Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2017

Feature parity and user interface parity between OVS/OVN on Hyper-V is really close to OVS/OVN on Linux, which should make it easier for Linux sysadmins to use OVS/OVN on Hyper-V as well. OVN Gateway and IPv6 Support. OVN’s IPv6 support is still lacking a few features, although development is still happening in those areas.

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IPv6 Linux Open Source Windows 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2017

Feature parity and user interface parity between OVS/OVN on Hyper-V is really close to OVS/OVN on Linux, which should make it easier for Linux sysadmins to use OVS/OVN on Hyper-V as well. OVN Gateway and IPv6 Support. OVN’s IPv6 support is still lacking a few features, although development is still happening in those areas.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Linux Open Source Windows 60

Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I’m happy to announce that Cloud Playground is now available on Linux Academy! Seven years ago we launched our first Cloud Servers interface providing the ability for Linux Academy students to spin up virtual machines on demand as part of their membership. Upgraded interface and server logs.

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Training Cloud Linux Course 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Networking. Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. In a bit of an older post from late summer 2016, Matt Oswalt outlines why network engineers should care about the network software supply chain. Good advice.

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Networking. 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. Want to understand kube-proxy , a key part of Kubernetes networking, a bit better? I hope you’re able to find something useful here!

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Networking Kevin Jin’s post on the APNIC blog about network automation tools is a great read. He discusses Netmiko, NAPALM, and Nornir in some detail, and provides some guidance around which network automation tool may be right for you. Anton Kuliashov writes about why Palark uses Cilium for Kubernetes networking.

IPv6 74

IPv6 Linux Tools Network 74

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Networking. Denise Fishburne has a 7-part series on IPv6. Russ White shares Russ' rules for network design. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve gathered a few technology-related links for you all. Servers/Hardware.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Wireguard, if you’re not familiar, is a relatively new solution that is baked into recent Linux kernels. Since the configuration of the clients and the servers is largely the same (especially since both client and server are Linux), I haven’t separated out the two configurations. There is also support for other OSes.)

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Linux Network IPv6 Tools 78

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Welcome to Technology Short Take #84! OK, bring on the links!

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Welcome to Technology Short Take #84! OK, bring on the links!

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

Networking. Michael Ryom has a nice (but short) article on using Log Insight along with a NetFlow proxy to help provide more detailed visibility into traffic flows between VMs on NSX logical networks. BGP seems to be emerging as an early front-runner for a standards-based control plane for software networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2015

In this post, I’ve gathered links to posts about networking, virtualization, Docker, containers, Linux, configuration management, and all kinds of other cool stuff. Networking. If you haven’t read Brent’s article on building network tools with Docker , I highly recommend it. Welcome to Technology Short Take #53.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization Windows 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Networking. 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. The company is VirTool Networks (catchy, eh?),

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Networking. Rick Sherman has an article on using Jinja2 templates for network automation , including a practical example.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

Networking. Isovalent, the folks behind Cilium, recently unveiled the Network Policy Editor, a graphical way of editing Kubernetes Network Policies. Ivan Pepelnjak, the font of all networking knowledge, has been discussing cloud networking in some detail for a good while now. Want/need to better understand IPv6?

IPv6 60

IPv6 Network Storage Policies 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

Networking. I love this post from Matt Oswalt on five next-gen skills for networking pros. It tells me that some skills—specifically, Linux, automation/configuration management, software development concepts—are going to be essential for all new IT pros in the near future. Here’s hoping you find something useful. You’re welcome.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Networking. Charles Min-Cheng Chan has a write-up on using IPv6 in Mininet. 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?

Vmware 60

Vmware Case Study Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Networking. Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. has a great blog series going called “Hey, I can DevOps my Network too!” This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems.

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Firewall Windows Linux Architecture 60

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 19, 2011

The public beta release of AWS Elastic Beanstalk supports a container for Java developers using the familiar Linux / Apache Tomcat application stack. New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. Spot Instances - Increased Control. Expanding the Cloud - AWS Import/Export Support for Amazon EBS. APAC Summer Tour.

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Load Balancer Cloud Applications Development 99

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Welcome to Technology Short Take #84! Servers/Hardware.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Perhaps there was a bulletin board behind it, or perhaps there was a corporate network. We try to understand as much as possible about the network protocol and the malicious activity that this particular malware does. So we have far less users for Mac and Linux than we have on Windows. Vamosi: In many cases.

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Internet Malware Research Linux 52