February 15, 2022
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Comments Off on Tigera Tightens Cloud Native Container Security
Tigera claims you can catnap about your container security with its new cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) for its Calico Cloud. If the name sounds familiar, there’s a reason. Gartner defined CNAPP as an emerging category of security programs. Its point is to … Continue reading
June 24, 2020
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Comments Off on Red Hat upgrades Ansible DevOps and new Certified Ansible Content Collections
Ansible, a leading DevOps program, may not be Red Hat‘s most well-known product line, but after Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for system and cloud administrators, it may be the most important one. Thanks to its latest edition, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform with Ansible Tower 3.7 … Continue reading
May 13, 2020
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Comments Off on Securing Linux’s master sysadmin command: Sudo
Sudo is one of the most powerful and dangerous tools in the Unix or Linux system administrator’s toolbox. With it, an ordinary user can run commands just as if he or she were the superuser or any other user. Now, One Identity, … Continue reading
May 30, 2018
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Comments Off on Back to basics: What sysadmins must know about logging and monitoring
With containers springing up and down in minutes and virtual machines coming and going in hours, some sysadmins have neglected their system logs. Log files still provide invaluable insight into how systems are operating! Hereâ s what you — still … Continue reading
March 10, 2017
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If all you’re doing is running a single server instance, you don’t need DevOps tools such as Puppet. But, if you’re setting up and managing multiple servers, you need Puppet. Oh, you could run dozens of servers using shell scripts. … Continue reading
February 23, 2017
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I have a friend who believes that his site is too small for crackers to ever bother with. Need I tell you his site was recently cracked open like an egg? You’ve got to take security seriously. One of the … Continue reading