Reliable, Secure & performant solutions:
Linux & Network Engineering
Delivering reliable, secure & performant Linux & network solutions from the UK to working 100 feet up a mast in terrorist-contested areas in Africa.
Collaborative working style ensures solutions are shaped by client staff input and leverage the skills of those who will operate & maintain them.
Safe Pair of Hands with Proven Judgement: 24 years enterprise Linux & Networking experience
– ANSIBLE: Subscription Playbook Service & Custom Playbook Development & Maintenance
– DOCKER: Container Leasing & Custom Container Development
– PUPPET-to-ANSIBLE MIGRATIONS: Translate Puppet functionality into Ansible Playbooks
– NETWORKING: Office, Building & Campus IPv4/6 Networking
– DC HANDS & EYES SUPPORT: KAO Data Centre (Harlow); others by prior arrangement.
– AD-HOC LINUX & NETWORKING CONSULTING:
Ansible:
F1Linux offers Ansible support on both a Subscription and Fees-Based Module Development basis.
Subscription: With a large Git repo of Ansible Playbooks which are fully linted & tested on a subscription basis, clients can gain IMMEDIATE benefits of automation enforcing host parity, improving service reliability & reducing administrative burden of their Linux estates. Although written for Ubuntu infrastructures, F1Linux can port the repo of modules for clients with RHEL environments.
Fees-Based Playbook Development: If your organization has unique
requirements, F1Linux can translate complex processes into Ansible Playbooks, either independently or in collaboration with your
engineers/developers.
No Ansible Infrastructure? F1Linux can configure redundent control nodes and organize your hosts into logical inventories to automate.
Docker
Container Leasing & Custom Container Development
F1Linux will lease custom containers and provide point-release updates for them as they become available in a single fee, 100% expensible in period paid. Data is disaggregated from the container, making updating easy and (nearly) risk-free.
OR F1Linux can work with your developers to port their applications to a host-based installs to a containerized environment on a fee-basis.
F1Linux uses Alpine Linux for Container development by default, but can use other platforms as requested.
And F1Linux can even cut containers for whatever architecutre you want to run them on, even AARCH64.
Docker
Networking
Network Installations: F1Linux offers dual-stack IPv4/6 Office, Building & Campus network installations, configuring both logical & physical connectivity. Your network will be partitioned into subnets (IPv4) by department/function and sized for expected future growth to avoid re-partitioning. IPv4/6 firewall rules will then be applied to each subnet.
Network Support: F1Linux can take over support of an existing network anywhere in the world and provide remote management.
Hardware Support: MikroTik is default, but other vendors can be supported with prior agreement.
Data Centre
Ad-Hoc Data Centre Services:
– Racking & Cabling New Server & Network Infrastructure
– Decommissioning Server & Network infrastructure
– Hands & Eyes Support
The KAO Data Centre in Harlow (Essex) is supported by default, but other DC’s in London & Cambridge and environs can be arranged by prior agreement
