I’m working a project to create Python program that scrapes jobs from a Jenkins server, with the end goal of storing them in a Mongo NoSQL database as an archive. At work we have more than a dozen build servers that will ultimately will be consolidated to a few. My plan(since we are moving to […]
I recently came across an annoying issue with CentOS 7 setup. I started with a minimal install, completed my installation(including mate desktop) and rebooted. When I attached to the console of the newly minted VM I discovered it was stuck at a license prompt. To avoid this issue…
I’m in the process of converting my Fabric PBX automated installation to an Ansible playbook, but I got stuck on the user module portion. I want to pass a default password to user accounts. Ansible’s user module requires the crypted SHA512 hash rather than taking a password. In other words, instead of supplying a […]
Python’s Fabric module makes automation easy. This post shows how to use a Fabric script to backup a WordPress installation, but could be used for most LAMP backup situations! Goals of this Post: backup SQL to /tmp backup WEB ROOT to /tmp tar SQL + site & zip download delete /tmp
Recently table top gaming has made a huge comeback. For the first time in 20 years my friends and I are role playing! We agreed on the new Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight games, STAR WARS: Age of Rebellion role playing game. It’s novel in many aspects compared to the previous D6 and D20 […]
Python’s Fabric module is an easy and efficient way for task based automation. I use it to automate the installation of VoIP phone systems on CentOS 6/7. In a nut shell, Fabric executes shell commands over SSH. It also can be used to automate local tasks. The purpose of this article is to highlight the […]
I love Git. I find Git to be an intuitive way to track many versions between many systems. Now all my default config files and scripts utilize Git. However, logging into a server and creating the Git repo, then cloning it is a number of steps that detracts from getting work done. This tutorial […]
Git has changed my life. I’m not exaggerating. I work with a lot of ‘one off’ scripts (BASH, PHP, and Python). They are spread out among systems and developed from my workstation and(sometimes) laptop. I spent 15 years keeping multiple versions and copies of the same scripts spread between systems. Looking back it seems Crazy! […]
As the age of the netbook arises; the ability to provision Operating Systems over the network becomes highly useful. More and more these days, it’s less common to see CD/DVD ROM drives in laptops. In my particular situation my laptop DVD-ROM drive failed. This prompted me to embark on journey of sleepless nights, sifting through […]