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But, names are a lot easier to remember than IP address, especially on a large netowrk ( eg. the internet ). text/html 2025-08-12T02:20:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://blog.home.mygarfield.us/clubs:cloud_club:cloud_club_hardware?rev=1754965258&do=diff projects cloud club computing virtualization machines vms aws azure gcp Cloud Club Topics - Hardware Types of computers * Workstations * Desktop/tower * Single board comuters ( SBCs ) * Mini * Laptop * Servers * Tower * Rackmount * Mainframes Questions * What really makes a computer a server? text/html 2025-08-12T02:20:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://blog.home.mygarfield.us/clubs:cloud_club:cloud_club_iac?rev=1754965258&do=diff projects cloud club computing virtualization machines vms aws azure gcp Cloud Club Topics - Infrastructure as Code ( IaC ) Questions * What is Infrastructure as Code ( IaC )? * Why do we need it? We can do it manually. Forms of IaC * Configuration files designed for specific virtual platform * Examples * text/html 2025-08-12T02:20:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://blog.home.mygarfield.us/clubs:cloud_club:cloud_club_intro?rev=1754965258&do=diff projects cloud club computing virtualization machines vms aws azure gcp Cloud Club Topics - Introduction About me * I am a DevOps Engineer and a Cloud Architect * I work at Northrop Grumman * I am a huge Garfield Comic fan * I have 2 studens at this school Questions * What topics are you most interested in? text/html 2025-08-12T02:20:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://blog.home.mygarfield.us/clubs:cloud_club:cloud_club_networking?rev=1754965258&do=diff projects cloud club computing virtualization machines vms aws azure gcp Cloud Club Topics - Networking Designing a network * What is a network? * What is a cloud? * How does a cloud differ from a local network? * What applications or services are you wanted to host? * What equipment do you need? * What software do you need? text/html 2025-08-12T02:20:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://blog.home.mygarfield.us/clubs:cloud_club:cloud_club_security?rev=1754965258&do=diff projects cloud club computing virtualization machines vms aws azure gcp Cloud Club Topics - Computer security Questions * What is computer security? * Is anything really secure? * How do we measure security? 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Understanding webservers * A webserver is a computer ( any computer will do ) that has some webserver software installed on it. text/html 2025-08-25T15:11:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://blog.home.mygarfield.us/clubs:cloud_club:cloud_club?rev=1756134675&do=diff projects cloud club computing virtualization machines vms aws azure gcp Cloud Club Topics Networking * IP addresses * Network types ( wireless + wired ) * Network design ( subnetting + routing + devices ) * Building a network * Hands-on physical connections * Troubleshooting networks