In this tutorial, we will have a look at migrating servers from VMware to OpenStack. After VMware's recent acquisition by Broadcom, many Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) face termination of their partnership programs with VMware. With no further information publicly...
Every couple of years Ubuntu brings out a new LTS version of its operating system and with it comes a bundle of new applications and dependencies. This can be both exciting and challenging for sys-admins who need to make everything work after an upgrade. One of the...
Many of you may already be familiar using Terraform with Azure or AWS. Although these may be the most used platforms, there is still a need for variety of other options due to local regulations (GDPR). As our systems are geared towards Open-Source, we will be looking...
For those of you that may not be too familiar with Ansible, it is a great tool to get started in the world of automation and making your life with configuration management a whole lot easier. In this tutorial we will be going through a basic playbook that you can use...
In times of high availability and multiple web servers, the balancing act between central data storage, data security and fast access times must somehow be achieved. This is precisely why more and more users are now using technologies that entice them with buzzwords...
One of the first customer requirements you usually read is High availability. For a long time now, it has been more the norm that the project is still accessible without problems even in the event of partial failures and that "single points of failure" are avoided. A...
Depending on the type of production, it may be worthwhile for some server operators to automatically create virtual machines for a certain period of time and - after the work is done - to delete them again just as automatically; for example, if a computing job with...
Sooner or later, everyone who has a server running will reach the point where the VM (or parts of it) irreversibly ” breaks” – by whatever means. Those who have dedicated themselves to backing up their data in advance are now clearly at an advantage and can expect...
With our OpenStack Cloud it is very easy to build your own environment according to your own ideas. Quickly and easily start a few machines with Terraform, make the service available to the outside world with an attached floating IP and associated Security Group and...
After clicking on the first new instance in our OpenStack web interface and assigning an SSH public key with which to connect to this VM, the newly minted administrator is faced with the small problem that he/she cannot access the instance from the outside; we have...
We are celebrating successes with our new OpenStack environment - performance, stability, flexibility and favourable prices are convincing our customers. However, the multitude of functions overwhelms some users when they first start using it. We are happy to help...
The NETWAYS group offers a wide range of services and products for setting up, managing, automating, and monitoring IT infrastructures in the OpenSource domain. We operate a hardware store, provide training, organize conferences, offer operational support, and advise...