It’s officially summer vacation season. Hope you are all enjoying the 100+ weather… it’s my favorite! This month I’m focusing on the ever popular cloud (you know, the computers in the sky). I also need to make a shout out to my new favorite, Advanced Cluster Security for hardening your OpenShift clusters on-prem or in the cloud. ACS is SERIOUSLY awesome! – Scott Belz
Cloudy with a chance of managed platforms
RED HAT OPENSHIFT CLOUD SERVICES SHOW-AND-TELL SERIES
An array of talented folks will be hosting a four part series on how Red Hat can manage, scale and secure your applications across your multi-cloud environment. Knowing that 24/7 on-call duty is everyone’s favorite (joking), Red Hat can help you knock that down to 9to5 focus on the things that matter most like building awesome new features in your applications for future growth. Check out the session details below and make sure you SIGN-UP HERE and attend the sessions.
Session Information – Click HERE for a more detailed description
- July 14 | Scaling to the cloud while securing your software supply chain
- July 21 | Event streaming at scale while transforming your enterprise supply chain
- July 28 | Scaling to a cloud environment while innovating your business at the edge
- August 4 | Democratizing AI/ML while empowering your citizen data scientist
The power of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform in your Azure cloud
Point, Click, Install right from the Azure Marketplace
Using the Azure Marketplace, you can install and start using Ansible Automation Platform to automate your cloud environment and gain the goodness of the leading automation tool.
Possible Usage of Ansible Azure Modules
Web App Scenario
Web App & Facts
App Service Plan & Facts
Traffic Manager Profile & Facts
Traffic Manager Endpoint & Facts
App Gateway
VM / VMSS / Networking Support
SQL Firewall Rule
Auto Scale & Facts
Route
Route Table & Facts
Virtual Machine Facts
DB Support
MySQL Server / Database Facts
PostgreSQL Server / Database Facts
Container Support
Container Registry Facts
Useful Links for Azure Cloud & Azure DevOps
Video on Azure DevOps + Jenkins + Terraform + Ansible: LINK
Hashicorp Terraform and Red Hat Ansible Automation: LINK
Automating Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Ansible and Azure Pipelines: LINK
Ansible and Microsoft Azure Integration: LINK
Microsoft Automates More to Achieve More with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: LINK
Advanced Cluster Security – A Bodyguard for Your Container Platform
Lit·er·al·ly /ˈlidərəlē,ˈlitrəlē/ took less than 15 minutes to install
Last week I got the pleasure of working with Product Solutions Architect, Phillip Kramp, on a Proof of Concept project for one of our customers. As I watched Phillip walk the customer through the steps, I was amazed at how simple the install was, which was done through the OpenShift console as an operator. Within minutes ACS (Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes) was up and running and already providing details to the customer on hardening the security of their OpenShift clusters.
Click here to see a walk-through of the installation step-by-step
In an analysis completed in April 2022 titled “Container Security Leadership Compass”, Kuppinger Cole Analysts reported on the innovation, product and market leadership that Red Hat has in the container security space. Copy of report
Foundationally, RHEL and CoreOS are very secure through the help of SELinux, but with ACS running you get the added benefits of continuous control, protection, detection and response within your container environment.
A layered approach to container and Kubernetes security
Helpful links to learn more:
What’s New in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security Q1 2022
State Of Kubernetes Security Report
Guide To NIST SP 800-190 Compliance In Container Environments
O’Reilly Report: DevSecOps in Kubernetes
16 Steps For Building Production-Ready Kubernetes Clusters
Container Security Maturity Model
Kubernetes-Native Security Whitepaper
A Definitive Guide To Achieving DevSecOps In Kubernetes Environments
Containers & Kubernetes Security: An Evaluation Guide
Definitive Guide To Red Hat OpenShift Security
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Upcoming Virtual Workshops (FREE)
| July 13, 2022 | Red Hat Ansible Network Automation Workshop |
| July 13, 2022 | Ansible Automation Red Hat Enterprise Linux Technical Workshop |
| July 14, 2022 | Red Hat Ansible for Windows Automation workshop |
| July 14, 2022 | Red Hat OpenShift 101 Workshop |
| July 14, 2022 | Red Hat Coffee Hour with Lee Jourdan and Shuchi Sharma |
| July 14 – Aug 4, 2022 (Every Thursday) | Red Hat OpenShift cloud services show-and-tell series |
| July 19, 2022 | Webinar: Automating all things Cisco |
| July 20, 2022 | Security Symposium |
| July 21, 2022 | Red Hat learning subscription onboarding series: What’s new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
| July 21, 2022 | OpenStack brings Kubernetes to the Edge |
| July 21, 2022 | Developer corner series: Automation for developer cloud migrations |
| July 27, 2022 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workshop |
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Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions you might have on the content or anything else that might help you with your Red Hat solutions.
- Scott Belz
Senior Solutions Architect: Scott Belz | sbelz@redhat.com | 916-626-2723 | LinkedIn
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