amazon-ec2-utils in Fedora
The amazon-ec2-utils package in Fedora makes it a bit easier to find devices in an AWS EC2 instance. ️🌤️
Cloud
cloud-init and dhcpcd
Fedora’s cloud-init package now uses dhcpcd in place of dhclient, which went end of life in 2022. 💀
Moving to cloud is more than just a purchasing exercise
Moving to cloud is about much more than just capital efficiency. It enables your teams to do more if they’re willing to adopt some new practices.
Mounting the AWS Elastic File Store on Fedora
Fedora now has the AWS Elastic File Store (EFS) mount helper available for Fedora 38 and newer releases! It chooses optimized NFS mount options for you and makes mounting and unmounting a breeze.
CoreOS as a pet
CoreOS provides a fast track to running containers with a light weight immutable OS underneath. This doesn’t mean that you can’t keep it around as a pet instance. 🐕
Fedora on Oracle Cloud
Add a Fedora x86_64 or aarch64 image to Oracle Cloud and launch an instance. 🚀
Monitor your AWS bill
Nobody likes a surprise bill. Learn some ways to keep your AWS bill under control and avoid that end of the month panic. 😱
Migrating to AWS CloudFront
New experiences bring joy! After working with fun AWS CloudFront hacks at work this week, I decided to migrate this blog to AWS S3 and CloudFront. ⛅
Deploy Fedora 37 on Hetzner Cloud 🇩🇪
Avoid cloud provider modifications and deploy a genuine release version of Fedora 37 on Hetzner Cloud. ⛅
Build a Tailscale exit node with firewalld
Tailscale exit nodes allow you to route your traffic through nearly any system in your tailnet. Learn how to build an exit node using firewalld. 🕳️
Build a custom CentOS Stream 9 cloud image
Learn how to customize a CentOS Stream 9 cloud image with the stuff you want and nothing that you don’t. 📦
Deploy a custom Fedora 35 AMI to AWS with Image Builder
Want to build your own Fedora 35 image for AWS? Use Image Builder to build and deploy an image made just for you. 🏗
Install Azure CLI on Fedora 35
Provision services on Microsoft’s Azure CLI on Fedora 35. 💙
Deploy Fedora CoreOS in Hetzner cloud
Launch your containers on Fedora CoreOS instances in Hetzner cloud with a few workarounds. 🚀
Build Fedora AWS images in GitHub Actions with Image Builder
Build images for AWS and deploy them to your AWS account all within GitHub Actions. 🤖
Build AWS images with Image Builder
Build a customized image for AWS with Image Builder and use the built-in automatic uploader and importer.
Fedora 30 on Google Compute Engine
Fedora 30 is a great Linux distribution for cloud platforms, but it needs a little work to perform well on Google Compute Engine.
Reaching the fork in the road
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OpenStack isn’t dead. It’s boring. That’s a good thing.
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A humble farewell to Seth Vidal
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Tracing a build through OpenStack Compute (Nova)
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Xen 4.1 on Fedora 15 with Linux 3.0
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Accessing Rackspace Cloud Servers and Slicehost slices privately via OpenVPN
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A nerd’s perspective on cloud hosting
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Private network interfaces: the forgotten security hole
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