ADMIN Update – Hottest Links

• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
• Docker Introduces New Template Feature
• Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 3.0 Embraces Containers
• PowerShell Core 6.0
• Samba in Heterogeneous Environments

With the Terraform configuration management tools and the Amazon Route 53 DNS service, you can configure AWS to provide geographically diverse failover between two web servers.

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Create your own Docker containers without the need for Dockerfiles or Docker commands (more)

Hortonworks goes deeper into containerization, cloud, and GPU utilization. (more)

Microsoft has broken new ground with the release of PowerShell Core 6.0, which at heart is a complete reboot in terms of architecture and objectives. For the first time, a new version is not linked to the Windows operating system. (more)

Because Samba can be integrated easily into heterogeneous environments, a kind of heterogeneous administration is often necessary, and security falls by the wayside. We show you how to use a Samba file server securely in heterogeneous environments. (more)

Scout2 is an open source auditing tool that helps you keep your AWS environments secure. (more)

Microsoft paid over $7.5 billion for GitHub. (more)

Your laptop speakers are capable of destroying your hard drive. (more)

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced beta exams for the update of LPIC-1 to version 5.0. Take part in testing it by attending LPI’s free exam labs worldwide.

Beta exams will be English language only, delivered at organized exam-lab events being held around the world. Both 101 and 102 exams will be offered free of charge, and each exam is 90 minutes duration.

Now is your chance to test the new update for LPIC-1. Take part in LPI’s beta exams near you. Spaces are limited, sign up now!

Further Reading

• Three in One
• SSH Comes to Windows PowerShell
• SSH Tricks
• Private Cloud with Azure
• Meltdown and Spectre Revisit Intel, AMD and ARM Processors

Hey there system engineers, developers, network engineers, and all other OS masterminds worldwide: There is still time to join the OSMC 2018 as a speaker and submit your proposal. Deadline is June 30, 2018!

Curious about the Open Source Monitoring Conference? Grab your early bird tickets now! The world's leading event on OS monitoring will take place in Nuremberg from November 5 to 8, 2018.

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