networking Intro to GNS3 and Layer 3 Routing (OSPF) When it comes to network emulation GNS3 is as close as you can get. Packet Tracer is a great alternative however some commands do not function as intended or are completely lacking. GNS3
Utilizing Python3 to manage AWS So, here we are. Deep into cloud architecture, getting our feet wet in application deployment/distributed systems, and we find ourselves doing a ton of manual tasks. These manual tasks could be point/
unix Creating NFS Shares There comes a time when you're working on multiple servers or nodes that need the same files or resources to function. You can upload everything you need to each instance, but that doesn't
Building an AWS EC2 instance with CloudFormation Welcome back and thank you for taking the time to read my blog. After the last few blog posts being about Docker, Kubernetes, and micro-apps, I wanted to switch gears and jump into
Docker & Kubernetes: Part 3 Ladies and gentlemen, we are now at part 3, which is the last part of the Docker & Kubernetes series. Now that we know what Docker/Kubernetes is, what containers are, and we
Azure Restoring Volumes to Recover Files in Azure Finally I was able to play around with Azure's file recovery features and I have to say - I'm very impressed Microsoft! Thanks for coming in clutch on this one! As well as
python Playing with APIs and Python Most cloud based software these days allows you to programmatically interact with it's API. It's essential to automation! For example let's say you built an embedded software on a convertible. You want the
monitoring Zabbix Monitoring - Part 2 - Paging on call... Now that Zabbix is up and monitoring your systems lets start thinking about how it's going to send it's alerts and some self healing capilities. If you haven't read part one, you can
freebsd Configuring FreeBSD for Infrastructure FreeBSD is a robust operating system that has its roots in the Bell Laboratories Unix Operating System. Technically, FreeBSD is derived from the BSD, Berkeley Software Distribution Unix. Now that you're all caught
systems SSH Security - Using Public Keys to Connect to a Remote Server Hello therollBak friends, in our security conscious world even passwords are not secure. Let's face it, if someone finds your password they can impersonate you and log into multiple systems using your credentials.
Docker & Kubernetes Part 2 with Minikube Greetings earthlings! And non-earthlings. Last time we spoke about Docker and Kubernetes was very brief. Today we're going to dive into running Kubernetes as your orchestration tool.Speaking of orchestration, what is this?
networking Networking 101 - Static Routes One of the most basic and fundamental routing are static routes. Tonight I'll show you how to configure a static route from the Green Network to the Red Network using Cisco Packet Tracer.
Docker & Kubernetes Part 1 Containerization is taking over the world, and we owe it all to LXC... oops, I mean Docker (heh heh heh). Anyways, moving on. With the Docker Engine comes the ability to create containers.
systems DevOps Toolchain: Installing Jenkins Hey everyone! Today we're going to setup Jenkins on a RHEL style (CentOS) server. What is Jenkins, you might be asking? From the source:"The leading open source automation server, Jenkins provides hundreds
systems DevOps Toolchain: Infrastructure as Code Part 2 Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the first round of Terraform goodness. We're going to round it off today with some juicy AWS deployments and getting our Terraform state files up on S3.
linux Kickstart with Kickstart Hello everyone! Today we're going to discuss getting started with automated installs. Primarily via Kickstart! One of my good buddies, a co-host, a bff (I LOVE YOU PHIL) was asking me what I
code Windows Tip of the Week: Remote Server Development Visual Studio 2017 offers a really cool feature set of cross platform development. You can build systems to run on Linux while using Visual Studio. How? When setting up Visual Studio, be sure
DevOps Tools on Solus Hey everyone! Today we're going to dive into Solus. Solus is a Linux operating system that uses the latest kernel and is always up to date. Their promise "Install today, update forever" holds
Installing Ansible Tower One of my favorite tools is Ansible. Ansible is a configuration management/Infrastructure as Code/Magic tool that allows you to do, well... pretty much anything you want. Feel like starting a service
systems DevOps ToolChain: Infrastructure as Code Pt. 1 Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become increasingly important in the world of software and systems engineering. If you've heard the acronym or expression, you probably have an idea of what it is. The
Nginx Reverse Proxy & Load Balancer Today we’re going to be talking about reverse proxy/load balancing with Nginx. Why is this important? It comes down to not wanting your web apps to have one single point of
LEMP stack (minus the PHP) Today we’re going to be talking about building a LEMP stack! Many of you may be familiar with LAMP stacks (Linux Apache MySQL PHP). A LEMP stack is Linux, Nginx, MySQL and
DevOps Toolchain Part 0 This is the first segment in a series that we'll title "DevOps Toolchain". For most, DevOps isn't just a thing or a title, but a culture. In a sense, it is
code Python Sandbox: Django On the sixth episode of season 3, we spoke about PyCharm and command line virtual environments using Python. If any of you are interested in that discussion, this post is for you! Wanting
linux Want to Try Linux? Hello everyone. You may have heard us speak positively on the show about using Linux as a desktop operating system. Mike has gone to the dark side, Phil has a few distros rolling