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What is the practical difference between CPU steal time and CPU ready time on virtualized Linux hosts?
I’m trying to understand the practical difference between CPU steal time and CPU ready time on virtualized Linux hosts. I know both metrics relate to CPU contention, but I’m not fully clear on how they differ in real‑world behavior: CPU steal time: time when the VM wants to run but the hypervisor i
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Is it possible to use Entra ID logins to Azure VM with Conditional Access policies that require Device Compliance?
I created an Azure VM with the intention of setting up an app that our finance team can access by RDPing to the VM. The intention is they will authenticate with their Entra IDs. We have conditional access policy in place for all staff that only allows access with MFA and device compliance - all our
Deploying a non-http service with helm_release ingress-nginx in terraform
I want to deploy additional services, such as openssh-server, into helm_release ingress-nginx, which I've configured in a terraform/opentofu file. I've found resources and questions like https://stackoverflow.com/a/57367498 that explain how to do this with a ConfigMap deployed directly via kubectl,
In MacOS Tahoe and Sequoia, who do you trigger the Local Network Access popup from the command line?
We're starting to see a problem where ssh tunneling stops working in MacOS Sequoia and/or Tahoe. The problem stems from MacOS adding "Local Network Access" permissions, which prevent applications from connecting to anything on the LAN unless granted permission. The way it is supposed to