The latest Ubuntu Server release, Hirsute Hippo, offers improvements to the Ubuntu Server Live Installer, with enhancements to automation and stability and the ability to convert Debian Installer preseed scripts into Live Installer artifacts with the autoinstall-generator snap.
The powerful Ansible automator comes without airs and graces, does without complex syntax, self-documents, and has no need to hide its light compared with Puppet and other configuration management tools.
CFEngine 3 comes with a promise of more efficient configuration management and strict compliance with policies; however, it faces some tough competition.
The Chef automator borrows some of its vocabulary from the world of cooking. Its cookbooks contain good recipes for many recurring tasks, and admins can follow them to prepare pallatable results with manageable overhead.
Puppet, the ancient rock of configuration management, is not easy to learn, but the program rewards admins with flexibility and security for those willing to tackle the learning curve.
HTTP/2 introduced multiplexing, resulting in superior bandwidth utilization over HTTP/1.1, and HTTP/3 solves the problem of transmission delays from packet loss by replacing TCP with QUIC.
To what extent does the Untangle NG Firewall, where apps come together like pieces of a jigsaw, meet customer criteria for protection, usability, price, and support?
Traefik promises not only to manage mesh implementations for container environments reliably, but to do so in a way that makes them enjoyable to administer.
Malicious attackers are trying to conquer your AWS castle in the cloud. To mount a strong defense, you'll need a deeper understanding of privilege escalation and shadow admin permissions.
One of the new features implemented in the current 1.9 version of the sudo tool is the ability to save sudo logs both locally and on a remote computer.
We look at the tools needed to discover, configure, and monitor an accelerated cloud instance, employing the simplest possible tool to get the job done.
