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Mastering AWS with amazon.aws 7.0: A Dive into New Modules for Enhanced Security and Seamless Migrations

As the technology landscape continues to evolve, the latest release of the Red Hat Ansible Certified Content Collection for amazon.aws introduces a suite of powerful modules that redefine the boundaries of automation within Amazon Web Services (AWS) while redefining how organizations approach security deployments and seamless migrations within the AWS ecosystem.

In our previous blog post, "What's New: Cloud Automation with amazon.aws 7.0.0," we presented the latest release, outlining the changes, new features and newly supported modules. In this blog post, we embark on an exploration of two interesting use cases that highlight the capabilities of these new Ansible-supported modules included in the amazon.aws 7.0 release. Let’s dive into it!

Looking to get started with Ansible for Amazon Web Services?   Check out the Amazon Web Services Guide Try out the hands-on Interactive Labs Read the e-book: Using automation to get the most from your public cloud

 

Use Case #1: Implementing Security Best Practices and Access Control for AWS Resources

Security in AWS is more critical than ever before, and the collection for AWS, amazon.aws 7.0, is up to the challenge with a host of new Identity and Access Continue reading

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The Dawn of Universal Zero Trust Network Access

Universal ZTNA is a concept that calls for centralizing a user or a device's Zero Trust access policy to enable a single policy definition.

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BGP Labs: Use BGP Communities in a Routing Policy

A previous BGP lab focused on the customer side of BGP communities: adding them to BGP updates to influence upstream ISP behavior. Today’s lab focuses on the ISP side of the equation: using BGP communities in a routing policy to implement RFC 1998-style behavior.

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BGP Labs: Use BGP Communities in a Routing Policy

A previous BGP lab focused on the customer side of BGP communities: adding them to BGP updates to influence upstream ISP behavior. Today’s lab focuses on the ISP side of the equation: using BGP communities in a routing policy to implement RFC 1998-style behavior.

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Models of Trust for the RPKI

A report on a feasibility study looking at an alternative trust anchor structure for the Resource Public Key Infrastructure.

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Building Resilience in Uncertain Times: The Power Of Connected Networks

Connected networks allow every stakeholder to see exactly how different parts of the ecosystem interact and impact the customer experience and business outcomes.

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HW017: The Story Behind The CWNA Study Guide

Studying for a certification exam is also about grasping real-world concepts. And that’s exactly the approach David Coleman and David Westcott took when writing their CWNA study guide, now in its sixth edition. “The Davids” talk about the process of writing their book, the research involved, and the importance of making complex topics understandable for... Read more »

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HW017: The Story Behind The CWNA Study Guide

Studying for a certification exam is also about grasping real-world concepts. And that’s exactly the approach David Coleman and David Westcott took when writing their CWNA study guide, now in its sixth edition

The post HW017: The Story Behind The CWNA Study Guide appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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5 Reasons Not to Use Serverless Computing

Despite its popularity, serverless computing has downsides and is not always the best approach for every part of every workload.

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NaaS and Edge Cloud: Agility and Efficiency for the Modern Enterprise

The partnership between NaaS and edge cloud unlocks new possibilities for data-driven innovation and becomes the cornerstone for optimized operations.

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What’s New: Cloud Automation with amazon.aws 7.0.0

When it comes to Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure automation, the latest release of the certified amazon.aws Ansible Content Collection for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform brings a number of enhancements to improve the overall user experience and speed up the process from development to production.

This blog post goes through changes and highlights what’s new in the 7.0.0 release of this Ansible Content Collection. We have included numerous features, plugins, bug fixes, and code quality improvements that further enhance the amazon.aws collection. Let's go through some of them! 

Looking to get started with Ansible for Amazon Web Services?   Check out the Amazon Web Services Guide Try out the hands-on Interactive Labs Read the e-book: Using automation to get the most from your public cloud

 

Forward-looking Changes

Much of our work in the 7.0.0 release has been focused on the following areas:

• Enhancing several modules from the upstream community.
• Promoting modules to being formally supported by Red Hat.
• Improving the overall quality of the collection code.
• Releasing various new enhancements and clarifying support policies.

 

New Modules

This release brings with it a number of new supported modules that have been Continue reading

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From Google to Generative AI: Ranking top Internet services in 2023

Ask nearly any Internet user, and they are bound to have their own personal list of favorite sites, applications, and Internet services for news, messaging, video, AI chatbots, music, and more. Sum that question up across a lot of users in a lot of different countries, and you end up with a sense of the most popular websites and services in the world. In a nutshell, that’s what this blog post is about: how humans interacted with the online world in 2023 from what Cloudflare observed.

Building on similar reports we’ve done over the past two years, we have compiled a ranking of the top Internet properties of 2023. In addition to our overall ranking, we chose 9 categories to focus on. One of these is a new addition in 2023: Generative AI. Here are the 9 categories we’ll be digging into:

1. Generative AI
2. Social Media
3. E-commerce
4. Video Streaming
5. News
6. Messaging
7. Metaverse & Gaming
8. Financial Services
9. Cryptocurrency Services

Our method for calculating the results is the same as in 2022: we analyze anonymized DNS query data from our 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver, used by millions of Continue reading

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Cloudflare 2023 Year in Review

The 2023 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review is our fourth annual review of Internet trends and patterns observed throughout the year at both a global and country/region level across a variety of metrics. Below, we present a summary of key findings, and then explore them in more detail in subsequent sections.

Key findings

Traffic Insights & Trends

• Global Internet traffic grew 25%, in line with peak 2022 growth. Major holidays, severe weather, and intentional shutdowns clearly impacted Internet traffic. 🔗
• Google was again the most popular general Internet service, with 2021 leader TikTok falling to fourth place. OpenAI was the most popular service in the emerging Generative AI category, and Binance remained the most popular Cryptocurrency service. 🔗
• Globally, over two-thirds of mobile device traffic was from Android devices. Android had a >90% share of mobile device traffic in over 25 countries/regions; peak iOS mobile device traffic share was 66%. 🔗
• Global traffic from Starlink nearly tripled in 2023. After initiating service in Brazil in mid-2022, Starlink traffic from that country was up over 17x in 2023. 🔗
• Google Analytics, React, and HubSpot were among the most popular technologies found on top websites. 🔗
• Globally, nearly half of web requests Continue reading

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Why Simple Cloud Computing Architectures May Be Better

There's no shame in sticking with simpler cloud architectures as long as they get the job done. Here's how simpler clouds can deliver better outcomes in certain instances.

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Interviewing a Network Engineer Using a Single Scenario

I always said that the Trivia Pursuit certification tests (or job interviews) are nonsense and that one should focus on fundamentals.

In a recent blog post, Daniel Dib described a fantastic scenario: using a simple “why can’t I connect to a web site” question, explore everything from ARP/ND to DNS and TLS.

Obviously, you’ll never see anything that sane in a certification test. An interactive interview doesn’t scale (beyond CCDE), and using humans (and common sense judgment) creates potential legal liabilities (there were rumors that had been one of the reasons a talk with a proctor who could flunk you was dropped from the CCIE test).

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Interviewing a Network Engineer Using a Single Scenario

I always said that the Trivia Pursuit certification tests (or job interviews) are nonsense and that one should focus on fundamentals.

In a recent blog post, Daniel Dib described a fantastic scenario: using a simple “why can’t I connect to a web site” question, explore everything from ARP/ND to DNS and TLS.

Obviously, you’ll never see anything that sane in a certification test. An interactive interview doesn’t scale (beyond CCDE), and using humans (and common sense judgment) creates potential legal liabilities (there were rumors that had been one of the reasons a talk with a proctor who could flunk you was dropped from the CCIE test).

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Signs That a Network Technology Has Outlived Its Usefulness

All network devices and software components have a limited lifespan. Here's how to tell when a critical technology's time has finally run out.

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Avoid Business Disruption in Times of Turmoil Here and Abroad

Learn from leaders how to put satellite, wireless, and undersea cable options to work for your enterprise.

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The Network’s Growing Strategic Role

Networks are no longer a back-office function. It’s time for network managers to assert strategic leadership.

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Highscalability is Up For Sale

Hi everyone,

First, I’d like to sincerely thank everyone who has supported Highscalability over the years.

We’ve grown together through some interesting times. Massive changes have occurred in how systems are built, and my goal has always been to help people learn how to build them better. I’d like to think that goal was accomplished.

Obviously, for that last several years, things have been quiet around here. This has always been a one programmer show, and for everything, there is a season. The season for me is changing. That means http://highscalability.com is for sale.

My preference is for someone to take HS over and keep it going in some form or another. If you are a content farm, please don’t reply. I’ve never once taken payment for a post and I don’t plan on changing that now.

You get the site, the domain, and the twitter account. If you are not a scam artist and have a reasonable offer, please contact me at [email protected].

Thanks!