunications Load Balancer Internet 147

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Researchers from Zafran have identified a critical misconfiguration in Web Application Firewalls (WAF) from major providers, including those from Akamai, Cloudflare, and Imperva. The misconfiguration stems from a lack of proper validation between backend web applications (origin servers) and the CDN layer.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Mirantis published an article discussing a framework they built for bare-metal provisioning with OpenStack that allows OpenStack to place workloads onto bare-metal nodes instead of onto a hypervisor. I don’t have anything for this area this time around, but I’ll stay alert for articles to add next time. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 115

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

A specific angle I want to address here is that of infrastructure automation ; that is, the dynamic manipulation of physical resources (virtualized or not) such as I/O, networking, load balancing, and storage connections - Sometimes referred to as "Infrastructure 2.0". a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Google also added this reference point: "For a sense of scale, this two minute attack generated more requests than the total number of article views reported by Wikipedia during the entire month of September 2023." Stephen Gates , Principal Security SME at Horizon3.ai,

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Internet Load Balancer Google Vendor Management 91

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

I have a few more links than normal this time around, although I didn’t find articles in a couple categories. Don’t worry—I’ll keep my eyes peeled and my RSS reader ready to pull in new articles in those categories for next time. Nick Schmidt talks about using GitOps with the NSX Advanced Load Balancer.

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Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I never found the root cause, but we did find a workaround; however, along the way, someone shared this article with me. Dan Lorenc’s article on policy and attestations does a great job of covering key concepts like signatures, attestations, and provenance. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Kudos to J.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Christopher Davis has an article discussing a recommended VPC subnet configuration. This is, of course, just one way of handling subnets within a VPC, but some of the principles outlined in Christopher’s article are definitely sound. This article is pretty high-level; I wish it had a bit more depth to it. Networking.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

PaaS provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage web applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure. Its unique power is associated with developing and deploying applications.

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Disaster Recovery Load Balancer Healthcare Applications 70

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Warning: I’m not sure the configuration as described in the article will actually work, but the concept is sound.) Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season, but now it’s time to jump back into the fray with a collection of technical articles from around the Internet. Eric Sloof mentions the NSX-T load balancing encyclopedia (found here ), which intends to be an authoritative resource to NSX-T load balancing configuration and management.

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Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Welcome to Technology Short Take #25, my irregularly-published collection of links, articles, thoughts, and rants. Operating Systems/Applications. According to this article by Rick Vanover, this feature allows you to protect your network against rogue/unauthorized DHCP servers. my apologies for that. Virtualization.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

NFV is intended to address the problem caused by having to route/direct traffic from various sources through physical appliances designed to provide services like content filtering, security, content delivery/acceleration, and load balancing. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org.

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Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 68

KineticData

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This article delves into our path to operational excellence, achieved by strategically incorporating automation and DevOps practices. By choosing containerization of our application components, we’ve removed the uncertainties and complexities of the underlying infrastructure.

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Devops Strategy Applications Load Balancer 59

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. Although her article is written specifically for Azure, the underlying concept of being sure to tag resources appropriately is valuable for any cloud provider. Perhaps this article can help.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Welcome to Technology Short Take 103, where I’m back yet again with a collection of links and articles from around the World Wide Web (Ha! If you’re not familiar with VPCs and associated AWS constructs, you should read this article. You may also find this related article (linked within Scott’s post) to be helpful.

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Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. This is a thorny topic full of design considerations, and this AWS article discusses a few of them. Networking.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

It looks like there will be a follow-up to this article as well, so you may want to check back on Ajay’s site. Bernd Malmqvist talks about Avi Networks’ software-defined load balancing solution, including providing an overview of how to use Vagrant to test it yourself. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

Dataconomy

APRIL 18, 2023

Have you ever wondered how your computer can perform multiple tasks at lightning-fast speeds, even when you’re running multiple applications simultaneously? This can be especially useful for applications that involve complex calculations or require real-time data processing. What is parallel processing?

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Load Balancer Big Data Applications Resources 41

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

Here’s a fresh new collection of links and articles from the around the web to propel myself back into blogging. These two articles are interesting (to me) because they combine both network automation and Kubernetes. David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS.

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Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. The Pivotal Engineering blog has an article that shows how to use BOSH with the vSphere CPI to automate adding servers to an NSX load balancing pool. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Before I present this episode’s collection of links, articles, and thoughts on various data center technologies, allow me to first wish all of my readers a very merry and very festive holiday season. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. Now, on to the content! Networking.

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Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Nevertheless, I have persevered in order to deliver you this list of links and articles. Viktor van den Berg writes on deploying NSX load balancers with vRA. And he provides a GitHub repository with samples from the article.). Operating Systems/Applications. I hope it proves useful! Networking. Larry Smith Jr.

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Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Vincent Bernat has a really in-depth article on IPv4 route lookup on Linux (and one on IPv6 route lookup as well). Ivan Pepelnjak has a great article that tries to get to the kernel of truth in the middle of the intent-based networking hype. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s hoping you find something useful!

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Storage Vmware Load Balancer IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I never found the root cause, but we did find a workaround; however, along the way, someone shared this article with me. Dan Lorenc’s article on policy and attestations does a great job of covering key concepts like signatures, attestations, and provenance. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Kudos to J.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Dataconomy

APRIL 28, 2023

Machine learning deployment is a crucial step in bringing the benefits of data science to real-world applications. In this article, we will explore the top machine learning deployment tools and platforms that can help organizations streamline their deployment process, improve model performance, and achieve their business goals.

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Tools Open Source Architecture Applications 77

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The first is a post on Cilium and F5 load balancer integration , while the second discusses implementing Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd. Hari Rana has a detailed discussion of security concerns regarding Flatpak (a packaging format for Linux applications). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Continuing on that Envoy theme, you may find this article by Matt Klein—one of the primary authors of Envoy—helpful in understanding some of the concepts behind modern load balancing and proxying. Operating Systems/Applications. Many of these concepts had direct impacts on the design of Envoy. Good stuff!

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Russell Bryant has a couple great articles on OVN— how to test OVN’s “EZ Bake” release with DevStack as well as an article on implementing OpenStack security groups using OVN ACLs (which in turn leverage the integration between Open vSwitch and the Linux kernel’s conntrack module). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Kamal Kyrala discusses a method for accessing Kubernetes Services without Ingress, NodePort, or load balancers. His points are spot-on: making the control plane highly available isn’t going to improve the availability or scalability of your applications. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #48, another installation in my irregularly-published series that collects links, articles, and thoughts from around the web. This time around, the content is a bit heavier on cloud management and applications/operating systems, but still lots of good content all the way around (I hope, anyway).

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Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Dataconomy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The tsunami of demands for faster application development in the wake of digital transformation has fueled the growth of LCNC platforms. This article discusses how gen AI is driving innovation in low-code software development, with regards to the technological aspects and implications.

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Software Development Development Software Software 50

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

I have another collection of links, articles, and thoughts about key data center technologies, and hopefully I’ve managed to include something here that will prove useful or thought-provoking. For those that may be new to Terraform, Cody Bunch has a great article that describes a simple use case of Terraform with vSphere. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Dataconomy

MAY 22, 2023

In this article, we will explore the concept of distributed learning and its significance in the realm of machine learning. This scalability is particularly valuable in scenarios where real-time or near-real-time predictions are needed or when dealing with large-scale datasets, such as those encountered in big data applications.

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Training Resources Data Load Balancer 93

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

If you haven’t read that post or aren’t familiar with the requirements for setting up a Kubernetes cluster with the AWS cloud provider, I strongly recommend you go read the linked article. You can use the kubeadm configuration files in the August 2019 article for your nodes as a basis/starting point. Bootstrap the Cluster.

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Internet Load Balancer Cloud System 60