Category: System administration
Installation of vmware tools in vmware exsi based machines are pretty straight forward. We see a notification if a vm is missing one and by clicking the install vmware tools, it auto mounts the installer. However, what if we need the iso file for automation? For example, I have been trying to explore packer for […]
So I have been trying to explore Infrastructure as Code in my spare time and while trying out terraform I get this warning: Warning: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated on main.tf line 40, in resource “vsphere_virtual_machine” “vm”: 40: resource_pool_id = “${data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool.id}” Seems like post version 0.11, resource declaration doesn’t need special syntax i.e. ${} which was […]
SSH, an abbreviation of Secure Shell, is a protocol used to secure communication between two devices in an insecure network channel. It supports a wide range of encryption technology including custom made ones. SSH server is an application which uses SSH protocol to establish connection from remote clients. There are different options available for ssh […]
Docker hub is an online cloud service which provides a platform for users to get images for container as well as for sharing their images to other users. This is a great way to import or export images but some users might want an offline registry service in their local machine. Docker provides a way […]
Docker provides a way to build an image by reading a set of instructions. Dockerfile is the file containing such instructions which is read by docker build command to generate an image. $docker build <context> The command, docker build, is passed with either of two context, PATH or URL. Path is the location in local […]
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is the technique of creating a large reliable storage solution using multiple computer HDDs or SDDs for better recovery plan. Based upon the RAID type implemented, different techniques like striping, mirroring and/or parity is used to achieve the result. Common RAID types RAID 0 This technique strips data across […]
Docker has established itself as a key player in the IT world with many companies adopting it in the production environment. I will go through some docker commands that will be handy while using the service. $docker Once docker is successfully installed and setup, this command will list available options and command you can use […]
People tend to get immersed once they start their session with terminals or powershell. The underlying reasons can vary from trying to troubleshoot an issue to installing a new feature or just making a quick status checks. However, one action can lead to another and before we know it, something is broken! If you know […]
Mount windows shares in centos https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/WindowsShares Backup and restore gitlab server https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/raketasks/backup_restore.html#storing-configuration-files Cleanup gitlab server https://docs.gitlab.com/12.7/ee/raketasks/cleanup.html Load Computing in Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_(computing) Powershell process commandlet https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-process?view=powershell-7 Add domain users to local administrators https://thesysadminchannel.com/add-local-administrators-via-gpo-group-policy/ http://www.pwrusr.com/system-administration/3-ways-to-grant-local-admin-permissions-to-domain-users All about wsus https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/625-wsus-step-by-step
Anaconda Installation For the installation, follow the link below:https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install After completing the installation, To control whether or not each shell session has the base environment activated or not, run $ conda config –set auto_activate_base False or True To run conda from anywhere without having the base environment activated by default, use conda config –set auto_activate_base False This only works if you have run conda init first. To […]