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Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts

Promoting Linux and Open Source Software Freedom in Atlanta Since 1994
Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (ALE) is a diverse group of friendly people who enjoy the freedoms and benefits of GNU Linux Computing and Free Liberating Open Source Software technologies. From novices to network administrators, from smart phones to data centers, we strive to empower every information technology user with freely distributable software and to improve every computing environment with the superior security, functionality and flexibility of Open Source Operating System solutions. -- more about ALE --
For information about upcoming weekly and monthly meetings, please check the ALE Meetup Group Calendar. We do not, and never will, require anyone to sign up with Meetup (or any other service) to attend any of our meetings; we only use it as an additional platform to connect with others in the local Atlanta area who are also interested in Linux.

ALE-Central Meeting: Tuesday May 15, 2018 @ 7:30 PM — “Upping Your Game With My Linux Tool Tricks”

Filed at 9:04 pm May 3, 2018 under by Robert

This month, we have a presentation on Linux Tools by Al Snow: “Upping Your Game With My Linux Tool Tricks”. Based on its reception at November’s DC770 meeting, it is expected to exceed our normal hour-and-a-half.

Al Snow has had a long career using Unix (Bell Labs/Unix,
SunOS, Solaris, HPUX, Mac OSX) and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian/Kali).

Synopsis:
Al has created a list of 36 questions that we will go through
together and learn more about 12+ different Linux software tools.
Al will hand out the questions before the meeting so you can
get a head start.

Example question:–
What one-line command do you use to create a word list from a text file?

Graciously hosted by the Decatur Makers (https://www.meetup.com/Decatur-Makers/) on West Ponce de Leon.

Please follow the DM parking advice: Although there is parking available in the church parking lot at the makerspace, we suggest you consider parking across the street or around the corner in the neighborhood to avoid conflicting with a pre-existing weekly Tuesday night church event.

For more information about upcoming meetings, visit https://www.meetup.com/ALE-Atlanta-Linux-Enthusiasts/

ALE Monthly Meeting May 16, 2017

Filed at 2:18 pm May 4, 2017 under by JD P

Title: Salt Stack - A Brief Overview

When: 7:30p on Tuesday 5/16/2017

Where: Decatur Makers, 605 W. Ponce De Leon Ave, Decatur, GA
https://www.meetup.com/ALE-Atlanta-Linux-Enthusiasts/events/238409932/
Please follow the special parking instructions.

Abstract:
There’s lots of choices today when it comes to managing and automating your infrastructure.  With an ever growing demand for  automation, event-driven infrastructure, and split-second reactions, SaltStack is an outstanding choice to maintain your farm.  Whether your farm is 5 snowflake pets or more than 10,000 head of cattle, consider spreading a little Salt across your servers to make everything taste a little better.

Bio:
Kyle has been using Linux since college in early 2009.  He broke into the IT industry with a front-line support role at Rackspace before moving into an Operations role at WP Engine and later a DevOps role at Macy’s Systems and Technology.  He is a hobbyist, always itching to learn new technologies to expand his resume and grow as a SysAdm and DevOps Engineer.  His resume can be found at https://resume.brieden.org.

 

ALE Central Meeting Nov 17, 2016 7:30pm

Filed at 4:59 pm November 14, 2016 under by JD P

What is ArchStrike?

 
ArchStrike is a penetration testing and security layer on top of Arch 
Linux. Our goal is to have a comprehensive list of bleeding edge security 
tools. We maintain a KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid, philosophy, while 
optimizing the tools for i686, x86_64, ARMv6, ARMv7, and ARMv8.  We 
constantly update our tool set to make sure its up to date with the 
fast-paced infosec environment. 


Email us at: team@archstrike.org
Join the chat: #archstrike on freenode
Tweet us: https://twitter.com/ArchStrike
Website: https://archstrike.org

Tyler Bennett
Founder of ArchStrike, Community leader
Former Linux SysAdmin turned pentester.

 

ALE Central Meeting Sept 15, 2016 7:30pm

Filed at 3:48 pm September 14, 2016 under by jkinney

L3 networking throughout the datacenter

Routing on the host refers to the notion of running a routing daemon on your host to directly advertise reachability from the host into the network fabric. Traditionally, this is done using Layer 2 technologies (VLANs, VXLANs) to segment L2 domains and put hosts in a specific VLAN with the ToR advertising subnet reachability. With software such as Quagga users can free users from the lock in of MLAG, help server load balancing via Anycast, and make VMs and Containers dynamically migratable across Datacenters without changing IP addresses.

Speaker Scott Suehle

Community Manager, Cumulus Networks
Scott Suehle is currently the Community Manager for Cumulus Networks. He is a member of the Fedora Project community. Previously worked in support with Eucalyptus Systems and assisted in testing, systems analyst at Duke University and at Yardi Systems, Scott has taught classes on server configuration and SQL.

ALE July 30 cookout meeting

Filed at 11:55 am July 20, 2016 under by jkinney

July 30 starting around 4pm

Bring something to grill and the family (kids very welcome). I’ll (JimK) be making some sides. Adult beverages with responsibility are certainly welcome. Note the preponderance of “beer snobs” in ALE these days – so that Bud Light you were thinking about bringing will go home with you afterwards.

Note: my house is also inhabited by 4 cats. If you have allergies, you’ve been warned.

Email Jim Kinney off list for the address.

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