parallels-ras
Parallels RAS Resilience: What Happens When a Server Stops?
What sixteen controlled Parallels RAS shutdown tests revealed about gateway recovery, HALB takeover, broker administration and SAML failover.
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citrix
Leaving VMware Without Giving Up Citrix MCS
Explore VMware exit paths for Citrix MCS, including a Proxmox and XenServer transition, with support boundaries, licensing trade-offs and the next exit in mind.
citrix
Done Patching NetScaler? Here Are Your Options (and the Citrix Gateway Catch)
Replacing a load balancer is not the same as replacing Citrix Gateway. A practical guide to managed HDX, private access and the traps to avoid.
citrix
Citrix LAS: Why License Visibility Matters More Than Ever
Since the move toward Citrix LAS, many customers have lost a simple view of their real license usage. CVAD Licences Monitor makes consumption, peaks and remaining capacity clear again.
citrix
Citrix LAS : pourquoi la visibilité sur les licences compte plus que jamais
Depuis la migration vers Citrix LAS, de nombreux clients ont perdu une vision simple de leur consommation réelle de licences.CVAD Licences Monitor rend à nouveau visibles l’utilisation, les pics et la capacité restante.
PatchMon
From a Dedicated Server to Kubernetes: Migrating PatchMon Without Losing Visibility
A practical, human account of moving PatchMon from a dedicated Docker server to Kubernetes while preserving its data, agents and public URL.
netscaler
What If NetScaler Had an AI Inference Chip?
NetScaler already governs LLM and MCP traffic. Could a small, deterministic inference accelerator eventually bring semantic security decisions into the traffic path?
parallels-ras
Parallels RAS vs Citrix CVAD: What Release Cadence Says About Patch Discipline
A practical comparison of Parallels RAS and Citrix CVAD release rhythms, and what they mean for patch discipline.
openclaw
OpenClaw Update Procedure: Snapshot First, Then Upgrade
A practical OpenClaw update checklist for my homelab: snapshot the VM first, review the release, upgrade, restart the gateway, verify the running version, then smoke test the assistant runtime.
haproxy
Building a Native Fail2Ban with HAProxy Stick-Tables
A vulnerability scanner launched 38,000 requests in 30 minutes and took down my Archy.net Ghost blog. Here's how I built a native fail2ban with HAProxy stick-tables. No external daemons, no log parsing, just real-time protection.
self-hosting
From Dropbox to Seafile to OCIS: A Self-Hosted File Sync Odyssey
103 GiB of client data. Dropbox Advanced at €650/year. It was time to take back control. Here's what happened when I migrated to self-hosted Seafile.
kubernetes
From Docker Swarm to Talos Linux: A Step-by-Step Migration Guide
How I migrated 28 services from Docker Swarm to Talos Linux Kubernetes in 2 days with zero downtime. Cilium CNI, MetalLB BGP, Flux GitOps, and all the things that went wrong along the way.