Istio is an open-source service mesh that controls how microservices share data, often integrated with Kubernetes to manage traffic and communication between services, but also capable of working with other deployment environments. It provides various functionalities such as traffic control, security measures (encryption, authentication, etc.), and monitoring. Recently, the introduction of Istio version 1.22 unveiled many interesting features, including an alternative for sidecar proxies, integration with Gateway API, incremental xDS for configuration distribution, and several other improvemen ..read more

When booting PCs from WinPE, you can run setup.exe with parameters and automate it with an answer file. This can partition the system drive without user interaction and skip the regional settings dialog. By additionally including an unattend.xml file in the image, you achieve a fully unattended installation ..read more

This tutorial will teach you how to configure an EC2 instance to access an S3 bucket using the Terraform fork OpenTofu. The guide assumes familiarity with AWS and covers the essential steps, including creating an IAM role and policies and attaching them to an EC2 instance ..read more

The Azure OpenAI Service is a specialized offering within the broader set of Azure Cognitive Services, providing access to OpenAI's language models. The service can be accessed through REST APIs, Python SDK, and a web-based interface, Azure OpenAI Studio. In this article, you will learn how to deploy and access the GPT-4o model in Azure with PowerShell ..read more

KeePassXC is a free, lightweight, open-source, cross-platform password manager. It securely stores your passwords in a local, encrypted database and offers autofill capabilities for web browsers and other applications ..read more

Microsoft Purview integrates with Microsoft 365 applications such as Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams, providing comprehensive data governance, compliance, and protection capabilities across these platforms. One of the standout components of this suite is the Audit Search Graph API, which is currently in public preview. It allows developers and administrators retrieve detailed audit logs programmatically, providing deep insights into user activities across Microsoft services. In this blog, I will explore the full potential of the Microsoft Purview Audit Search Graph API and demonstrat ..read more

Buildah is an open-source tool that helps build Open Container Initiative (OCI) container images. Unlike traditional container engines, Buildah allows you to create and manage images without a container daemon. Container images created with Buildah can be run in OCI-compatible container engines such as Docker, Podman, or containerd, orchestrated with Kubernetes. The latest release, Buildah 1.35, introduces several significant enhancements extending its capabilities. Key new features include the --add-file flag, which allows you to add files directly to committed images, the --sbom flag for gen ..read more

Canonical has just released Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Long Term Support), known as Noble Numbat. This release introduces numerous new features and improvements throughout the operating system. This post covers the key highlights ..read more

OSDCloud is a free PowerShell framework for deploying Windows 10 and Windows 11. The tool provides simple methods for adding drivers and configuring settings in an image. After booting from a customized WinPE, either the OSDCloudGUI or an automated script initiates the installation ..read more

Docker Desktop provides a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) for developing, building, testing, and running containerized applications on Linux, Windows, and macOS. Docker Desktop 4.30 introduces an experimental phase to simplify the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) configuration by reducing the previously required two Docker Desktop WSL distributions (docker-desktop and docker-desktop-data) into one, aiming to improve startup time and simplify the codebase ..read more