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In my first article, Part I: Like a Rainbow In The Dark, I described which problems distributed tracing can help you solve. I also provided some strategies for adopting this observability superpower without getting overwhelmed. As you continue down that path, though, there are some myths that need to be busted, and complex concepts demystified.Let's start with a common phrase that sounds good at first but ultimately isn't useful. This statement can both come from the engineering trenches or whoever is calling the shots: “I want great observability without touching a line of code”.That’s

The Kentik Collection is now Red Hat Ansible Certified Content, and is available on Ansible automation hub. The highlight of this is Event-Driven Ansible, an event source plugin from Kentik to accept alert notification JSON. This works in conjunction with Event-Driven Ansible Rulebooks to allow users to automate changes to their environment.Event-Driven Ansible offers a scalable and adaptable automation solution that integrates with monitoring tools from various software vendors. These tools oversee IT infrastructures, detecting events and automatically executing predefined changes or response

Automation can help increase efficiency, save time and improve consistency, which is why Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) includes features that help automate many tasks. RHEL system roles are a collection of Ansible content that helps provide more consistent workflows and streamline the execution of many manual tasks.Fapolicyd is a security-focused feature that can control which applications may be executed in a RHEL environment, as well as verify the integrity of applications prior to execution. This functionality helps prevent untrusted applications from being executed on a RHEL system. For

Veeam Backup and Replication is a backup, recovery and data management platform that modernizes data protection for cloud, physical and virtual environments. In this post we're going to look at using Veeam as part of a strategy to guard against ransomware attacks.Ransomware attacks continue to be damaging and costly events for all sizes of companies. Immutable backups are just one component in an overall business continuity strategy to protect against these types of revenue and reputation draining catastrophes. Linux is key to this strategy, and specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux, can act a

How to get started with automated policy as code: Start small but think BIG.A policy enforcement feature is coming to future versions of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. This blog provides more detail around where we’re heading with this exciting initiative.What is automated policy as code?Quite simply it allows you to apply policies, or in other words rules, before and/or during automation without having to know about or write those rules into your automation. You have many operational constructs you want to adhere to across your organization, and by automating them as policies, you can

Recently we announced that Red Hat Insights along with Red Hat OpenShift on AWS GovCloud has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) Agency Authority to Operate (ATO) at the High Impact Level.We delved down a bit further into what this means with a recent blog post: Beyond the lingo: What does Red Hat Insights and FedRAMP mean for your workload?We are still getting questions on how to get started and what it looks like to use Insights in a FedRamp environment. To help answer these questions I put together a video that covers the initial configuration of Insights

Here at Red Hat, we’ve spent over a decade building up the power of Red Hat Insights, making it one of the most valuable pieces of technology included in your Red Hat subscription. We’ve integrated with industry-leading technologies like IBM X-Force, we’ve grown invaluable data sets from our own support cases, and we’ve extended our reach to deliver Insights wherever you work. See What the Insights portfolio can do for you.One thing that's been a blocker for US government customers and contractors has been FedRAMP. But that's a blocker no more! Through a long process of sponsorship, d

Red Hat and Intel are collaborating on a joint solution that more seamlessly integrates Intel® IPU with Red Hat OpenShift, propelling cloud and edge computing into a new era of performance and scalability.The solution brings together Intel’s latest leading programmable network device, the Intel® Infrastructure Processing Unit (Intel® IPU) E2000 Series with Red Hat OpenShift. This solution, shown in the following diagram, is designed for performance at scale under real world workloads and opens up a wide array of use cases through the ability to flexibly service chain network functions at

As Kubernetes becomes increasingly integral to production environments, cyber adversaries are likewise becoming more skilled in cloud-native exploitation. According to the CrowdStrike 2024 Global Threat Report, cases involving exploitation of cloud services increased by 110% in 2023, far outpacing non-cloud cases, which grew only 60% year-over-year.CrowdStrike helps organizations stay ahead of these evolving adversaries by providing breach prevention solutions that span endpoints, Kubernetes, clouds, data and identity in the consolidated CrowdStrike Falcon® platform.This article talks about t

Architecting, deploying, and managing hybrid cloud environments can be a challenging and time-consuming process. It starts with processor selection, operating system configuration, application management, and workload protection, and it never ends. Every step requires a reliable, trusted software foundation with a comprehensive set of features and capabilities to fuel optimal performance, greater consistency, and enhanced security capabilities for your environment. With new features in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 (RHEL), you can speed-up and simplify many infrastructure life cycle operations