When deploying a new AlmaLinux 9.3 VM under QEMU/KVM, I encountered the following error during the first boot: Unfortunately, the error message is not very informative. After I had ruled out a bug in the golden image I was using (manual deployments work), I came across a valuable hint in the Proxmox forum: EL9 requires …

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During the Red Hat Summit in May this year, an interesting extension of the popular Infrastructure as Code solution was presented with Event-driven Ansible. With EDA, Ansible is extended by a proactive component that allows it to react dynamically to events. This focuses on the previous unique selling point of …

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When it comes to managing larger system landscapes, SUSE Manager and the open source upstream project Uyuni are useful tools. They can be used to set up new systems, deploy patches and also support Infrastructure as Code via SaltStack. In the context of customer projects, I have carried out numerous installations and …

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IEEE 802.1X is a standard for authentication and authorisation of devices in networks. Thus, physical LAN ports, VLANs or WLANs can only connect to the network after successful authentication, for example via RADIUS. Communication can be encrypted via TLS or PPP-EAP-TLS, for example. If this network configuration is to …

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From 01.09 - 03.09.2023, the 19th MRMCD (MetaRheinMainChaosDays) took place on the premises of TU Darmstadt. The event is organised by the registered association of the same name, regional hackspaces and universities. As a special feature, each conference is held under a motto determined in advance, which is also …

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), the commercial variant of the AWX project, is used to orchestrate and execute Ansible content in large and distributed system landscapes. A web interface facilitates the use in teams, while the actual execution takes place in specially adapted Podman containers - also called …

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Last weekend on 05/06.08.2023, the 18th FrOSCon conference took place as usual as a hybrid event at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in Sankt Augustin. Due to scheduling conflicts with the Chaos Communication Camp 2023, the date was brought forward by a few weeks. This year's programme again consisted …

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Recently I noticed that the entire graphical interface crashes after a few seconds as soon as a game is streamed via Steam - for example via a Steam Link or Apple TV box. I'm using Pop!_OS version 22.04 LTS, the kernel used was 6.2.6-76060206 - but the older version 6.1 and 6.0 seem to be affected. The whole thing is …

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From 20.06 to 22.06 the SUSECON took place in Munich. This was the first time since 2020 that the manufacturer's own conference was held in presence again. For well-known reasons, the last three conferences were held as pure online events. Since 28.06, the keynotes as well as many other exclusive presentations that did …

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From 23.05 to 25.05 the Red Hat Summit took place in Boston. The manufacturer's own conference thus took place - for well-known reasons - for the first time since 2020 in presence. For me it was the first Red Hat conference. notice On the occasion of Red Hat Summit 2023, a three-part special was published in the FOCUS …

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