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Red Hat Announces Ansible Lightspeed AI Service

29.05.2023

The IBM Watson-assisted AI service helps create Ansible content.

Ansible , Artificial Inte... , automation , Red Hat
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Introduction to Kubernetes Operators

01.05.2023

Learn how to create and use Kubernetes Operators in the overview.

automation , cloud , Kubernetes , Monitoring
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Beginner’s Guide to SSH Key-Based Authentication

10.04.2023

Set up key-based authentication with these simple steps.

authentication , automation , Security , SSH
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Microsoft Launches AI-Powered Security Copilot

30.03.2023

The AI assistant is designed to summarize attack data and prioritize incidents.

automation , Security
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When are Kubernetes and containers not a sensible solution?

Curb Complexity

As the major Linux distributors increasingly lean toward containers, many administrators have come to realize that containers are by no means a panacea for all their problems.
automation , containers , Kubernetes
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Puppet Bolt orchestration tool

Lightning Strike

Puppet Bolt free software automates administrative tasks to speed up the admin's daily work.
automation , orchestration , Puppet
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Chef users faced with a license change might find solace in a new open source distribution, Cinc.

Trap and Release

For the past two years, Chef software used commercially has required a separate license. Cinc enters the scene as a free and completely compatible Chef distribution that makes it a genuine alternative.
Administration , automation , Open Source
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Goodbye cloud VMs, hello laptop VMs

Local Launch

Multipass lets you launch and run Ubuntu virtual machines, use cloud-init to configure the VMs, and prototype cloud launches locally in minutes.
cloud , Ubuntu , virtual machines
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Tools for automation in the cloud

Tried and Trusted

Automation in the cloud does not require expensive new acquisitions when tools such as Ansible, Salt, Puppet, or Chef are already in use locally and can contribute to the automatic management and orchestration of cloud workloads.
Ansible , cloud , Puppet
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Automating network hardware

Plug and Go

Automation of network devices can be accomplished in a number of ways: with the official approaches recommended by the manufacturers; by Cumulus Linux, an open network operating system; and with the Ansible automation platform, which can communicate with devices from any vendor.
automation , hardware , network
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