Alibaba’s Qwen3.5 brings native multimodal AI to Ollama with 256K context windows, 201 language support, and models from 0.8B to 397B parameters. Run locally or in the cloud with built-in vision, thinking mode, and tool calling.
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Troubleshooting Container Network Connectivity: A Guide to Firewall Configuration
Learn how to diagnose and resolve network connectivity issues when accessing containerized services from external machines, including firewall configuration for both host and container environments.
Pods and CNI Networks in Podman: Best Practices for Container Networking
Learn how to leverage Podman Pods and CNI networks for secure, scalable container deployments. Discover best practices, real-world architecture patterns, and practical examples for managing tightly coupled services and inter-container communication
Running Large Language Models Locally with Podman and Ollama
Learn how to set up and run powerful LLMs like Qwen2.5-14B on your local machine using Podman and Ollama. This comprehensive guide covers installation, model deployment, and troubleshooting for split GGUF files.
Run Claude Code with a Local LLM Using Ollama
Want to use Claude Code without sending data to the cloud or paying API fees? You can point it at a locally running LLM via Ollama in just a few minutes. Here’s exactly how.
Using strace to Debug Facter Custom Facts in Puppet
Struggling to find where to place custom facts for Puppet’s Facter? Standard debugging commands coming up empty? Learn how to use the powerful strace command to trace system calls and discover exactly which directories Facter checks for custom facts. This step-by-step guide shows you how to diagnose configuration issues, create the proper Facter config file, and successfully deploy custom facts to your Puppet agent nodes.
Understanding Pods, Networks, and Service Architecture with Podman
When building a modern container environment using Podman, one of the most confusing topics for many engineers is deciding when to use pods, when to use networks, and how to structure services that talk to each other. After all, microservices often depend on one another — APIs talk to APIs, backend apps talk to databases, dashboards talk to internal services — and it’s not immediately clear what should go where.
Mastering Remote Access: How to Use SSH ProxyJump to Simplify Multi-Hop Connections
The Problem You’re Solving If you’ve ever needed to access a remote server that’s hidden behind another server—like a database on a private network, a development environment, or a production server not directly exposed to the internet—you’ve faced the multi-hop SSH challenge. In a typical scenario: Visualizing the Connection Flow Why ProxyJump Beats Manual SSH…
Your Complete Guide to Setting Up an Ansible Automation Environment
Are you tired of manually configuring servers one by one? Welcome to the world of Ansible, where infrastructure automation becomes simple, repeatable, and scalable. In this guide, I’ll walk you through setting up your first Ansible environment from scratch. Understanding Ansible Components Before diving into configuration, let’s understand the four key pillars of Ansible: YAML:…
Fixing Inter-Container Communication in Podman: Solving the Silent DNS Failure
My Podman containers on a custom network couldn’t resolve each other by name — even though everything looked correct. After methodically eliminating layers (network config, DNS daemon, container state, firewall), I discovered UFW was silently blocking UDP port 53 on the new podman4 bridge interface. The fix? One ufw allow rule. Here’s how I got…