How to Avoid Retyping Long Commands in Linux
Ctrl+R and fc let you find, recall, and edit any command from your bash history in…
hyperfine: Find Linux Command Execution Time Accurately
hyperfine is a command-line benchmarking tool that runs your commands repeatedly, collects timing data across multiple…
mktemp: Create Secure Temporary Files Easily in Linux
The mktemp command in Linux creates temporary files and directories with unique, unpredictable names, which is…
How to Use Rsync Command: 16 Examples for Linux File Sync
In this article, you will learn how to copy, sync, backup, and transfer files locally and…
VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 6: Topology and Identity Boundaries for Single Site, Dual Site, and Multi-Region
TL;DR Scope: VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.0.0 GA (primary platform build 24703748) and the associated 9.0 GA…
VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 5: Topology Patterns for Single Site, Two Sites, and Multi-Region
TL;DR Identity is not a “later” decision. It is a boundary decision. The hierarchy you should…
VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 4: Fleet Topologies and SSO Boundaries (Single Site, Dual Site, Multi-Region)
TL;DR This post targets VCF 9.0 GA only: VCF 9.0 (17 JUN 2025) build 24755599, with…
After You Migrate: Cleanup, Governance, and Preventing Unmanaged Disks from Coming Back
TL;DR Converting disks is not the finish line. Your real goal is a new steady state:…
Convert Azure VMs from Unmanaged to Managed Disks: A Production-Ready Runbook
TL;DR Converting a VM to managed disks is usually operationally straightforward: deallocate, convert, start, validate. The…
VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 3: Day-0 to Day-2 Ownership Across Fleets, Instances, and Domains
TL;DR A) One fleet, one instance, stretched where justified In VCF 9.0, identity is not a…
VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 2: Fleet Services vs Instance Management Planes (and Who Owns What)
TL;DR Practical implication: if fleet services are impaired, governance and workflows degrade, but the instance-level control…
VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 1: Fleets, Instances, Domains, and the Fleet Management Layer
TL;DR This is the “where do we do the thing” map you want in every runbook….
CrowdStrike Falcon Scores Perfect 100% in SE Labs’ Most Challenging Ransomware Test
SE Labs employed both direct attacks and deep attacks. Test results and the feedback of third-party…
How to Use GPG to Encrypt and Decrypt Files in Linux
In this article, we show you how to encrypt files with GPG in Linux, generate key…
Streamline Security Operations with Falcon for IT’s Turnkey Automations
These content packs span multiple categories including application resilience, file discovery, Linux device control, and asset…