Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Networking. Ivan tackles the topic of CI/CD and testing in network automation. Baptiste Collard has a post on Kubernetes controllers for AWS load balancers. One takeaway from this post for me was that the new AWS load balancer controller uses a ton of annotations. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Load Balancer Vmware Operating Systems Architecture 94

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 19, 2011

Flexibility is one of the key principles of Amazon Web Services - developers can select any programming language and software package, any operating system, any middleware and any database to build systems and applications that meet their requirements. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2011 04:00 PM. Comments ().

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Load Balancer Cloud Applications Development 99

Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

Networking Lee Briggs (formerly of Pulumi, now with Tailscale) shows how to use the Tailscale Operator to create “free” Kubernetes load balancers (“free” as in no additional charge above and beyond what it would normally cost to operate a Kubernetes cluster). Thanks for reading!

Linux 113

Linux Vmware Load Balancer Malware 113

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. Also see the “Networking” section above for a related post on the networking aspects involved.

Vmware 115

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 115

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Networking. Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is session COMS002, titled “The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.” ” The speakers are Recep Ozdag, a PME with Intel, and Gershon Schatzberg, a PLM with Wind River Systems. The first concept that Recep discusses is network virtualization.

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Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 68

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Networking. I think this three-part series on new network models for cloud computing ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ), while almost a year old, is quite good. Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Linux Academy

JUNE 3, 2019

If you’re new to this process, let me break this down for you: When you first log in to your cloud services provider console, you have to configure a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), which requires networking knowledge. You have to launch the virtual servers, which means you need to: Choose an operating system.

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Linux Course Open Source Load Balancer 92

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Networking. 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Check this out.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Networking. Nick Schmidt talks about using GitOps with the NSX Advanced Load Balancer. Operating Systems/Applications. And now for the content! Mike Fiedler explores differences in ways for container-to-container communication to occur. What do you think microsegmentation means ? Servers/Hardware.

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Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Networking. Matt Oswalt has a great post on the need for networking professionals to learn basic scripting skills—something he (rightfully) distinguishes from programming as a full-time occupation. Further, he follows that up with a post on how automation is more than just configuration management ; it’s about network services.

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Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of GovCloud Network, GovCloud Network Partners or any other corporation or organization.) ↑ Grab this Headline Animator ( Thank you. Teradata Database on AWS ( This content is being syndicated through multiple channels.

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Disaster Recovery Load Balancer Healthcare Applications 70

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Networking. 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. Sorry about that! Servers/Hardware. Nothing this time (sorry!).

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Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. Operating Systems/Applications. Rudi Martinsen has an article on changing the Avi load balancer license tier (this is in the context of using it with vSphere with Tanzu). I hope you find something useful! A short while ago I was helping someone (an acquaintance of a friend) with some odd DNS issues.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

Networking. 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s hoping that I found something useful for you! This is kind of cool.

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Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Networking. The engineering team at Lyft recently discussed a new overlay-free networking approach they’ve been working on for Kubernetes: IPVLAN-based CNI stack for running within VPCs on AWS. (For VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.).

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Networking. If you’re a networking pro and didn’t understand most of that last sentence, I’d content that you’ve got some learning to do. If you’re a networking pro and didn’t understand most of that last sentence, I’d content that you’ve got some learning to do. Servers/Hardware.

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Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Networking. Want to understand kube-proxy , a key part of Kubernetes networking, a bit better? 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. Start here.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Networking. 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. Bet you haven’t seen that term used in a while!) on various technology areas.

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Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Networking. 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?), Joep Piscaer discusses his use of ProtonVPN as an always-on VPN for his home network. Operating Systems/Applications.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

Networking. The first is a post on Cilium and F5 load balancer integration , while the second discusses implementing Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd. Second, the content reflects—in my opinion—the changing nature of what it means to be a “networking professional.”

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Networking. Ajay Chenampara has a post on using the Ansible network-engine command parser to parse the output of commands on network devices. Ajay Chenampara has a post on using the Ansible network-engine command parser to parse the output of commands on network devices. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 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). Networking. Matt Oswalt recently wrapped up his 3-part “DevOps for Networking” series. tech preview of virtual networks for Docker.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Networking. 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. Now, on to the content! Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Vmware Applications 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Networking. 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. Sorry about that, folks! Servers/Hardware. Good stuff!

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Intel Operating Systems Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Networking. Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

Networking. Mircea Ulinic shows readers how to use salt-sproxy to take a different approach to network automation using Salt. Michael Kashin has published a couple of posts on a project of his called NaaS (Network-as-a-Service). David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS.

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Networking. Open Virtual Network (OVN) is really ramping up and getting lots of attention, which I personally think is absolutely well-deserved. One new networking feature added to OpenStack in the Kilo release was Neutron subnet pools. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #56!

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

KineticData

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Containerization allows us to abstract the operating system that our application runs on into the “container” that the application is running in, as well as any related dependencies. 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

Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

March Study Group Course: Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it? We will discuss how to use your professional network of contacts, the importance of cover letters, how to tailor your resume, and what key topics to highlight in pursuit of that position.

Linux 80

Linux Big Data Course Devops 80

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Networking. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. Here’s a post that claims to translate OVS and OpenStack Neutron to the network engineer’s language. I would respond to that by saying OpenStack Neutron wasn’t built to manage a physical network. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. Operating Systems/Applications. Rudi Martinsen has an article on changing the Avi load balancer license tier (this is in the context of using it with vSphere with Tanzu). I hope you find something useful! A short while ago I was helping someone (an acquaintance of a friend) with some odd DNS issues.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The private subnets won’t have Internet access, but the AWS cloud provider needs to make a call to the EC2 and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) API endpoints. The operating system on the instances was Ubuntu 18.04. aws-load-balancer-internal annotation is present in your Service manifest.). Wrapping it up.

Internet 60

Internet Load Balancer Cloud System 60

The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 3, 2011

Things like what operating system an application used no longer mattered – you could mix and match to your heart’s content. Kotsovinos points out that a VM is really a collection of interconnected physical subsystems : server, storage, and network. Problem: Virtual Machine Sprawl. No related posts.

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Virtualization Load Balancer Data Center Vmware 100