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Practical OpenStack #003. Why these videos

Hello my friend,

OpenStack isn’t new, since the first release on 21 October 2010, the 25 releases were already published bringing new capabilities and services to OpenStack users. Moreover, these days the micro services leveraging Kubernetes and containers are the main trend for application development, whereas virtual machines going in the past. That’s true to a degree; however, the OpenStack is a perfect platform to build a normalised infrastructure for your Kubernetes, which is by the way provide some key services to Kubernetes, such as load balancing.

Don’t Forget to Learn How to Automate All the Things

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Practical OpenStack #002. Why OpenStack

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In the previous video you have learn about the core components of any cloud. It was quite straightforward when we remove all unneeded hype, isn’t it? At the same time, you may start thinking “Hey, that’s cool. How can I get it?” That’s a very good question. And in the new video we are covering the principles of interacting with the cloud from the user perspective and provide a quick overview of the existing public and private clouds as well as highlights, why we have chosen OpenStack as a cloud platform for Karneliuk projects and for these videos.

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Practical OpenStack #001. Cloud Computing

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There is still quite a bit of a hype around a term “cloud computing” these days. The whole industry of hardware manufacturers or software vendors claiming that they are products are “cloud native”, “cloud ready”, or “build for clouds”. Well, we don’t like clouds, we like sunny weather. Let’s cut through the hype of the “cloud computing” and get straight to what it is in its core.

Don’t Forget to Learn How to Automate All the Things

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Practical OpenStack #000. Introduction

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For some time we were thinking whether to step into the cloud world or not. There are so many resources existing already, which provides a decent amount of information. However, closer look revealed the vast majority of such resources are covering either public clouds, such as AWS, GCP, and Azure, or VMware products. All of these areas are important and no doubts have their users. At the same time, OpenStack is at heart of some biggest online platforms and research centres. And it is Open Source. That was a sufficient reason for us to kick off these video series. Let’s get started.

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Heavy Networking 628: Pluribus Extends Its SDN Fabric To SmartNICs/DPUs

On today's sponsored Heavy Networking podcast we talk to Pluribus Networks. Pluribus can extend networking and security services directly to smartNICs/DPUs via its Unified Cloud Fabric to improve performance, visibility, and security. We talk with Mike Capuano and Alessandro Barbieri from Pluribus on how it all works.

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DHCP puzzle: Why does the pool of IP addresses freeze?

Dynamic host-configuration protocol (DHCP) has a lot of benefits, including saving time by assigning IP addresses and other attributes to networked devices rather than IT pros having to do it manually.Sometimes, though, problems arise that eat up time in a different way. This is one such case affecting Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 9600 Layer 3 chassis switches used as distribution switches for the network, with different groups of buildings linked to them. [ Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ]To read this article in full, please click here

The Cloudflare network now spans 275 cities

The Cloudflare network now spans 275 cities
The Cloudflare network now spans 275 cities

It was just last month that we announced our network had grown to over 270 cities globally. Today, we’re announcing that with recent additions we’ve reached 275 cities. With each new city we add, we help make the Internet faster, more reliable, and more secure. In this post, we’ll talk about the cities we added, the performance increase, and look closely at our network expansion in India.

The Cities

Here are the four new cities we added in the last month: Ahmedabad, India; Chandigarh, India; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

A closer look at India

India is home to one of the largest and most rapidly growing bases of digital consumers. Recognising this, Cloudflare has increased its footprint in India in order to optimize reachability to users within the country.

Cloudflare’s expansion in India is facilitated through interconnections with several of the largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs), mobile network providers and Internet Exchange points (IXPs). At present, we are directly connected to the major networks that account for more than 95% of the country’s broadband subscribers. We are continuously working to not only expand the interconnection capacity and locations with these networks, but also establish Continue reading

Practical Python For Networking: 6.4 – Run Package Example – Video

Now that you’ve learned how to put together a package, this lesson shows you how to call that package in a script. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network […]

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5 reasons restores can take longer than backups

It comes as a big surprise to many people when their restores are slower than their backups, but it should be no surprise at all. In fact, everyone should plan for this disparity and build into their backup design.There are a number of reasons why restore speeds are typically slower than backup, and here is an explanation of five of them. [ Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ] The RAID write penalty Most modern disk arrays are built using parity-based redundant array of independent disks (RAID)—RAID levels 3 to 6. Others are built using erasure coding, which has a similar challenge as parity-based RAID.To read this article in full, please click here

5 reasons restores can take longer than backups

It comes as a big surprise to many people when their restores are slower than their backups, but it should be no surprise at all. In fact, everyone should plan for this disparity and build into their backup design.There are a number of reasons why restore speeds are typically slower than backup, and here is an explanation of five of them. [ Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ] The RAID write penalty Most modern disk arrays are built using parity-based redundant array of independent disks (RAID)—RAID levels 3 to 6. Others are built using erasure coding, which has a similar challenge as parity-based RAID.To read this article in full, please click here

Secret Management with HashiCorp Vault

Secret Management with HashiCorp Vault
Secret Management with HashiCorp Vault

Many applications these days require authentication to external systems with resources, such as users and passwords to access databases and service accounts to access cloud services, and so on. In such cases, private information, like passwords and keys, becomes necessary. It is essential to take extra care in managing such sensitive data. For example, if you write your AWS key information or password in a script for deployment and then push it to a Git repository, all users who can read it will also be able to access it, and you could be in trouble. Even if it's an internal repository, you run the risk of a potential leak.

How we were managing secrets in the service

Before we talk about Vault, let's take a look at how we've used to manage secrets.

Salt

We use SaltStack as a bare-metal configuration management tool. The core of the Salt ecosystem consists of two major components: the Salt Master and the Salt Minion. The configuration state is owned by Salt Master, and thousands of Salt Minions automatically install packages, generate configuration files, and start services to the node based on the state. The state may contain secrets, such as passwords and API Continue reading

Practical Python For Networking: 6.3 – Making A Simple Package Example – Video

This lesson walks through the creation of a simple package. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python Networking and Distributed […]

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