December 14, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on IBM protects your cloud container data running under Kubernetes with encryption
Protecting your stored data on the cloud is a concern, but it’s easy enough with encryption. Thanks to SSL, it’s simple to protect data in motion on the network. But protecting your data when it’s being used on the cloud … Continue reading
December 13, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on What is the Kubernetes hybrid cloud and why it matters
Over 8,000 people are at KubeCon in Seattle. Every major tech company and businesses I’ve never even heard of are here and trumpeting their Kubenetes distros — about 80 of them. IBM recently bought Red Hat for a cool $34-billion. I, and others, think … Continue reading
December 11, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Canonical makes Kubernetes moves
When last I spoke to Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical‘s founder, in Berlin, he told me that — when it comes to Kubernetes — enterprise “Kubernetes runs on Ubuntu.” Kubernetes, the most popular cloud container orchestration program, “makes life easier for people who want portability across … Continue reading
May 30, 2018
by sjvn01
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
April 14, 2017
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It’s been a heck of a month for Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company. The company dropped its smartphone and tablet plans. This, in turn, ended to its plans to make Unity its universal default interface. Instead, Gnome will become Ubuntu’s … Continue reading
April 5, 2017
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Chef is an open source cloud configuration management and deployment application. It’s meant to help anyone orchestrate servers in a cloud or just in a departmental data center. Instead of system administrators sweating over management programs that were designed for … Continue reading