This how-to shows how to use free Ansible software to automate configuration of Cisco routers and links to other Ansible modules that apply to other vendors' gear and support other functionality ...

Powerful Linux-native virtualization for users comfortable with the tools around it.

More and more networking pros need to familiarize themselves with Linux because the operating system underpins so many enterprise tools and platforms including software-defined networking and SD-WANs, ...

Linux Virtual Server The LVS architecture consists of one or more load balancers and multiple web servers that are loosely integrated. LVS comes in three options, NAT, tunnel and direct routing. The ...

There are many reasons that enterprises may wish to use Linux desktops within a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) broker. I outlined five of these in a recent article. Now that all major VDI ...

Microsoft announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based ...

The first release of VMware Workstation in 1999 marked the birth of simple system virtualization on the x86 architecture. In the years since, VMware has matured, adding significantly to its product ...

BackBox Linux is a free, open-source community project based on Ubuntu. Find out how to use the BackBox Linux distribution as a virtual machine. Several Linux distributions are available nowadays for ...