Issue 38: .NET on Linux

The Jaspersoft ETL tool creates complex constructs from simple components by scrubbing, filtering, converting, and importing data into a database.

The open source Cuckoo Sandbox malware analysis system investigates malicious software.

Vagrant software makes it possible to set up a development environment quickly and efficiently. The Container Development Kit takes advantage of this feature to create a container-based environment built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux under Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux.

Selecting the correct OpenStack components for your use case and setting up the stack can be highly complex. This first article of a series prepares admins for practical OpenStack applications.

Microsoft has extended the failover options for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 to include two new cluster modes, as well as the ability to define an Azure Cloud Witness server. We look at how to set up a Hyper-V failover cluster.

The Microsoft Operations Management Suite provides a comprehensive monitoring solution in the cloud that offers a high degree of flexibility and scalability.

Windows Server 2016 takes a big step toward software-defined networking, with the Network Controller server role handling the centralized management, monitoring, and configuration of network devices and virtual networks. This service can also be controlled with PowerShell and is particularly interesting for Hyper-V infrastructures.

Redfish has been slated to replace the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) for hardware management over the network. We explain how the Redfish standard works and how it is used for system management.

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.

Optimize your PowerShell scripts with loops when automating tasks that are repeated regularly and frequently.