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On June 21, 2023, Red Hat announced changes in access to RHEL source code, impacting downstream rebuilds like AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. Read about what this means for those Linux distributions in this blog.

In this overview of web server security, learn best practices and steps for securing your web server and what the most common types of attacks are.

In this blog, our expert compares the Apache HTTP Server and NGINX and highlights the different features and use cases for these two open source technologies.

This blog gives an overview of ActiveMQ Artemis features, how it compares to vanilla ActiveMQ, and considerations for use in production.

An overview of SBOMs -- what they are, how they relate to the software supply chain, and how to generate them with open source tools.

Get tips on how to patch CentOS (supported and EOL versions) and patching best practices to ensure CentOS is protected against CVEs.

In this blog, our expert gives an overview of the MirrorMaker tool in Kafka, which copies data between two Kafka clusters (a process called “mirroring”). Get details on how to set up MirrorMaker 2 as well as the key features and benefits of using it.

In this blog, our expert explains the key differences between web servers (like NGINX) and application servers (like Tomcat), as well as how they work together.

Explore the full data set from the 2023 State of Open Source Report.

In this blog, our expert compares two Hadoop management tools: Apache Ambari, which is open source, and Cloudera Manager, which is a commercial offering.

In this blog, our expert discusses the popular combination of Apache Kafka and Spark Streaming for processing data streams, compares Kafka Streams to Spark Streaming, and explains how to integrate Kafka and Spark.

What is the Securing Open Source Software Act? Find out what's in the proposed legislation and how it will impact organizations using open source software.