Articles

Always On  

Despite the abundance of tools that test code and help improve the effectiveness of a continuous integration pipeline, automated security testing is much more difficult to get right than it might appear.

Security Skills  

Add extra security to your SSH service, securely copy files to and from remote computers, and configure passwordless SSH for automation scripting.

Lighting Up the Dark  

As Prometheus gave fire to mankind, the distributed monitoring software with the same name illuminates the admin's mind in native cloud environments, offering metrics for monitored systems and applications.

More than a Thousand Words  

We look at database back ends for monitoring, alerting, and trending analysis in the Grafana visualization tool.

Gridlock  

Use Microsoft SQL Server diagnostic tools to troubleshoot bottlenecks and other performance problems.

Semiautomatic  

Trove brings DBaaS to OpenStack; however, the service needs meaningful configuration for optimum performance.

Housekeeping  

Even in the best environments, a little housekeeping is necessary.

Data Duplication  

High availability, replication, and scaling are everyday necessities in the database world. What features does PostgreSQL offer in this context, and how good are they?

Polished  

New and updated features in Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4, along with seamless provisioning of services between traditional and cloud workloads, could help RHV make up ground on VMware and Hyper-V.

Growth Spurt  

Large environments such as clouds pose demands on the network, some of which cannot be met with Layer 2 solutions. The Border Gateway Protocol jumps into the breach in Layer 3 and ensures seamlessly scalable networks.