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Issue #89: Automation
Optimize, automate, and manage workflows and processes in your data center. This issue explores Microsoft Power Automate and Ansible Automation Platform.
On the DVD: IPFire 2.29 Core Update 196
Microsoft Power Automate
The MSPA platform for automating work processes uses a wide range of connectors to integrate seamlessly with the Microsoft environment.
Ansible Automation Platform
If you need a management layer to wrap around Ansible, are looking to build pipelines, or simply need greater insights into the status of your automation, AAP offers useful features.
Alerta
This free software fields alerts from several monitoring systems and delivers them in the web GUI or at the command line.
DRBD9 and DRBD Reactor
Create a Linux high-availability stack for virtual instances with replicated storage comparable to the classic Corosync and Pacemaker solution.
Goss
Get started with this free tool that checks your servers, delivers a machine health status report, and evaluates test results on Linux and Windows computers.
WSUS Deprecation
With the discontinuation and deprecation of the Windows Server Update Services at the end of Windows 2025 support, you should know whether you need to take action now and what tools are available as alternatives for Windows updates and patch distribution.
AzureADRecon
Identify vulnerabilities at an early stage in Entra ID environments.
Falco
Detect threats with the use of a driver that generates a data stream from events in containerized applications.
AD Rights Management
A built-in Microsoft AD RMS server role can help prevent data loss in your organization.
Cookie Dangers
Session data stored on user hard disks can be targeted by criminals to bypass the need for a password or second factor in active user sessions.
Hardening Linux Servers
Delve into the software treasure chest to find useful products that improve virus protection on Linux.
Trivy
Take a deep dive into vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and secrets with guidance on performance tuning, security configurations, and scalability across Linux distributions.
F/LOSS Lifecycle Management
Many proprietary tools on the market are designed to automate server management in modern data centers, but we look at the tools offered by the open source community.
IoT Monitoring
Keeping track of a large number of Internet of Things devices means understanding IoT networks, developing suitable monitoring metrics, and (ideally) integrating the IoT with infrastructure monitoring.
Own Repos for PS Modules
Optimize the way you organize and maintain scripts by bundling PowerShell modules and deploying them internally.
DNS Config Errors
Correct name resolution is a fundamental prerequisite for trouble-free communication between servers and between servers and users. We look at practical tools for troubleshooting DNS configurations.
GnuPG
We look at certificate management with a web key directory and a directory service and investigate automated authentication with GnuPG actium.
Performance Dojo
Investigate data center performance issues in style!