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Which Operating System is More Secure?

In this post, we will review the operating systems most used by organizations in IT environments, whether in the public cloud or local data centers, asking the typical question, which operating system is more secure? Microsoft Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD? Or, from another point of view, what are the protection measures that will be applied to operating systems? Is only Firewall and Antivirus enough? Is it sufficient to disable the SSH service in Linux environments? Is it enough to not use root?

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How to Integrate Active Directory with Kasten K10 and OpenShift

In this post, we will review how to configure Kasten K10 installed via Operator for Red Hat Openshift to integrate the Authentikation of Microsoft Active Directory to access the console of K10 with Dex.

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How to use Kasten K10 with Google Anthos

One of the architectures that are used in multiple clients with hybrid infrastructure is Google Anthos, a beautiful technology that allows to deploy clusters of Kubernetes in different environments using Google settings Kubernetes Engine, GKE, as well as adding other distributions to Google Anthos from different providers or public clouds. In this post, we will review the Anthos architecture and where to install Kasten K10 to protect applications.

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How to Configure NFS Repository for Kasten K10

One of the options that many companies use to host their backups is NFS, in this guide, we will review how to configure an NFS Profile to be used by Kasten K10, in accordance with the good practices that are indicated in the documentation of Kasten.

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Configure Email Alerts in Kasten K10

In this guide we will review the installation and configuration of prometheus in order to obtain alerts via email using the federation, rules and alertmanager of prometheus in conjunction with the monitoring of Kasten K10.

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How to Install vSphere CSI Driver on RedHat OpenShift 4.x

One of the recurring queries we have lately is how to configure the vSphere CSI Driver in environments OpenShift 4.x without the need to use the operator that VMWare already developed, but that is only supported for production from version 4.10 of OpenShift. Therefore, in this guide we will review how to install and configure the driver version.ones earlier than 4.10 without the need to use the VMware operator.

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Veeam Cloud Connect Performance

One of the most used platforms to offer remote management services, backup, disaster recovery, among others is Veeam Cloud Connect with Veeam Service Provider Console, which enable service providers to offer multiple optionsones of data protection. also exists Veeam Cloud Connect for Enterprise that allows large companies to offer services internally according to the needs of their business. In this post we will review a simple configuration to improve the performance of receiving data.

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Install Kasten Multi Cluster Manager

In this guide we will review how to install Kasten Multi-Cluster Manager for the management and protection of containers from multiple clusters of kubernetes in different environments with centralized resource management. Typically in most companies that maintain application development teamsones There are different types of environments such as Development, QA and Production, in other companies they also manage Pre-Production, Stagging, UAT, etc. environments. In the same way, everything depends a lot on the development life cycle as well as on the architectures of each company, which is why with Kasten Multi-Cluster Manager we will be able to achieve the protection of multiple environments and/or clusters of kubernetes.

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Install Cluster Kubernetes with vSphere CSI

In this guide we will review the installation and configuration of a cluster Kubernetes on Ubuntu 20.04 using containerd, calico, performing the integration via vSphere CSI (Container Storage Interface) to provide the persistent volumes for the containers that will work in the cluster. We will also use MetalLB as a load balancer to access our services.

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Red Hat OpenShift in vSphere with Kasten

One of the most used platforms in companies for the management, operation and maintenance of Containers is Red Hat OpenShift, in the following guide we will review how to protect our containers in Red Hat OpenShift 4.x integrated VMware vSphere through its Container Storage Interface with Kasten K10 Platform, configuring routes to access the administration interface of K10 and using Minio S3 as backup destination.

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