The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat® blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye.


CUSTOMER SUCCESS:
KPMG improves outcomes for state citizen services through a modern systems integration platform
Technology partner KPMG needed a modular approach built on a layered enterprise architecture to add new services at speed. Red Hat brought not only hybrid cloud interoperability, but also the same customer-first commitment as KPMG.


ON THE BLOG:
10 Linux commands for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS users
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift provide users and admins with a friendly graphical UI for easier cloud management. But there's a good chance Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) users can benefit from knowing some essential Linux commands. Here are 10 of the most important commands ROSA users need to know.


GOOD READS:
Better securing the frontlines: Leveraging Ansible Automation Platform and AIDE for DoD file integrity
A lot of system administrators within the Department of Defense already use the Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE). The combination of using AIDE with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform gives you the ability to automate important corrections to your system configuration.


CHECK IT OUT
What’s New and Next in Private Automation Hub
Private automation hub is a content system for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, hosting and serving up content to the platform in a scalable way with an enhanced security posture. With the most recent release, it has made some great steps to cementing itself as the de facto content system choice for Ansible Automation Platform.


LEARN MORE:
3 ways the oc command helps you take command of the cloud
The cloud isn't a singular thing you can pick up and take back to your workshop. The oc command provides a simple and singular interface from your workstation to your cluster. Here are three ways the oc command helps you take control of your cloud-based computer.
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