AI Infrastructure Reliability: Availability, Recovery & Operations
Learn how production AI changes infrastructure requirements for availability, recovery, storage, networking, monitoring, capacity, and Day 2 operations.
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Step-by-step guides to help you get the most out of your cloud infrastructure. Learn how to deploy, configure, and optimize your applications.
ApacheHow To setup LAMP stack on CentOS 7.
LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL or PHP which is an open source web development platform. It uses Linux as it’s operating system while Apache and
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OpenStackHow to Setup OpenStack CLI Tools.
In this tutorial, we’re going to look into installing all the CLI toolsets required to interact with an OpenStack cloud (taking our cloud as an example).
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LinuxHow to setup OpenVPN Server and Client on Ubuntu 14.04.
OpenVPN is one of the most popular and widely used open source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN) technologies for
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LinuxHow to Setup Remote System Logging with rsyslog on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
By default, there is an instance of rsyslog that runs inside every new Ubuntu installation. The rsyslog tool takes care of receiving all the log message
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SecurityHow To Setup SSH Keys.
SSH keys are by far the most secure way of logging into your cloud server via SSH. Passwords can be eventually cracked using brute-force attacks if they
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LinuxHow To Setup VNC For Ubuntu.
In computing, Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system which transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer to
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LinuxHow To Setup Your Own VPN With PPTP on Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian).
A virtual private network (VPN) is network that extends a private network (i.e. LAN) across a public network, such as the Internet. It enables a
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OpenStackHow to Upload Custom Images with OpenStack.
The robustness of the OpenStack cloud allows you to run almost any operating system that you need on our platform. The only thing you need to do is make
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LinuxHow to use cron jobs for automation on Ubuntu 14.04.
Cron is one of the most powerful tool in a Linux/Unix based operating systems. A cron job is a Linux utility used for scheduling a task to be executed in
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LinuxHow to Use Prometheus to Monitor Your CentOS 7 Server.
Prometheus is an open source monitoring system and time series database. It addresses many aspects of monitoring such as the generation and collection of
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DockerHow To Work with Docker Data Volumes on Ubuntu 14.04.
A Docker volume permits data to be stored in a container outside of the boot volume but within the root file system. In our previous posts we have
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ApacheHow To: Install Apache Server On Ubuntu 16.04.
This tutorial includes five easy steps to introduce the best way to set up an Apache internet web server on your own Ubuntu 16.04 quickly.
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OpenStack Upgrade vs. Migration: Which Does Your Private Cloud Need?
Not sure whether to upgrade or migrate your OpenStack cloud? Learn how to evaluate architecture, hardware, storage, networking, technical debt, and operational complexity.
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Canada Is Building Sovereign AI Capacity and What that Means for You
Data residency isn't the same as data sovereignty. Five questions that actually determine who controls your workload, and why the answer matters more than where the servers sit.
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