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The main page of infocepo.com is a resource hub focused on cloud computing, detailing aspects like migration, infrastructure, and high availability. It covers practical tools such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, and AWS, and advocates for open-source solutions. Key features include a cloud lab project, server audit tools, migration examples, enhancement strategies, comparisons between cloud services and hardware, and a section on high availability setups. The site also explores AI solutions and IT career insights, serving as a comprehensive guide for cloud computing professionals.

CLOUD LAB

Presenting my LAB project.

CLOUD Audit

Created ServerDiff.sh for server audits. Enables configuration drift tracking and environment consistency checks.

CLOUD Migration Example

• 1.5d: Infrastructure audit of 82 services (ServerDiff.sh)

• 1.5d: Create cloud architecture diagram

• 1.5d: Compliance check of 2 clouds (6 hypervisors, 6TB memory)

• 1d: Cloud installations

• .5d: Stability check

ACTION	RESULT	OK/KO
Activate maintenance for n/2-1 nodes or 1 node if 2 nodes.	All resources are started.
Un-maintenance all nodes. Power off n/2-1 nodes or 1 node if 2 nodes, different from the previous test.	All resources are started.
Power off simultaneous all nodes. Power on simultaneous all nodes.	All resources are started.

• 1.5d: Cloud automation study

• 1.5d: Develop 6 templates (2 clouds, 2 OS, 8 environments, 2 versions)

• 1d: Create migration diagram

• 1.5d: Write 138 lines of migration code (MigrationApp.sh)

• 1.5d: Process stabilization

• 1.5d: Cloud vs old infrastructure benchmark

• .5d: Unavailability time calibration per migration unit

• 5min: Load 82 VMs (env, os, application_code, 2 IP)

Total = 15 man-days

CLOUD Enhancement

• Formalize infrastructure for flexibility and reduced complexity.
• Utilize customer-location tracking name server like GDNS.
• Use minimal instances with a network load balancer like LVS.
• Compare prices of dynamic computing services, beware of tech lock-in.
• Employ efficient frontend TLS decoder like HAPROXY.
• Opt for fast HTTP cache like VARNISH and Apache Traffic Server for large files.
• Use REVERSE PROXY with TLS decoder like ENVOY for service compatibility.
• Consider serverless service for standard runtimes, mindful of potential incompatibilities.
• Employ load balancing or native services for dynamic computing power.
• Use open source STACKs where possible.
• Employ database caches like MEMCACHED.
• More information at CLOUD WIKIPEDIA.

CLOUD WIKIPEDIA

• CLOUD WIKIPEDIA

CLOUD vs HW

Function	Kubernetes	OpenStack	AWS	Bare-metal	HPC	CRM	oVirt
Deployment Tools (Tools used for deployment)	Helm, YAML, Operator, Ansible, Juju, ArgoCD	Ansible, Packer, Terraform, Juju	Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, Juju	Ansible, Shell Scripts	xCAT, Clush	Ansible, Shell Scripts	Ansible, Python, Shell Scripts
Bootstrap Method (Initial configuration and setup)	API	API, PXE	API	PXE, IPMI	PXE, IPMI	PXE, IPMI	PXE, API
Router Control (Routing services)	API (Kube-router)	API (Router/Subnet)	API (Route Table/Subnet)	Linux, OVS, External Hardware	xCAT, External Hardware	Linux, External Hardware	API
Firewall Control (Firewall rules and policies)	Ingress, Egress, Istio, NetworkPolicy	API (Security Groups)	API (Security Group)	Linux Firewall	Linux Firewall	Linux Firewall	API
Network Virtualization (VLAN/VxLAN technologies)	Multiple Options	VPC	VPC	OVS, Linux, External Hardware	xCAT, External Hardware	Linux, External Hardware	API
Name Server Control (DNS services)	CoreDNS	DNS-Nameserver	Amazon Route 53	GDNS	xCAT	Linux, External Hardware	API, External Hardware
Load Balancer (Load balancing options)	Kube-proxy, LVS (IPVS)	LVS	Network Load Balancer	LVS	SLURM	Ldirectord	N/A
Storage Options (Available storage technologies)	Multiple Options	Swift, Cinder, Nova	S3, EFS, FSx, EBS	Swift, XFS, EXT4, RAID10	GPFS	SAN	NFS, SAN

CLOUD providers

• CLOUD providers

CLOUD INTERNET NETWORK

• CLOUD INTERNET NETWORK

CLOUD NATIVE

• CLOUD NATIVE

High Availability (HA) with Corosync+Pacemaker

Typical Architecture

• Dual-room.
• IPMI LAN (fencing).
• NTP, DNS+DHCP+PXE+TFTP+HTTP (auto-provisioning), PROXY (updates or internal REPOSITORY).
• Choose 2+ node clusters.
• For 2-node, require COROSYNC 2-node config, 10-second staggered closing for stability. But for better stability choose 3+ nodes architecture.
• Allocate 4GB/base for DB resources. CPU resource requirements generally low.

Typical Service Pattern

• Multipath
• LUN
• LVM (LVM resource)
• FS (FS resource)
• NFS (FS resource)
• User
• IP (IP resource)
• DNS name
• Process (Process resource)
• Listener (Listener resource)

AI Solutions

• CHATGPT - Essential AI wizard. For better productivity, you have to pay (28/06/2023)
• MIDJOURNEY - design

DEV

• VICUNA - Open-source AI chat based on LLAMA for privacy and creating your own tools. install

• RANKING - AI models compare.

• LANGCHAIN - Semantic tool.

NEWS

• CLAUDE is now better than CHATGPT on the interpretation of long texts.
• mistral-7b-instruct is very efficient.
• IBM NorthPole : a new IA chip.

IT salaries

• Best IT certifications
• FREELANCE
• IT

SRE

• SRE

REDHAT package browser

• REDHAT package browser