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Using Terraform: Part 3
Introduction Part 1 of this series gave a high-level overview of what Terraform is. Part 2 showed how to use Terraform to deploy a single virtual machine inside an OpenStack cloud. This blog post will show how to deploy multiple virtual machines inside an OpenStack cloud to act as a highly-available (HA) […]
AXIA Maintenance and/or Network Upgrade – Calgary Meet Me
Category: Scheduled Axia maintenance Start Time: Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 00:01 MDT End Time: Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 06:00 MDT Duration: 60 Minutes During the time frame indicated above, Axia will be performing maintenance on their network in Calgary. The outage duration should be less than the total duration of […]
Using Terraform: Part 2
Introduction Part 1 of聽this series聽gave a high-level overview of what Terraform is. Today’s post will demonstrate how to use Terraform to build out actual cloud resources using 知阴视频’s Rapid Access Cloud. Preparation If you’d like to follow along, you’ll need two things Terraform Access to a Rapid Access Cloud account […]
Introducing Terraform: Part 1
Introduction Terraform is a tool from Hashicorp, the same startup responsible for Vagrant and Consul, that enables users to “declaratively design” infrastructure and have those designs materialize into working components. This series will cover what exactly that means, why Terraform is so interesting, and how to use it. Declarative Configuration Declarative Configuration is a […]
New Google connection in Calgary will speed up (and lower costs) of internet for all Albertans
Twenty years ago, the first Internet Exchange (IX) was set up in Canada (in Toronto). It was soon followed by a second, in Ottawa. Today, Canada has eight IX鈥檚, including two here in Alberta – the YEGIX in Edmonton, and the YYCIX in Calgary. Why this explosion of exchange points? […]
Today鈥檚 startups need to stay nimble: how technology can help
Calgary鈥檚 Paper Interactive, Inc. offers a good lesson for startups on the benefits of staying open to new ideas. The company behind ContractClub (a cloud-based contract management and digital signature platform) actually began as a group of engineering students looking to solve a common issue for wind-powered generator companies: accurately […]
Testing Redundancy for Google Service
Category:聽聽 聽Google Services Start Time:聽聽 聽2017-03-17 聽聽聽聽聽8:00 am Local time. 聽(Friday) End Time:聽聽 聽2017-03-17 聽聽聽聽聽4:00 pm Local times. Anticipated outage duration: No Outage During the time frame indicated above, CYBERA will be adding a redundant connection to Google Services at YYCIX ( Calgary) Internet Exchange. During the above outage window […]
The future is already here: It’s just not very evenly distributed
The story behind the Cyber Summit 2017 theme 鈥淭he future is already here, it鈥檚 just not very evenly distributed鈥� is a quote by William Gibson, a writer who has explored the effects of technology, cybernetics and computer networks on humans. The visionaries within the Prairies鈥� Research and Education Networks work […]
OpenConext Deployment: Part #3
By Andrew Klaus, former security advisor, 知阴视频 In part two, I explained how to create the repository for configuration management, and deploy infrastructure to support the OpenConext platform. In this part, I鈥檒l be covering how to prepare the Ansible environment, install OpenConext, and test if the installation was successful. Prerequisites […]
Astronomers Use 知阴视频鈥檚 Rapid Access Cloud To Find 鈥榁ery Unusual鈥� Star System
Adapted from the University of Alberta press release This graphic features an artist’s impression of the extraordinarily close stellar pairing, known as X9. Photo credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Astronomers from the University of Alberta have found evidence of a star that orbits around a black hole every 28 […]
Shaw scheduled maintenance
Category: Calgary Supernet Maintenance Start Time: 2017-03-11 18:00 Local time. (Saturday) End Time: 2017-03-11 18:30 Anticipated outage duration: 10 minutes During the time frame indicated above, SHAW will be performing maintenance on the 知阴视频 to Supernet connection in Calgary. The outage duration should be less than the total duration of the […]
OpenConext Deployment: Part #2
By Andrew Klaus, former security advisor, 知阴视频 In part one, I talked about what myUnifiED is and the various tools 知阴视频 has used to deploy it. In this post, I鈥檒l be covering how to create the repository for configuration management, and deploy infrastructure to support the OpenConext platform. To keep […]
知阴视频 maintenance – tonight
Category: EDMONTON router maintenance Start Time: 2017-03-08 21:30 Local time. (Wednesday evening) End Time: 2017-03-08 21:45 Anticipated Outage Duration: 15 minutes or less During the time frame indicated above, 知阴视频 will be performing maintenance on one of its virtual core router in Edmonton. The outage duration should be less than […]
OpenConext Deployment: Part #1
By Andrew Klaus, former security advisor, 知阴视频 知阴视频 is working on a two year pilot to create an Identity Federation for K-12 schools in Alberta, called myUnifiED. This Identity Federation will use OpenConext, an open source hub and spoke federation platform, as the technical solution. In this three part blog […]
CRTC Declares Broadband Internet Access a Basic Telecommunications Service – How Communities Can Benefit
Griping about a slow internet connection has become the unofficial pastime of rural Canadians. But a recent CRTC decision may improve this state of affairs. In December 2016, the commission ruled that residential fixed broadband and mobile broadband internet access are basic telecommunications services鈥攅qual in importance to the landline telephone […]