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Cross VLAN traffic with a UDM/UDM-Pro and Apple Airplay on Sun, Aug 30, 2020
In Tutorial, Tags apple udm firewall unifi ubiquiti airplay

Background As a follow on from a previous post I discussed how to enable the IGMP Proxy in the USG product line to permit cross VLAN mDNS traffic. In the UDM/UDM-Pro line its a bit different. There is config.gateway.json file anymore. There are multiple workarounds out there to run Docker contaienrs to add in extra functionality, however this is not one of them. If you are looking to bypass your AT&T gateway then you will need to head down the Docker path, but if you are looking for just Airplay across VLAN’s you have arrived at the correct article.

Cross VLAN traffic with a USG and Apple Airplay on Mon, Apr 1, 2019
In Tutorial, Tags apple usg firewall unifi ubiquiti airplay

Background As a follow on from a previous post I discussed how I locked down VLAN’s from a IoT VLAN to my core data VLAN. In that post I described how I got my Sonos speakers and Sonos controller to work over locked down VLAN’s. I recently hooked up an old Apple Airport Express and music wouldn’t flow when I was on the data VLAN to the IoT VLAN where the Airport Express resided.

Firewall Ports for the Unifi USG and Sonos Speakers on Mon, Feb 11, 2019
In Tutorial, Tags sonos usg firewall unifi ubiquiti

Background At home I run the 4 port USG router on my Unifi’ed network. I have a couple different VLAN’s, Data, Management, Security, IoT, and Guest. Each of these networks already has some policies that prevent some of the VLAN’s talking to each other. For example I have some firewall rules that prevent my security cameras from talking to the IoT network and talking out to the public Internet. For the past couple months I haven’t been running a locked down IoT network.

ATT Uverse Modem Bypass - UniFi USG on Wed, Apr 4, 2018
In Tutorial, Tags att unifi ubiquiti

Background Ever since I have switched over to Ubiquiti’s Unifi setup for my home I have been searching for a way to eliminate AT&T’s residential gateway from my setup. I have AT&T Fiber and I detest AT&T’s residential gateway. I won’t go into the reasons now but just know the list is almost endless. It would be great if AT&T just allowed you not to use that if you have a router of your own.

Using Cabin with the IBM Bluemix Container Service on Wed, Mar 29, 2017
In Tutorial, Tags containers bluemix kubernetes

I haven’t posted in awhile because I have taken a new role at IBM and helped lead the development of the new IBM Bluemix Container Service that allows you to run managed Kubernetes clusters on IBM. For a little background, IBM has introduced a managed Kubernetes Service, for more information please read the announce post here. Cabin is a pretty cool mobile app that lets you manage your Kubernetes cluster through your Android or iPhone.

Peering Inside a Criminal’s Mind using IBM Watson on Mon, Aug 24, 2015
In Sample Code, Tutorial, Tags bluemix node.js watson

With the recent shooting in South Carolina in reminds us that criminal’s can and will continue to harm people. They seem like random acts to most of us but to a criminal the acts make sense to them? No one can answer this question except the criminal. To peer inside a criminal’s would be next to impossible but what if there existed another way to peer inside their mind’s? This could be used to try to identify patterns or personality traits that exist.

Deploying your Meteor app to Cloud Foundry and Bluemix on Wed, Aug 5, 2015
In Tutorial, Sample Code, Tags bluemix meteor mongodb websockets

Meteor is a pretty powerful and cool framework for developing modern webapps all in Javascript. It provides some really cool things as a modern UI, responsive code that works on a desktop and a mobile device, and some really slick features with websockets with client and server side rendering. I heard about Meteor mid-2014 but it peaked my interest last week when I was at a customer and a developer at the customer was building a Meteor app and they were asking how to run it on Bluemix.

Zero downtime deployments with Bluemix and Codeship on Mon, Jul 20, 2015
In Tutorial, Tags bluemix devops

This is a part two post following up on my earlier post on Zero Downtime Deployment with the CF Autopilot Plugin. I highly encourage you to read the first part before reading this post but if you are lazy I will go over the high level concepts here. Overview of Part 1 (Quick Refresher) In part 1 we went over what a zero downtime deployment is and why it is in important.

Personality Box – You had me at upload on Mon, Jun 29, 2015
In Tutorial, Video, Tags bluemix box node.js watson

As announced yesterday, IBM has formed a partnership with Box.com, a partnership that includes the integration of Box into the Bluemix catalog. With its REST-based Content and View APIs, embedding enterprise-grade file storage into your app and enabling file sharing among your users has never been simpler. To help you on your way to becoming a file-sharing guru, Bluemix developer advocate Jake Peyser and I have built a sample app that you can leverage as you begin to explore the possibilities of the Box.

Zero Downtime Deployment with the CF Autopilot Plugin on Fri, Jun 19, 2015
In Sample Code, Video, Tutorial, Tags bluemix devops zero downtime cloudfoundry

Zero down time deployments are a must for any Internet app running at scale. Without the use of zero down time deployments, you would have to take down your application even just for a fraction of a second but in that fraction of a second you could lose a transaction or a purchase from a customer. This is not acceptable anymore. Some people like to call these apps cloud based apps, which I think is fine, but I’d rather call them Internet scale or born on the cloud apps.