Tech Couch

A Comfy Corner for Software, Security, Cloud, and AI

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How to use ansible with vagrant environments

Painlessly connect vagrant infrastructure and ansible playbooks

Why boring software is a smart choice

Not everything is about excitement

Common pitfalls running docker in production

Avoiding the mistakes many make when embracing containerized deployments

Modern linux networking basics

Getting started with systemd-networkd, NetworkManager and the iproute2 suite

Understanding how RAID 5 works

Striking a balance between fault tolerance, speed and usable disk space

A practical guide to filesystems

Picking the best option to format your next drive

A primer on LVM

Making the most of your storage devices

Automated security hardening on RockyLinux with OpenSCAP

Securing enterprise linux in less than a minute

Choosing the right RAID setup

Making sense of pros and cons for RAID configurations

A gentle introduction to systemd

A broad overview of systemd components and features