Posts tagged with "System Administration"

Explore file descriptors, a fundamental UNIX abstraction that connects files, pipes, network sockets, and the UNIX philosophy of building programs that work together.

Explore the hidden power of network booting—from Intel’s cost-saving innovations to legacy workstation tricks—while uncovering arcane protocols and confusing jargon.

A Linux origin story—from Memphis in the 1990s to ORNL, explore how Linux became more than a computing tool but a journey companion with unlimited opportunities.

Stop relying on institutional knowledge—learn quick and simple methods for writing sane documentation that makes life simpler and keeps your team out of padded cells.

A high-level tour of blockchains from a sysadmin perspective—explore the tradeoffs, goals, and how these systems compare to traditional storage and execution systems.

Wearing many IT hats? Learn how to overcome time-consuming tasks by taking advantage of scripting and APIs—real examples from a systems administrator's automation journey.

Discover DTrace, a tool for safely debugging live systems with insight into both application and kernel behavior—now available for a very popular "Not Unix" operating system!

Flying solo as the only IT person? Learn how to turn a technological nightmare into a functional environment—real experience, strength, and hope from the one-person IT department trenches.

Just hired to manage a thousand Macs? Learn the basics of Mac Management, Software Distribution and Security from an expert managing 2500 Macs at ORNL.

Discover how GitLab's open-source platform with integrated CI/CD offers the same powerful single user experience to sysadmins as it does to developers—a low-cost, easy-to-use tool for infrastructure management.

Explore how East Tennessee State University is contributing to the ever-evolving question of how to prepare students and early-career sysadmins for success in the field.

Ansible brings simple, agent-less automation to sysadmins who didn’t sign up to be programmers—making your job easier and more enjoyable.

Get introduced to PowerShell and explore how its object-oriented design makes it an essential tool for scalable automation in Windows environments.

Rob Barker shares his experience deploying and supporting SharePoint at ORNL, including a look at roles, responsibilities, and a live SP 2016 dev farm demo.

Explore the strengths, challenges, and real-world lessons of deploying CFEngine, a lightweight yet powerful configuration management tool.

There's been a lot of talk surrounding the changes RedHat has made in the latest release of it's flagship operating system. This talk will focus on separating fact from FUD by highlighting some of the key differences between RHEL 6.5 and RHEL 7.

Syslinux and Grub2 are two of the most popular bootloaders used by the Linux community. In this talk we will compare feature sets, explore the parts of the bootloader, and look at atypical installations.