You can’t go too far without seeing the word Docker among technology circles these days. This product/concept/company is getting some significant airtime over the course of the last few months, and there is no sign of that slowing down. So, what exactly is the big deal around Docker? It’s all about the containers. Well, mostly about the containers. Let’s have …
#vDM30in30 – 30 Post in 30 Days and Why it’s Important
Recently, I saw a post by Greg Ferro, also known as @EtherealMind on Twitter, who blogs at EtherealMind.com with some really great information specializing on networking, but with much more than that on his site. The post was called the 30 blogs in 30 days challenge which I’ve seen in the past, and I love the inspiration that it gives …
OpenStack Launches 10th Release with Juno
It was a big day for OpenStack as it marked the 10th full release in just 4 short years. Juno, the newly minted full release, was chalk full of exciting new features, updates, and bug fixes. Here’s a little preview of what’s new, and I’m really excited to play around more with the “big data” options which are a part of …
Suspend and Resume Vagrant Boxes in Bulk in OSX and Linux
As a regular user of Vagrant in conjunction with VirtualBox for building and deploying lab environments, I often have situations where I have multiple virtual instances running at a time. The challenge with that is that sometimes my multi-node labs are having to be suspended and resumed to save on resources. It’s not difficult, but it does take multiple commands …