Posted on Sun 03 September 2017 in Computing • Tagged with rsyslog, logging
rsyslog never seems to get as much attention as it should now that everyone seems to use logstash. I like rsyslog - it's always in the system repositories and it's been about for ages.
In this scenario I wanted to forward log files from a local file system verbatim to a …
Posted on Sat 22 October 2016 in Computing • Tagged with linux, ansible
Posted on Fri 19 February 2016 in Computing • Tagged with ssh
This is a problem i've been having more and more as my collection of keys and \~/.ssh.config grows. Sometimes you just need to log in with a password but ssh will try all of your keys and then the server prevents you from trying a password challenge because you've …
Posted on Wed 13 January 2016 in Computing • Tagged with freeipa
I was not entirely happy with the documentation for this
here:
While correct, It gives me no idea how to check the current configuration or
how to turn anonymous binds back on again, or how to test my changes
Here is my approach:
Check the current config with this ldap …
Posted on Sun 06 December 2015 in Computing • Tagged with python
My very first post on this blog was how to build Python from source. In 2015 it turns out that this is a bit harder that it should be, and having wasted most of the morning working it out I'm posting the solution for future reference.
Building Python in the …
Posted on Sun 29 November 2015 in Computing • Tagged with screenos, firewall, xbox
Here are my notes on Xbox one firewall ports with ScreenOS.
Contrary to what is posted online, I've found that not all ports need to be opened and certainly in my experience only 2 need be "port forwarded" - I used a VIP for this as I have only one public …
Posted on Thu 01 October 2015 in Computing • Tagged with ansible, rackspace
Introduction
In this post a simple playbook is demonstrated to provision a pseudo DC in Rackspace.
Following on from the previous post, a parametrised playbook is created to:
- Install a keypair from a file - Create a management network - Create a domain name
This playbook will likely only be run once …
Posted on Thu 01 October 2015 in Computing • Tagged with ansible, rackspace
Introduction
The easiest way to play with an ansible module is from the command line. This post demonstrates some of the Rackspace modules.
Setup
I started by creating my credentials file and setting the environmental RAX_CREDS_FILE to point to it. As I was running pyrax from a Python virtual environment …
Posted on Tue 15 September 2015 in misc • Tagged with kvm, vlan
I've decided to rebuild my KVM lab on OpenSUSE 13.2 and to try and finish documenting the process of a fully functional KVM lab on multiple VLANs.
Install KVM with yast2
I used the "Install Hypervisor and Tools" in yast2 to install KVM. I also allowed it to create …