A decade of field notes

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112 posts since 2013 — cloud, security, automation and AI, migrated chronologically from allthingscloud.eu.

2026
To Q2 or Not to Q2? Spoiler: It’s Not. (Benchmarking Qwen 3.5 397B) 2026-02-18 To Q2 or Not to Q2? Spoiler: It’s Not. (Benchmarking Qwen 3.5 397B)
2025
🎄 An Ode to Santa Claude.md 🤖 2025-12-06 🎄 An Ode to Santa Claude.md 🤖 The Road to Tomorrow: Agents, AGI, and a PA Named “Loraine” 2025-08-15 The Road to Tomorrow: Agents, AGI, and a PA Named “Loraine” The AI Elephant in the Room: Cost, Carbon, and Careers 2025-08-14 The AI Elephant in the Room: Cost, Carbon, and Careers Putting AI to Work: Enterprise RAG with Low-Code and Pro-Code 2025-08-13 Putting AI to Work: Enterprise RAG with Low-Code and Pro-Code From Prompt to Production: Building CraicGPT.ie with an AI Co-Pilot 2025-08-12 From Prompt to Production: Building CraicGPT.ie with an AI Co-Pilot The Starting Gun: Navigating the AI Gold Rush (And This Week’s Utter Chaos) 2025-08-11 The Starting Gun: Navigating the AI Gold Rush (And This Week’s Utter Chaos) Beyond the Cone of Shame: Taming the Password Beast with 1Password (Yes, Even for Netflix!) 2025-04-17 Beyond the Cone of Shame: Taming the Password Beast with 1Password (Yes, Even for Netflix!)
2024
Continuous Improvement: Sustaining a Secure Pipeline (12/12) 2024-12-23 Continuous Improvement: Sustaining a Secure Pipeline (12/12) Empowering Developers: Tools for Secure Coding (11/12) 2024-12-22 Empowering Developers: Tools for Secure Coding (11/12) Benchmarking Success: Adopting Standards and Frameworks (10/12) 2024-12-21 Benchmarking Success: Adopting Standards and Frameworks (10/12) Reducing Noise: Optimising Alerts and Incident Reporting (9/12) 2024-12-20 Reducing Noise: Optimising Alerts and Incident Reporting (9/12) Securing the CI/CD Pipeline: Integration Best Practices (8/12) 2024-12-19 Securing the CI/CD Pipeline: Integration Best Practices (8/12) From Pilot to Scale: Expanding CNAPP Across Teams (7/12) 2024-12-18 From Pilot to Scale: Expanding CNAPP Across Teams (7/12) Real-Time Protection: Monitoring Active Workloads (6/12) 2024-12-17 Real-Time Protection: Monitoring Active Workloads (6/12) Dashboard Insights: The Value of Centralised Visibility (5/12) 2024-12-16 Dashboard Insights: The Value of Centralised Visibility (5/12) Building Global Compliance: Establishing Assurance Policies (4/12) 2024-12-15 Building Global Compliance: Establishing Assurance Policies (4/12) Scanning the Horizon: Shifting Security Left in the Software Supply Chain (3/12) 2024-12-14 Scanning the Horizon: Shifting Security Left in the Software Supply Chain (3/12) Starting Small: Picking Pilot Teams for Initial Implementation (2/12) 2024-12-13 Starting Small: Picking Pilot Teams for Initial Implementation (2/12) All I Want for Christmas is a Zero Vulnerability Count (1/12) 2024-12-12 All I Want for Christmas is a Zero Vulnerability Count (1/12)
2023
Internet of Things (IoT) dev  prep on Apple Silicon with the Pico RP2040 2023-11-06 Internet of Things (IoT) dev prep on Apple Silicon with the Pico RP2040 The Platform is King: Unlocking Agile Business Transformation 2023-10-13 The Platform is King: Unlocking Agile Business Transformation Apple M2 Virtualisation using Colima  and Docker Desktop 2023-09-14 Apple M2 Virtualisation using Colima and Docker Desktop My First StartUp…a fond farewell HashiCorp 2023-07-16 My First StartUp…a fond farewell HashiCorp
2021
Avoid the `Cone of Shame` by securing application delivery pipelines from day 0 2021-08-01 Avoid the `Cone of Shame` by securing application delivery pipelines from day 0
2020
SSH Certificate based Authentication – A Quick Guide 2020-01-05 SSH Certificate based Authentication – A Quick Guide
2018
Openstack Queens has been released and it’s “Container-Tastic” 2018-04-10 Openstack Queens has been released and it’s “Container-Tastic” VYOS 1.1.8 Appliance on K5 2018-02-16 VYOS 1.1.8 Appliance on K5
2017
Six slices of Kubernetes Christmas Pi 2017-12-25 Six slices of Kubernetes Christmas Pi IPSec VPNaaS – The Movie 2017-12-05 IPSec VPNaaS – The Movie VPNaaS Simplified on Fujitsu K5 2017-11-18 VPNaaS Simplified on Fujitsu K5 OpenStack & Fujitsu K5 Visualiser – Angular meets D3JS 2017-10-22 OpenStack & Fujitsu K5 Visualiser – Angular meets D3JS Auto-Scaling Infrastructure as Code – Elastic Compute on K5 IaaS 2017-10-10 Auto-Scaling Infrastructure as Code – Elastic Compute on K5 IaaS SSH login hang when working from home 2017-09-29 SSH login hang when working from home Fujitsu Cloud Service K5  IaaS User Management APIs Example 2017-07-28 Fujitsu Cloud Service K5 IaaS User Management APIs Example Kubernetes on K5 – Made Easy 2017-05-26 Kubernetes on K5 – Made Easy Terraform on  Cloud Service K5 2017-05-17 Terraform on Cloud Service K5 Cross-Origin-Resource-Sharing (CORS) on Fujitsu’s K5 Platform 2017-03-24 Cross-Origin-Resource-Sharing (CORS) on Fujitsu’s K5 Platform Fujitsu KEAN Stack Development 2017-03-24 Fujitsu KEAN Stack Development Fujitsu K5 Infrastructure as Code (Cookie Cutter) 2017-03-10 Fujitsu K5 Infrastructure as Code (Cookie Cutter) From Zero to Hero with the K5 OpenStack IaaS API (Python 2.7X) 2017-01-27 From Zero to Hero with the K5 OpenStack IaaS API (Python 2.7X) K5 Inter-Project Routing – Fully Automated Shared Services API Deployment 2017-01-18 K5 Inter-Project Routing – Fully Automated Shared Services API Deployment Fujitsu K5 Technology Shared Service Design Pattern – Highly Available 2017-01-13 Fujitsu K5 Technology Shared Service Design Pattern – Highly Available K5 New Year Bubbles….coming soon 2017-01-01 K5 New Year Bubbles….coming soon
2016
Adding Routes to Fujitsu K5 Routers and Subnets 2016-12-21 Adding Routes to Fujitsu K5 Routers and Subnets Add an Interface to an Existing Server on Fujitsu K5 or OpenStack 2016-12-20 Add an Interface to an Existing Server on Fujitsu K5 or OpenStack Fujitsu K5 IaaS User Onboarding 2016-12-13 Fujitsu K5 IaaS User Onboarding Fujitsu K5 Shared Services Models 2016-12-01 Fujitsu K5 Shared Services Models Highly Available LAMP Stack on the Fujitsu K5 IaaS Platform 2016-10-22 Highly Available LAMP Stack on the Fujitsu K5 IaaS Platform Fujitsu K5 Inter-AZ Networking Heat Stack 2016-10-21 Fujitsu K5 Inter-AZ Networking Heat Stack Fujitsu K5 – Deploying a Simple Stack with Floating IP Assignment 2016-10-13 Fujitsu K5 – Deploying a Simple Stack with Floating IP Assignment Where’s my Fujitsu K5 Contract ID? 2016-10-10 Where’s my Fujitsu K5 Contract ID? Share a Fujitsu K5 Custom Image with Member Projects 2016-10-09 Share a Fujitsu K5 Custom Image with Member Projects Large Custom Images – Uploading Files > 5GB to Fujitsu K5 Object Storage (Swift) 2016-10-08 Large Custom Images – Uploading Files > 5GB to Fujitsu K5 Object Storage (Swift) Fujitsu K5 IaaS API Example 2016-10-03 Fujitsu K5 IaaS API Example Redhat or CentOS VMware Image Migration to Fujitsu K5 Platform 2016-10-03 Redhat or CentOS VMware Image Migration to Fujitsu K5 Platform Fujitsu K5 Example Heat Stacks 2016-09-25 Fujitsu K5 Example Heat Stacks Provisioning and accessing instances on Fujitsu K5 IaaS (Video) 2016-09-09 Provisioning and accessing instances on Fujitsu K5 IaaS (Video) “Hello Fujitsu K5 World – Access & Security” 2016-08-01 “Hello Fujitsu K5 World – Access & Security” “Hello Fujitsu K5 World – Networking” 2016-07-30 “Hello Fujitsu K5 World – Networking” Uploading a custom image to Fujitsu K5 UK based Public Cloud 2016-07-29 Uploading a custom image to Fujitsu K5 UK based Public Cloud Simple Recipe for Success with OpenStack Engagements 2016-06-09 Simple Recipe for Success with OpenStack Engagements OpenStack Liberty CLi & Multi NAT Gateways 2016-05-26 OpenStack Liberty CLi & Multi NAT Gateways OpenStack Monasca’s Webhook Integration 2016-03-25 OpenStack Monasca’s Webhook Integration Helion OpenStack Monasca SMTP Integration 2016-03-24 Helion OpenStack Monasca SMTP Integration Helion OpenStack 2.X Nova Instance Resize – Enable/Disable 2016-03-17 Helion OpenStack 2.X Nova Instance Resize – Enable/Disable Rebranding the Horizon Portal HOS 2.0 2016-02-22 Rebranding the Horizon Portal HOS 2.0 HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (7-of-8) 2016-02-16 HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (7-of-8) HOS 2.X PXE Booting with LACP 2016-01-27 HOS 2.X PXE Booting with LACP HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (1-of-8) 2016-01-23 HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (1-of-8) HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (2-of-8) 2016-01-23 HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (2-of-8) HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (3-of-8) 2016-01-23 HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (3-of-8) HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (4-of-8) 2016-01-23 HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (4-of-8) HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (5-of-8) 2016-01-23 HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (5-of-8) HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (6-of-8) 2016-01-23 HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (6-of-8) HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (8-of-8) 2016-01-23 HOS 2.1 Ceph Installation with Network Customisation (8-of-8) iLO Password Encryption – Helion OpenStack 2.x 2016-01-16 iLO Password Encryption – Helion OpenStack 2.x SSH Password Login -‘Just stops working’ 2016-01-13 SSH Password Login -‘Just stops working’ Adding LDAP Tools to Helion OpenStack 2.1 Cloud Platform 2016-01-10 Adding LDAP Tools to Helion OpenStack 2.1 Cloud Platform
2015
CSA 4.6 Preparation for Integration with HOS 2 2015-12-18 CSA 4.6 Preparation for Integration with HOS 2 HOS 2.0 Configuring a third party Cinder storage solution – SOLIDFIRE 2015-12-09 HOS 2.0 Configuring a third party Cinder storage solution – SOLIDFIRE HOS 2.0 Provider network configuration using the default Bond0 2015-12-09 HOS 2.0 Provider network configuration using the default Bond0 Geek with the Peak 2015-12-08 HOS 2.0 – Reconfigure PXE Mac Addresses – servers.yml HOS – Control Plane Service Verification (1 of 4) 2015-11-25 HOS – Control Plane Service Verification (1 of 4) HOS East-West DVR Traffic Flow Verification (4 of 4) 2015-11-25 HOS East-West DVR Traffic Flow Verification (4 of 4) HOS North-South DVR Fixed IP Traffic Flow Verification (2 of 4) 2015-11-25 HOS North-South DVR Fixed IP Traffic Flow Verification (2 of 4) HOS North-South DVR Floating IP Traffic Flow Verification (3 of 4) 2015-11-25 HOS North-South DVR Floating IP Traffic Flow Verification (3 of 4) Neutron : router-gateway-set to External Network Fails 2015-11-24 Neutron : router-gateway-set to External Network Fails Helion OpenStack 1.1.1 integration with 3PAR Storage 2015-10-22 Helion OpenStack 1.1.1 integration with 3PAR Storage Dear Mr(s) Network Engineer Please Check Thy Config…SDN is a coming!!! 2015-10-21 Dear Mr(s) Network Engineer Please Check Thy Config…SDN is a coming!!! Helion OpenStack 1.1.1 Ceph Installation and Configuration 2015-10-03 Helion OpenStack 1.1.1 Ceph Installation and Configuration HOS 1.1.1 Triple-O Flexible Control Plane Installation 2015-09-17 HOS 1.1.1 Triple-O Flexible Control Plane Installation HP Cloud Service Automation versus OpenStack Heat 2015-06-09 HP Cloud Service Automation versus OpenStack Heat OpenStack Image Customisation Overview 2015-06-09 OpenStack Image Customisation Overview Moteino, RFM12PiV2 & Rioja (Raspberry Pi not OpenStack) 2015-04-26 Moteino, RFM12PiV2 & Rioja (Raspberry Pi not OpenStack) PXE Loop Issue – Booting from SAN – HOS v1.1 Installation 2015-03-30 PXE Loop Issue – Booting from SAN – HOS v1.1 Installation SSH from Linux works but Putty from Windows fails – Go Figure…well I did! 2015-03-30 SSH from Linux works but Putty from Windows fails – Go Figure…well I did! How-to : Route between a virtualised CSA server & a virtualised HOS installation 2015-03-10 How-to : Route between a virtualised CSA server & a virtualised HOS installation How-to: Reset a Helion OpenStack seed host for another virtual installation 2015-02-20 How-to: Reset a Helion OpenStack seed host for another virtual installation HP Helion OpenStack v1.1 RC3 Laptop Installation Procedure 2015-02-19 HP Helion OpenStack v1.1 RC3 Laptop Installation Procedure Virtual Installation of Helion OpenStack v1.1 RC2 (Build76) 2015-02-17 Virtual Installation of Helion OpenStack v1.1 RC2 (Build76) Successful HP Helion OpenStack Commercial Edition 1.01 Basic KVM Installation 2015-01-14 Successful HP Helion OpenStack Commercial Edition 1.01 Basic KVM Installation
2014
How-to : Read the HP Documentation Offline 2014-12-01 How-to : Read the HP Documentation Offline Successful Helion OpenStack® Community Edition 1.4 Virtual Installation 2014-12-01 Successful Helion OpenStack® Community Edition 1.4 Virtual Installation How-to : Quickly configure RDP between a Windows (7) host and the Ubuntu 13.10 seed host (Updated) 2014-11-11 How-to : Quickly configure RDP between a Windows (7) host and the Ubuntu 13.10 seed host (Updated) HP Helion OpenStack® CE 1.4 Installation Notes – Day 1 (Rough work) 2014-11-07 HP Helion OpenStack® CE 1.4 Installation Notes – Day 1 (Rough work) HP Helion OpenStack® CE 1.4 Installation Notes – Day 2 (Rough work) 2014-11-07 HP Helion OpenStack® CE 1.4 Installation Notes – Day 2 (Rough work)
2013
Automate a Manual Telnet Process using HP Operations Orchestration 2013-11-29 Automate a Manual Telnet Process using HP Operations Orchestration HP Cloud Service Automation 3.2 – Simple PAAS LAMP Offering 2013-09-12 HP Cloud Service Automation 3.2 – Simple PAAS LAMP Offering How to add a Compute Offering to a Consumer Catalogue in HP Cloud Service Automation (CSA) 3.2 2013-09-10 How to add a Compute Offering to a Consumer Catalogue in HP Cloud Service Automation (CSA) 3.2 Create Oracle database software package for deployment at the Platform Provisioning phase 2013-05-09 Create Oracle database software package for deployment at the Platform Provisioning phase How to change CDA’s maximum upload size 2013-05-03 How to change CDA’s maximum upload size