Resizing an AWS EBS volume
I was working on the Chef AMI on AWS, there is a problem in that the version of OpenSSL that comes embedded is vulnerable to CVE-2016-2107.
Continue readingSetting up FreeIPA Centos 7
A quick rundown on installing FreeIPA om CentOS 7
Continue readingInterface bonding Centos 7
I run my media downloading stack on a Gen 8 HP Microserver. This comes with 2 builtin 1Gbps ports (as well as the dedicated ilo port). As this machine is used for downloading and streaming media, i’d like to utilise both ports for the maximum possible throughput.
Continue readingAmazon AWS VPC VPN With BGP and PFsense
Setting up a VPC with a VPN and routes propagated over BGP was something i had recently tasked myself in work. This is how i made it work.
Continue readingAWS VPC VPN and a Centos EndPoint
I didnt find much concrete information on terminating an AWS VPN on a Centos 6 box, so figured id write it up here, for my own reference as we as others.
Continue readingAutomated speedtests using speedtest-cli
Due to issues with my ISP, i wrote a really quick automated speedtest using speedtest-cli which sends the output to graphite.
Continue readingEncrypting a USB Flash drive with LUKS
Here is a quick run through on how to encrypt a USB flash drive using Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS).
Continue readingAllowing server-status on an apache proxy
For my new graphing machine (graphite, grafana, collectd) i wanted to be able to view the Apache server-status of a couple of my reverse proxy’s. This is the directive i had to add.
Continue readingSetup crashplan on a remote headless host
I needed to setup Crashplan on my local linux server which is acting as an NFS and SMB server for all my media. As this is a headless server and the CrashPlan app doesnt have a cli, this is how to access it remotely.
Continue readingUpgrade ESXi 5.5 to 6.0 via ssh
I recently updated an ESXi 5.5 host to 6. This is a remote machine so didnt have access to load the ISO. This is how i did it via SSH and ESXCLI.
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