Hybrid Cloud Show

Cloud security basics, some of the technical and compliance aspects, and why it ultimately comes down to a people problem.                 Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

We dig into the recent major AWS outage, why a misconfiguration in one region called global issues, and whether there’s anything you can do to avoid being affected by a similar incident in the future.   Gary mentioned an AWS whitepaper.             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Shane has teething issues with his Kubernetes homelab, Sean ran a bootable containers workshop at Texas Linux Fest, and the case for enterprise rolling distros.         Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.  

Some examples of the technical debt we’ve seen in the cloud world, how to pay it back, avoiding it in the first place, and why a certain amount of tech debt is inevitable.           Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

How we got started in our tech careers, how and why we moved into the cloud, and why the cloud often makes more sense than on-prem.           Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”, available for the first 30 purchases only.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

SMTP relays and observability, why we didn’t recommend Podman over Docker to a newcomer, and Gary gives us an update on his homelab.             Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”, available for the first 30 purchases only.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

The first steps to move away from a “pets” mindset and towards automation and infrastructure as code, why we use a lot of abstraction at home, and how to use your homelab to improve your employment prospects. With guest host Joe Ressington from Late Night Linux.             Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”, available for the first 30 purchases only.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

What exactly is platform engineering, and how does it differ from DevOps?         Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”, available for the first 30 purchases only.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Shane gives us an update on his janky Kubernetes homelab. The storage is under control with ZFS, he’s got a decent switch, and everything is in Git – so maybe it isn’t that janky anymore.           Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.  

What to think about when picking a public cloud provider, and why it depends on the needs of your business. Free credits, billing complexity, available tools, small clouds vs the big three, hiring people with experience of particular cloud platforms, support, compliance, ease of repatriation, and more.         Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.      

How we access home environments from outside the home network while trying to stay secure using VPNs, Wireguard, overlay VPNs (like Tailscale and Nebula) and reverse proxies. Sean introduces us to Pangolin as an open source alternative middle-ground.       Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

How much observability and monitoring is really needed, the tooling people actually use (from Datadog and Grafana Cloud to open source options like Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo), and how to approach observability without overcomplicating things.       Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

After over 10 years of using Synology appliances for his backups, Gary has had enough of their shenanigans and needs to rethink his whole setup.   Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives AOOSTAR NAS series UGREEN NASync DXP2800 2-Bay Desktop NAS Fractal Design Node 304 – Black – Mini Cube Compact Computer Case TrueNAS Mini       Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

When should you consider using a third-party management tool, rather than just the ones built into your cloud of choice?     Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com         Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Sean tells us about bootable containers and asks for our opinions on how he plans to use them with Kubernetes. He mentions Talos Linux.         Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com       Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24.99 with your purchase, go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”, available for the first 30 standard package purchases only.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Aaron and Shane both recently had a bad experience when buying hard drives, the hardware we picked for our homelabs, why gigabit LANs aren’t quite cutting it anymore, an update on Shane’s janky Kubernetes setup, and more.         Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com       Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24.99 with your purchase, go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud“, available for the first 30 standard package purchases only.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

With increasing numbers of organisations starting to seriously think about moving away from US-owned providers, we dig into the technical challenges of major cloud migrations.       Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com         Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

The best way to cope with a huge spike in traffic on a product launch day, and the most important public and private cloud technologies to learn.   Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com         Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Shane tells us about the janky Kubernetes homelab that he’s building, and we all laugh at him.           Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com         SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code HCS to get 50% off your first purchase.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

What the new Docker pull limits really mean and how to deal with them, and whether paying for 12 years of support for Kubernetes is a good idea.   Docker Hub pull usage and limits Canonical announces 12 year Kubernetes LTS       Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com         SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code HCS to get 50% off your first purchase.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.