Articles

Master Key for the Cloud  

Manage the various components of Microsoft 365 with PowerShell scripts that use modules culled from various Microsoft products.

Not Just a Pretty Face  

The Ceph dashboard offers a visual overview of cluster health and handles baseline maintenance tasks; with some manual work, an alerting function can also be added.

Cordoned Off  

We look at Microsoft security boundaries and protection goals and their interpretation of the different security areas of Windows operating systems and components.

Watchdog  

Enforce container compliance in Kubernetes in one of two ways: with Open Policy Agent or Gatekeeper.

Inbox  

We look at the ease of finding a way around current graphical email clients by investigating ergonomics, security, and extensibility.

Independence  

Remain independent of your cloud provider by automatically rolling out virtual machines and applications with Ansible neutral inventory files.

According to Plan  

QUMBU lets database administrators – even those with less experience – perform straightforward SQL Server backups and maintenance checks.

Small Packages  

A zero-ops installation of Kubernetes with MicroK8s operates on almost no compute capacity and roughly 700MB of RAM.

Keep More Data  

A sound backup strategy with appropriate hardware and software ensures you can backup and restore your data rapidly and reliably.

Simply Certified  

We take a close look at acme.sh, a lightweight client for the ACME protocol that facilitates digital certificates for secure TLS communication channels.