Ansible can be used to manage daemon configuration files. In this example, you’ll see how to manage your Chrony configuration with Ansible.
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Configure your Chrony daemon with an Ansible playbook
An introduction to monitoring using the ELK Stack
If you need centralized, comprehensive monitoring, putting Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana together can be a useful combination.
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An introduction to monitoring using the ELK Stack
An introduction to monitoring using the ELK Stack
If you need centralized, comprehensive monitoring, putting Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana together can be a useful combination.
Evans Amoany
Mon, 7/12/2021 at 4:45pm
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IT system monitoring is a proactive means of observing systems with the goal of preventing outages and downtime. It involves measuring current behavior against predetermined baselines. Some of the commonly monitored devices are CPU usage, memory usage, network traffic over routers and switches, and application performance, which helps a lot when performing root-cause analysis.
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Linux
Linux administration
Monitoring
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New FinOps for Engineering Training Now Available
FinOps – also called Cloud Financial Management or Cloud Economics – is becoming an increasingly important skill for cloud architects and engineers as adoption of cloud infrastructure accelerates. Which is why the FinOps Foundation has launched a new, online training course, “FinOps for Engineering”, which is a practitioner level course which looks at FinOps from the perspective of engineers. The course is designed to provide engineers and those who architect, design, construct, and operate software solutions and infrastructure in the public cloud to understand how to work effectively with FinOps teams, finance, procurement, product, and management teams to manage cloud use and cost more efficiently and to derive more business value from cloud.
The video-based course covers a variety of important topics for engineers and ops team members, who will walk away with the ability to:
Describe what FinOps or Cloud Financial Management is, why it is necessary, and how it relates to other software engineering methodologies/disciplines
Describe the motivations and drivers of finance, product, business and management teams with respect to FinOps and compare them to engineering and operations groups’ motivations
Understand the fundamental capabilities and functions needed to manage public cloud cost and usage, and the responsibilities of engineering and operations team members in this regard
Explain strategies engineers can take to integrate cost awareness into architecture, design, build and operate processes
Explain strategies for engineering and operations teams to better integrate with other functional groups to derive more value from public cloud use
And more!
Completing this course allows individuals in a large variety of cloud, finance and technology roles to validate their FinOps knowledge and enhance their professional credibility. Enrollment is now open for FinOps for Engineering, and you can learn about our other FinOps training and certification offerings here.
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5 Linux commands I’m going to start using
Five standard Linux commands that can make your life much easier.
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5 essential soft skills for sysadmin self-improvement
Your technical skills might be superb, but do you have equally compelling soft skills?
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Kubernetes Exam Simulator Available Now to All Those With Valid Eligibilities
We announced the availability of an exam simulator included with the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) and Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exams on June 2nd. At the time we stated that those who purchased any of these exams prior to June 2nd would receive access on a rolling basis; all those holding valid eligibilities for one of the three exams were expected to receive access by mid-August, with those with eligibilities expirining soonest receiving access first.
We are happy to announce that due to the smooth rollout of the new exam simulator, we are able to extend access to everyone sooner than anticipated. Effective immediately, all those who have an unexpired or unused eligibility for any of our Kubernetes certification exams now have access to the exam simulator. To access the simulator, you simply need to log into the training portal and you will see the simulator listed in your exam checklist.
As a reminder, this new perk provides access to two attempts at the exam simulator, provided by Killer.sh. Each attempt grants 36 hours of access starting from the time of activation. The exam simulations include 20-25 questions similar to the ones candidates can expect to encounter on the real exam. The questions presented in the simulator are the same for every attempt and every user, unlike those found on the actual exams, but are still graded to give candidates an idea of how they are performing. The expectation is this offering will help candidates become comfortable and familiar with the environment in which they will sit for their certification.
If you have registered for a Kubernetes certification we encourage you to check out the exam simulator before sitting for your real exam; having this experience will make you more comfortable taking the exam, and may give you a better chance of passing!
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The Linux Foundation Announces 30th Anniversary of Linux T-Shirt Design Contest
The winning design will be used on the Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference 2021 Conference T-shirt.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7, 2021 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced a design contest for the Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference 2021 Conference T-shirt to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Linux. Submission designs should center around the 30th Anniversary of Linux theme in some capacity.
The winning design will be featured on the official Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference T-shirt and available for purchase in the Linux Foundation Store. The designer will receive a free trip, covering airfare, hotel (4 nights) and conference ticket (maximum value of $4,000.00 USD), to Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference 2021 or Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference (North America, Japan or Europe) 2022.
Submissions are being accepted now through Friday, August 6. To view design guidelines, contest rules, please click here.
Submissions will be reviewed after the deadline by a panel of conference program committee members and members of our Technical Advisory Board. The final 3 designs will be posted on social media for crowdsourced voting, with the winning design announced on Wednesday, August 25. To enter, please follow the guidelines here and email your final design to tshirt2021@linuxfoundation.org.
This design contest is one of a number of activities taking place this year to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Linux. In April 2021, The Linux Foundation asked the open source community: How has Linux impacted your life? Thirty randomly selected submissions were highlighted in a blog post and 30 penguins were adopted from the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds to celebrate these memories and this very important moment in Linux’s history. Additionally, members of the open source community are invited to use the graphics found here on their social media and join the anniversary celebration. Additional activities will continue through the remainder of the year.
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The complete Contest Rules can be found at bit.ly/Linux30thTShirt.
About the Linux Foundation
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13 essential skills sysadmins need to make a career move into management
Want to make a move from system administration into management? Acquire these 13 skills.
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Please participate in the Linux Foundation Cybersecurity Survey
The recent presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity focuses on producing and consuming SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials). SBOMs are especially critical for a national digital infrastructure used within government agencies and in critical industries that present national security risks if penetrated. SBOMs improve understanding of those software components’ operational and cyber risks from their originating supply chain; however, their use is not widespread.
The SBOM readiness survey is the Linux Foundation’s first project addressing how to secure the software supply chain. Software producers and consumers will be surveyed to better understand organizational approaches to software development, procurement, compliance, and, most important, security.
Key questions the survey will address include:
- How concerned is your organization about software security?
- How familiar is your organization with SBOMs?
- How ready is your organization to consume and produce SBOMs?
- What is your commitment to the timeline for addressing SBOMs?
- What benefits do you expect to derive from SBOMs?
- What concerns you about SBOMs?
- What capabilities are needed in SBOMs?
- What does your organization need to improve its SBOM operability?
- How important are SBOMS relative to other ways to secure the software supply chain?
Data from this survey will enable the development of a maturity model to establish the value of SBOMs within software supply chains over time. To take the 2021 SBOM Readiness Survey, click the button below.
After arriving at the survey landing page, you may also choose to issue your responses in German, Russian, French, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.