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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to configure Rocky Linux 9 as a DHCP server for your local area network. Rocky Linux has become one of the de facto standard replacements for CentOS. Not only is it a drop-in ...

RHEL/CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, and OpenSuse have far more similarities than differences, but choosing the wrong one for the job can make life much harder Unlike most other desktop and server ...