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Mastering the Essential Soft Skills for IT Architects and DevOps Engineers

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In the dynamic world of technology, the role of IT architects and DevOps engineers has become increasingly vital. These professionals are responsible for designing and implementing robust IT infrastructures and ensuring efficient software development and deployment processes. While technical prowess is undoubtedly crucial, it is the mastery of soft skills that truly sets outstanding IT architects and DevOps engineers apart. In this blog post, we will explore the essential soft skills required for success in these roles and how they contribute to building exceptional IT solutions.

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Speeding Up Network Configuration In The Lab With Ansible And Templates

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Ansible, an open-source automation tool, helps system administrators and DevOps teams to efficiently manage infrastructure and streamline complex tasks. One of Ansible’s powerful features is the use of templates, which allows for the dynamic generation of configuration files and other resources. Here we will go through a real-world network configuration of a small lab environment.

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Docker Compose vs. Docker Swarm: Choosing the Right Orchestration Tool

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In today’s rapidly evolving world of containerization and micro services, Docker has emerged as a powerhouse, providing tools to simplify the deployment and management of applications. Among its arsenal are Docker Compose and Docker Swarm, two distinct tools that address different aspects of container orchestration. In this article, we’ll dive into the nuances of Docker Compose and Docker Swarm, highlighting their features, use cases, and how to make the right choice for your deployment needs.

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Mastering Docker Volume Management: A Comprehensive Guide with a Handful of Examples

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Docker has revolutionized the way applications are deployed, offering portability and scalability like never before. One crucial aspect of Docker is volume management, which ensures data persistence and sharing between containers. In this article, we’ll dive a bit into the world of Docker volumes, explore their types, and I will provide practical examples of how to effectively manage them.

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How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication with Google Authenticator on a Debian Linux Desktop

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Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a method of requiring more than one credential to prove your identity. It adds an extra layer of security to your system by requiring users to provide more than one piece of information to authenticate successfully to an account or Linux host. The additional information may be a one-time password (OTP) sent to your cell phone via SMS or credentials from an app like Google Authenticator, Twilio Authy, or FreeOTP .

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Hardening Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing and Cyber Security Work

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Kali Linux, a powerful penetration testing and security auditing platform, is widely used by professionals in the field of cybersecurity. To ensure a secure and reliable environment, it is essential to harden Kali Linux, fortifying it against potential vulnerabilities and attacks. In this blog post, we will discuss effective techniques and best practices to harden Kali Linux for advanced penetration testing and cyber security work.

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Will Open Source Be Extinct Soon? The Future of Open Source Software

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Open source software has been on the rise in recent years, with practically every industry now utilizing it in some form or another. With the continuing rise of open source projects, we can expect to see further collaboration and collaboration spaces evolving to facilitate them in the coming years.

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How To Install Tenable Nessus Essentials The Free Vulnerability Scanner on Debian Bookworm

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Nessus is a popular and widely used vulnerability assessment tool that works for both web and mobile applications and can be deployed on-premises or in a cloud environment. It scans and detects malware of embedded devices, configurations auditing, compliance checks among many other functions.

Small companies face a growing risk of cyber attacks in the digital age, as they often lack the resources and expertise to secure their networks and data. One way to improve their security is to perform regular security checks using a vulnerability scanner. Tenable Nessus Essentials is a powerful tool that can help small companies scan their systems for vulnerabilities and remediate them before they are exploited.

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Using GIT With Ansible: A Hands On Example of Enhancing Our Automated Systems

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Ansible’s real strengths are the fast speed of learning the basics and its simplicity. We all keep some configuration in a GIT service like my dot config files in Github. It is very quick and easy to automate the check out of a repository, and to distribute files from it with the built in Ansible modules.

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Enhance Your Security: Create Temporary, Disposable Nessus Instances In Docker

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Nessus is a widely used cyber security tool developed by Tenable Network Security, a well-known cyber security company. Nessus is a vulnerability scanner that is designed to identify and assess vulnerabilities in computer systems, networks, and applications. Tenable maintains a Docker image that helps us to create a temporary, disposable Nessus server anytime we need one.

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How to Penetration Test Linux Services with Hydra

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Hydra is a powerful tool that can help you perform penetration testing on various network services. Hydra can brute-force passwords for more than 50 protocols, such as telnet, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMB, and databases. Hydra was developed by the hacker group “The Hacker’s Choice” and released in 2000 as a proof of concept tool. Hydra is also a parallelized login cracker, which means it can make multiple connections at the same time and reduce the time required to crack a password.

This blog post is intended to provide an educational introduction about a penetration testing tool. The tool is designed to help security professionals and ethical hackers identify and exploit vulnerabilities in web applications. The author does not condone or encourage any illegal or malicious use of the tool. The readers are solely responsible for their own actions and the consequences of using the tool.

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Debian Linux: The Ultimate Operating System for More Experienced Users

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If you are looking for a reliable, secure and customizable operating system that gives you full control over your computing environment, you might want to consider Debian Linux. Debian is one of the oldest and most respected Linux distributions, with a history of over 25 years and a community of thousands of developers and users. In this blog post, we will explore some of the reasons why Debian is the ultimate operating system for more experienced users.

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How to install Kali Linux on an UBS Stick for Having a Mobile and Robust System in our Pockets?

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Kali Linux is a popular operating system for penetration testing and ethical hacking. It comes with a variety of tools and features that can help you perform security assessments, vulnerability scans, network analysis, and more. But what if you want to have Kali Linux with you wherever you go, without carrying a laptop or installing it on your main machine? The solution is to install Kali Linux on an UBS stick and boot from it whenever you need it. This way, you can have a mobile and robust system in your pockets that can run on any compatible computer.

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Installing and Setting up sudo on Ubuntu Linux for Secure System Administration

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In the realm of system administration, security is paramount. One of the essential tools for maintaining a secure Ubuntu Linux environment is sudo, which allows authorized users to perform administrative tasks with elevated privileges. In this post, I will guide you through the process of installing and setting up sudo on Ubuntu Linux, ensuring a robust and secure system administration experience.

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