Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Operating Systems/Applications. Only a true geek would be interested in this, but here’s some information on running OpenBSD in KVM on Linux. Given my past interest in OpenBSD and my present interest in KVM on Linux, this might be something I’ll be trying myself soon. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Nick Schmidt talks about using GitOps with the NSX Advanced Load Balancer. Operating Systems/Applications. Dennis Felsing shares some thoughts on switching to macOS after 15 years on Linux. Running Docker on an M1 Max-based system? BIOS updates without a reboot , and under Linux first? Read more here.

Load Balancer 90

Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

You can deploy your application in the configuration you choose on Amazon Linux and Ubuntu. You define JSON templates and use them to provision and manage AWS resources, operating systems and application code. OpsWorks has some unique features that help customers achieve this: Model and support any application.

Cloud 145

Cloud Applications Web Services Resources 145

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

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. I use OTR with Adium on OS X, and OTR with Pidgin on my Fedora Linux laptop.). Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Xavier Avrillier walks readers through using Antrea (a Kubernetes CNI built on top of Open vSwitch—a topic I’ve touched on a time or two) to provide on-premise load balancing in Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

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. In this case, it sounds like Wind River’s customers are OEMs/ODMs, not end users.

Intel 68

Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 68

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. This graphical summary of the AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) is pretty handy. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Nothing this time (sorry!).

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The “TL;DR” for those who are interested is that this solution bypasses the normal iptables layer involved in most Kubernetes implementations to load balance traffic directly to Pods in the cluster. Operating Systems/Applications. Unfortunately, this appears to be GKE-specific. Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Vmware Applications 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Scott McCarty explains sVirt and how it’s used to isolate Linux containers. Check out these articles talking about IPVS-based in-cluster load balancing , CoreDNS , dynamic kubelet configuration , and resizing persistent volumes in Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I was pointed to Jon Langemak’s in-depth discussion of working with Linux VRFs. The first is a post on Cilium and F5 load balancer integration , while the second discusses implementing Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 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). Operating Systems/Applications. Andrew Montalenti discusses the state of Linux on the desktop by examining his own journey with various Lenovo-branded laptops. Here’s hoping you find something useful!

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. This article listing 20 Linux server hardening tips contains some basic tips but is nevertheless a very good resource for someone looking for Linux security recommendations. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture 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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

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). First, here’s a workaround to the fact that vCA doesn’t (yet) do cloud-init, which makes injecting SSH keys into Linux instances a bit difficult. Networking.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60