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What do we call post-modern system administrators?

Our community discusses the responsibilities, possible titles, and potential skills of today's sysadmins.
Joshua Allen Holm (Correspondent) Alan Formy-Duval (Correspondent) Chris Hermansen (Correspondent) Don Watkins (Correspondent) Jen Wike Huger (Red Hat) Moshe Zadka (Correspondent) 30 Jul 2021
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Manage your Raspberry Pi with Cockpit

Establish central control over your Raspberry Pis with Cockpit.
Alan Formy-Duval (Correspondent) 18 May 2021 8 comments
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Resolve DHCPD and HTTPD startup failures with Ansible

Ancient remnants can create strange problems.
David Both (Correspondent) 06 May 2021 1 comment
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Drop telnet for OpenSSL

Telnet's lack of encryption makes OpenSSL a safer option for connecting to remote systems.
Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) 05 May 2021 6 comments
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Why I support systemd's plan to take over the world

There is no nefarious plan, just one to bring service management into the 21st century.
David Both (Correspondent) 03 May 2021 9 comments
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5 reasons sysadmins love systemd

Systemd's speed and ease make it a popular way to manage modern Linux systems.
Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) 15 Apr 2021 27 comments
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A beginner's guide to load balancing

Load balancing distributes resources to where they're needed most at that moment.
Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) 15 Apr 2021 3 comments
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Resolve systemd-resolved name-service failures with Ansible

Name resolution and the ever-changing networking landscape.
David Both (Correspondent) 15 Apr 2021

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