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- sadsfae commented on issue vector-im/element-web#22690sadsfae commented on vector-im/element-web#22690 · March 20, 2023 10:53 sadsfae commented Mar 20, 2023 Fedora 36 / Flatpak user here: I was able to trigger this by resetting the index store under Security and Privacy --> Message Search I then began t… […]
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- sadsfae closed an issue in sadsfae/ansible-sshkeyssadsfae closed an issue in sadsfae/ansible-sshkeys · March 13, 2023 12:37 no /usr/bin/python in RHEL8 - module fails #1 When I run the playbook on a RHEL8.1 server Iin the Alias lab, I get this error below, but I never used to get it with RHEL8.0. There is no python … 3 comments […]
- sadsfae commented on issue sadsfae/ansible-sshkeys#1sadsfae commented on sadsfae/ansible-sshkeys#1 · March 13, 2023 12:37 sadsfae commented Mar 13, 2023 Closing this (it's quite old). It's not unreasonable to assume Python is present on a remote host and this playbook requires it. […]
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Tag Archives: sysadmin
How to Manually Clean Indexes from Elasticsearch
In a previous post we covered getting started with the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana). Now we need to remove old indexes manually from an Elasticsearch datastore sorted by age. We’ll be using the curator tool in a sandbox using … Continue reading
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Tagged curator, elasticsearch, elk, linux, pip, python, sysadmin
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Creating lots of iSCSI LUNs Quickly on Netapp
I’ve been using Netapp technology since Ontap 6 before flexible volumes were around, and it’s my favorite commercial storage platform. They provide a robust CLI and you can automate repetitive tasks by using SSH and a bit of creativity. Recently … Continue reading
Linux RAID Disk Replacement with Sans Digital 8-bay eSATA tower
There’s plenty of useful articles and guides on managing Linux software RAID floating around. I recently had a disk failure in my 8-bay eSATA array and thought I’d add to the mix. Here’s what I did, including some notes specific … Continue reading
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Tagged 8bay sata tower, esata, eSATA Linux, linux, linux raid, mdadm, sans digital, SANS DIGITAL TR8M-B, software raid, sysadmin
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Devconf2016 – Trystack: Free OpenStack for Planet Earth
I gave a talk at the annual Linux Users and Developers Conference (Devconf 2016) in Brno, Czech Republic on Trystack.org: architecture, operations insights, tooling, automation and what it takes to run a large, public OpenStack cloud for the general public. … Continue reading
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Tagged cloud, devconf, openstack, public cloud, sysadmin, talk
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How to Manually Create/Tune an Elasticsearch Index
The ELK stack provides a very powerful set of tools that allow administrators and developers unfettered access and customizable log aggregation across any manner of server, application or device. Recently I needed to stand up a new ELK stack on … Continue reading
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Tagged elasticsearch, elk, linux, logging, logstash, sysadmin
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Rate Limiting and Multicast on Dell Force10 Switches
Sometimes it’s hard finding extensive, easily digestible documentation on FTOS running on the Dell Force10 switch platform. Recently we had to apply simple rate limiting against ports generating more bandwidth than they should but not get too in the weeds … Continue reading
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Tagged dell, force10, ftos, multicast, networking, rate limiting, switch, sysadmin
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Create vsftpd Users the Easy Way
The FTP protocol has been around a long time, some of us remember using it fondly while others might shudder at the very mention of its name. The fact remains it’s not going away, and it does what it’s supposed … Continue reading
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Tagged automation, ftp, linux, open source, sysadmin, vsftpd
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Take Control of your Email with Mutt, OfflineIMAP and Notmuch
I’ve been an avid user of the Mutt email client for quite some time, preferring it to GUI clients or web for its speed, hotkey-everything approach, and integration with vim that compliment my daily workflow. Still, I found search functionality … Continue reading
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Tagged email, gmail offlineimap mutt, linux, mutt, neomutt offlineimap linux, notmuch, notmuch mutt offlineimap, offlineimap, productivity, sysadmin
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Getting OpenStack Tenant Info by Floating IP Address
When running a public cloud you sometimes need to obtain user or tenant information quickly based on their public IP address. Here is a simple shell tool to accomplish this rather than having to piece together information in several commands, … Continue reading
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Tagged cloud, openstack, public cloud, sysadmin, tooling
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Make OpenStack Glance Images Accessible to Selective Tenants
Recently I needed to make a Glance image available to a specific user but not make it public. In this example an image needed to be available only to the services tenant and owner. There’s a facility for this inside … Continue reading
Trystack.org: Free, Public OpenStack for Earth
Trystack.org is a free, public OpenStack sandbox for developers and ordinary people to try out OpenStack or test their apps. It’s been around since 2012 but has recently been revamped by Kambiz Aghaiepour, Dan Radez and myself. Sponsored by the … Continue reading
Automating Dell iDRAC Administration with Racadm
Managing more than a handful of Dell servers becomes cumbersome using the iDRAC web interface. This is especially painful with several hundred servers or more. Luckily Dell provides CLI tools you can use with XML templates to automate provisioning and … Continue reading
Simple Disk Performance Testing with Linux
I recently did some testing on my home Linux fileserver with Bonnie++ at the urging of a friend who wanted to compare his numbers. I also ran similar tests with dd and hdparm. Here’s what I ran, the results, and … Continue reading
Automated OpenStack Deployments with Foreman and Puppet
Demo of a large, 70 node bare-metal deployment we did at the Red Hat Summit in April 2014 showcasing an OpenStack Havana deployment via Puppet and Foreman. There are other tools for this now like StayPuft or most recently RDO-Manager … Continue reading
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Tagged cloud, foreman, infrastructure, linux, openstack, puppet, sysadmin
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Workaround for Foreman-Proxy Scale Issue: DHCPD and lots of VM’s
Foreman is an awesome provisioning, utility and life-cycle management solution for Linux and UNIX-like server infrastructure. It unifies a lot of things like DHCP, DNS, PXE, and automated provisioning into one tool. Unfortunately we’ve hit some issues with scaling the … Continue reading
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Tagged dhcpd, foreman, foreman-proxy, infrastructure, linux, scale, sysadmin
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