Short tip: Clone Git repository via SSH and SOCKS proxy
When using tools such as GitLab can cloned via HTTP and SSH. Especially the second choice can be handy if there is no VPN available – but keep in mind, also sending DNS via the … Read more
When using tools such as GitLab can cloned via HTTP and SSH. Especially the second choice can be handy if there is no VPN available – but keep in mind, also sending DNS via the … Read more
When implementing larger tasks in Ansible, you might thinking about writing your own Ansible role sooner or later. For this, the ansible-galaxy command can help you:
While using the Ansible modules get_url and unarchive I recently stumbled upon the following errors:
Recently, I stumbled upon the following issue while installing a Python utility on an older CentOS system:
Doing a recent Puppet agent upgrade from version 3.x to 4.x I stumbled upon the following errors:
VirtualBox enjoys great popularity where it is required to virtualize common operating systems for conventional use-cases at no cost. In comparison with other hypervisors such as VMware Workstation, VirtualBox only offers basic graphics acceleration – … Read more
Leveraging SNMP is often a pain when appropriate MIB files (Management Information Base) are missing – e.g. because the manufacturer did not document them or only offer them at fee. When utilizing a Perl program … Read more
Recently I needed access to a HP Management Processor (MP) without knowing the appropriate IP address. A possibility is to utilize a serial connection to the MP – but this is kinda complicated if you … Read more
It is a common procedure to use templates (“golden images“) when deploying virtual machines. Recently I had an issue when deploying SLES machines – newly registered systems within SUSE Manager replaced older one. The management … Read more
Recently I had some issues with a Linux cluster running Corosync, Pacemaker and Apache. I was unable to run the redskin as ressource – starting always failed with “invalid parameter“: # crm resource start apache … Read more