RLC Pro Deploy on AWS

Deploy RLC Pro on AWS Marketplace

I wrote this guide for CIQ covering how to get RLC Pro running on AWS, from the Marketplace listing to a live EC2 instance with LTS and FIPS available.

The post makes the case that most teams standing up Enterprise Linux on AWS spend too much time configuring things that should have shipped with the image. RLC Pro skips that. The AMI comes pre-configured with CIQ repository access, and enabling LTS pinning or FIPS 140-3 validated packages is a single step after launch.

I covered the full picture: what Long-Term Support actually means for compliance and QA cycles, why FIPS 140-3 matters for FedRAMP and CMMC-scoped workloads, and how Enterprise Linux binary compatibility means your existing Ansible playbooks and automation carry over without changes.

Read the full post on CIQ: How to Deploy RLC Pro on AWS

This is part of a series I produced at CIQ on deploying RLC Pro across major cloud providers, making enterprise Linux accessible wherever your infrastructure lives.

by ITGuyEric Uncategorized
Trip Report: SCaLE

CIQ at SCaLE 23x: Trip Report

I co-wrote this recap with Michael Young and R. Leigh Hennig covering CIQ’s presence at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena, and I was there in person as a speaker.

The post covers the full picture: 300+ badge scans at the CIQ booth, conversations with folks from Microsoft, Meta, Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, RESF, and more, a sponsored hardening workshop, and Community Game Night where Michael and I got absolutely dismantled at Uno No Mercy. The Asterisk community connection was an interesting thread too, with real follow-up conversations about adding Rocky Linux as a supported distribution.

My contribution to the program was a talk called “From Bash to Burnout: Staying Sane in a 24/7 Tech World.” It was a personal one. Behind every uptime badge is a tired sysadmin, and I wanted to have an honest conversation about protecting your time and energy without losing your love for the work. It drew about 20 to 30 attendees and sparked some good discussion afterward.

Read the full post on CIQ: CIQ at SCaLE 23x Trip Report

Burnout in tech is something I have thought about for a long time, and getting to talk about it in front of a room full of sysadmins and infrastructure people at SCaLE felt like exactly the right venue.

by ITGuyEric Uncategorized