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Lead Image © Fernando Gregory, 123RF.com

Resolving problems with DNS, Active Directory, and Group Policy

Upgrading domain controllers or installing new servers can cause problems with name resolution, Active Directory replication, and Group Policy. A coordinated approach can isolate these errors in Windows Server 2008 or newer.

An exclusive interview with openSUSE Chairman Richard Brown

Over the course of three days of SUSECON, we talked to Richard Brown, the friendly chairperson of the openSUSE Board.
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Lead Image © Gabriele Maccaroni, 123RF.com

Designate provides DNS as a Service in OpenStack

The management of DNS entries works fundamentally differently for clouds than for classic setups; OpenStack Designate is a meaningful and well-functioning DNS as a Service implementation.
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Lead Image © Sergey Nivens, 123RF.com

Putting an Active Directory domain controller in the Azure cloud

Once you start putting services in Azure cloud, you might want to add an Active Directory domain controller.
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Lead Image © Maxim Kazmin, 123RF.com

Segmenting networks with VLANs

Network virtualization takes very different approaches at the software and hardware levels to divide or group network resources into logical units independent of the physical layer. It is typically a matter of implementing secure strategies. We show the technical underpinnings of VLANs.
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Lead Image © Jakub Jirsak, 123RF.com

SDS configuration and performance

Software-defined storage promises centrally managed, heterogeneous storage with built-in redundancy. We examine how complicated it is to set up the necessary distributed filesystems. A benchmark shows which operations each system is best at tackling.
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Lead Image © Krockenmitte, photocase.com

Finally: Java 9

Java 9 tempts programmers with innovations intended to facilitate the development and operation of Java applications.
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Lead Image © Dmitriy Shironosov, 123RF.com

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as an ownCloud server

Locally hosted collaboration servers are an alternative to letting employees swap files in a public cloud. We show you how to set up an ownCloud 9 environment on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
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Lead Image © Andrea Danti, 123RF.com

Discover ransomware with PowerShell

Simple backup strategies cannot protect files encrypted by ransomware, because they can be affected as well. A PowerShell script can ensure that your files are okay before sending them to backup.
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Application Monitoring with openITCOCKPIT

A good monitoring solution must provide information about applications and their performance. We show you how to monitor a database using openITCOCKPIT.