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10 steps to install Puppet configuration management tool

Posted on October 9, 2019October 18, 2019 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Some days ago a guy asked me why I do not blog anything on Puppet configuration management tool and prefer Ansible over Puppet. True it is that I prefer Ansible because it is agentless and very easy to use. However, [Read More…]

My Talks

Sept 2008 (Germany): Press Interview at Stern.de July 2020 (USA): IETF 108 Online Hackathon April 2019 (Mauritius): Ansible Automation at the Developers Conference 2019 April 2019 (Prague remotely from Mauritius): IETF 104 Hackathon January 2019 (Tunisia): DNSSEC, DNS, and [Read More…]

Recover logical volumes data from deleted LVM partition

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Have you ever deleted a logical volume by accident? Can you recover it looking into the backups? Well, the answer is YES. For those who are not familiar with Logical Volume Management (LVM) is a device mapper target that provides [Read More…]

cyberstorm.mu team at Developers Conference Mauritius

Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

A few weeks back, I registered myself to present the Ansible automation tool at the Developers Conference 2019 at Voila Hotel, Bagatelle Mauritius. The event is an initiative of Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community – MSCC sponsored by several companies such [Read More…]

My trip to Pension Cargo, Bras-Panon – Reunion Island

Posted on February 17, 2019February 17, 2019 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

I had a splendid time in Reunion Island this week. I stayed at “Pension Cargo” which is owned by Christian, a friend at Bras-Panon, Reunion island in the north-east of the neighbor island thirty minutes away from Roland-Garros, St-Denis Airport. [Read More…]

Linux System

Overlay Union Filesystems in Linux

Returning to the world of blogging after nearly a month’s hiatus, I find myself intrigued by the concept of Overlay Filesystems. This article has piqued my curiosity, and I am convinced it will offer valuable insights for my future endeavors. [Read More…]

Posted on February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

My indoor plants in Winter 2024

I used to have a cool indoor greenhouse in my living room growing lettuce, arugula, and thyme. However, since I work from home most of the time and need a dedicated office space, I decided to make some changes. I [Read More…]

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Cloud Computing

Playing around with SSM, Tags, and Resource Group in AWS

AWS Systems Manager is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps you automate and manage your infrastructure at scale. It provides a unified user interface so that you can view operational data from multiple AWS services and [Read More…]

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Smart Contracts and Tokens in Ethereum

Smart contracts in Ethereum are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code. They are computer programs that run on the Ethereum blockchain and automatically enforce the rules and conditions defined within their code. If you [Read More…]

Posted on January 17, 2024January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Ethereum, Solidity and Decentralization

Ethereum can be considered a technology that is more capable than Bitcoin. In a traditional Blockchain technology like Bitcoin, I mentioned how Bitcoin is mostly focused on a ledger system with records and algorithms backing up the transactions. But Ethereum [Read More…]

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Proof of Stake in Blockchain

In some of my previous articles, I wrote about the Consensus protocol. If you had been following closely, you would have come across the term several times. I explained how Consensus is a mechanism by which participants in a distributed [Read More…]

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa