Works great, thanks for the time contributed throwing the script together. Much appreciated
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RE: Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions
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RE: IP and Subnets for Dummies
I finished the Network+ at the end of last September and the Security+ at the end of last December. Here are the resources I used for studying the Network+ material:
- Lynda.com Network+ by Mike Myers N10-006 ( http://www.lynda.com/search?q=network%2B+mike+myers )
- Professor Messer training videos ( http://www.professormesser.com/network-plus/n10-006/n10-006-course-index/ )
- Techwise TV | Networking 101 ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2D6D953CAEEA70A6 )
- Cybrary.IT ( https://www.cybrary.it/course/comptia-network-plus/) *I had to stop watching these because the guy presenting has some weird problem where he can't stop moving his hands whenever he talks, and it is HORRIBLY distracting.
- Exam Cram N10-006 ( http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Network-N10-006-Exam-Cram/dp/078975410X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453765942&sr=8-1&keywords=n10-006+exam+cram )
- ExamCompass for practice tests ( http://www.examcompass.com/comptia/network-plus-certification/free-network-plus-practice-tests )
I would suggest checking with your local library to see if they offer free access to Lynda.com. There is a lot of great content available for Network Basics, including Network+ and CCNA specific content. I'm not sure I would have shelled out the cash for access if I didn't already have it available to me through my school. Professor Messer and Exam Cram will probably be more than enough to help with the basics.
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RE: Containers in IT
I have a small EC2 instance running a containerized instance of discourse for a set of support forums we use for supporting a specific product. It has been up for ~8 months without issue.
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RE: Projects to work on
@antonit Having some Python/BASH scripting examples for basic tasks might not be a bad idea. You could chuck them out on github and pull them down for demo/explanation in realtime. Might earn some brownie points...
I don't know much about the environment, but knowing your way around a couple of popular version control systems might be helpful as well. You could build your own Subversion and Git servers for hosting repositories.
You might also look at implementing an instance of Redmine for project management.
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RE: FOG Server 1.2.0 on Ubuntu 14.04
Okay, I couldn't find this information ANYWHERE... However, by scouring the dhcpd.conf man page I was able to come up with the answer.
The below configuration file example is the correct implementation for integrating FOG into your current network's isc-dhcp-server.
#internal LAN (eth2) subnet 10.10.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 { range 10.10.224.0 10.10.255.254; option routers 10.10.0.10; option subnet-mask 255.255.0.0; option broadcast-address 10.10.255.255; option domain-name-servers 10.10.1.11, 10.10.1.12; option domain-name "example.com"; option tftp-server-name "10.10.0.10"; next-server 10.10.1.13; #Fog TFTP Server option bootfile-name "undioonly.kpxe"; include "/etc/dhcp/lan.conf"; }
When I have time I might do a quick how-to just so SOMETHING else is out there for people who might be struggling to finding the correct config syntax/entries as I did...
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RE: Where did you hide your Home Lab gear?
Modem, router, and AP are all nestled in a book case and tucked behind my TV in my living room. My servers and everything else are down in the basement.
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RE: A slow descent into burnout
I think the root of my problem right now really is just needing a vacation. A REAL vacation where I don't have to see or think about anything work related for an entire week. The closest thing I have to that is coming up at the end of April in the form of a 24 hour trail relay series in Virginia... (Oh yeah, I've also been training for that in my "free" time). In addition to race day I have a couple extra days for recoup and travel time. Then, a week and a half later, I'm heading North to spend a week and a half hitting breweries and wineries across Wisconsin and Michigan. THAT will hopefully help my attitude and outlook.
If not it will at the very least give me some ideas for new beer recipes and a trunk full of booze.
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RE: What BASH and SSH Mean for Windows Systems Administration
@coliver said:
Anyone know if this is available on the LTS version?
It isn't a version of Ubuntu at all. I'm pretty sure all this is doing is abstracting the Ubuntu Linux user space and translating the system calls to the Linux kernel space to the Windows Kernel space. There is no Linux kernel, just the the Linux binaries that exist in the User space. If that makes sense. It really is like the inverse of WINE on Linux.
And while they say it is self contained and unable to execute Windows binaries, it does seem to have indirect access to the Windows kernel via this interface/api they have created to translate the calls to the Linux kernel. And because all of that is not currently open source, I would kind of think there is some potential for exploitation there.
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RE: Bits and Bytes (1983)
These are fantastic! I don't know how I'm going to keep myself from putting these on our Wiki at work and flagging them as mandatory training for all the engineers...
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RE: Worth-while remote system administration tools - Preferably Open Source
Also, the more effort you openly make toward trying to learn their language will more than likely amass a fair amount of brownie points with the end users you're supporting. That goes a long way at easing frustration created from the language barrier.
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RE: Containers in IT
@wirestyle22 It also allows you to add in additional levels of security by essentially walling off each instance of a service versus running said service in parallel with other services that your application(s) might depend upon. So instead of having a single virtual machine running Apache, MySQL, and PHP; you'd have a container for each service, each with their own hardened attack surface. Also, it allows for a more efficient and responsive dynamic scaling model for applications that is mostly platform independant.
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Free Programming Courses - July 2016
I came across this jewel on reddit and thought I would share.
For anyone with the extra time and ambition there looks to be a little bit of everything in the mix.
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RE: How are you SIP-ing?
We have SIP over internet and right around 40 users. We've not experienced any issues since making the switch a couple of years ago.
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RE: How are you SIP-ing?
@dafyre said in How are you SIP-ing?:
@RamblingBiped said in How are you SIP-ing?:
We have SIP over internet and right around 40 users. We've not experienced any issues since making the switch a couple of years ago.
How much has your internet usage gone up because of it? Is it noticeable or negligible?
Negligible, though to be fair phones are our tertiary means of communication. Email and Google Messenger probably see the majority of traffic for communications.
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RE: Resume Feedback
@scottalanmiller said in Resume Feedback:
PDF often works best.
Whenever I submit a resume to a potential employer I do always put it in PDF format unless otherwise specified. I've also been thinking of designing a web-based resume using Bootstrap. Do you think that would be worthwhile?
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RE: I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs
Dell PowerEdge R710 (Dual 2.26ghz QC E5530 Xeons, 72GB DDR3 ECC memory, and PERC H700 Raid controller with 4 X 2TB drives in Raid 10).
It is currently running XenServer, but I am going to let a friend who is studying Linux use it to learn how to install/configure KVM-QEMU in the next week or so.
I'll eventually be in the market for a NAS and possibly a second hypervisor, but for now this gets the job done. Of course it lives in my basement, not my dining room table... These images were taken shortly after delivery/unboxing.
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RE: Any OpenSource Print Monitoring Solutions
BASH scripts and SNMP is about as basic as you can get... I use Nagios for monitoring my network printers. It warns me of prolonged paper jams, toner, and any other errors.
Not that I care though.
Because, you know, they're printers and they are inherently evil; put on this earth to spread discord and foster feelings of hate and distrust.
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FreePBX Remote Extension Problems
I'm doing testing with a remote extension that I'm setting up for use by an employee that will be working across the pond in the near future. I've recently been getting unsolicited calls from extensions that do not exist on our network. The caller is not originating from our FreePBX instance, and is spamming the device directly.
From everything I've read changing the port number that the client registers on from the default of 5060 should pretty much take care of the calls, but every time I try to change it on the extension in FreePBX GUI it does nothing.
Any pointers on how I can make this change?
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Disable folder redirection for specific users
I am trying to disable redirection of domain user Documents folder for specific users. I've got a document redirection group policy enabled for the root OU in our domain structure. Beneath that OU I've got two OUs, one for Users, and one for Computers. In the Computers OU I created an OU called "Disable Document Redirection" and linked a group policy to it that should specifically do that...
The policy is setup as follows:
- User Configuration > Policies > WIndows Settings > Folder Redirection { Documents: Setting-> Basic - Redirect everyone's folder to the same location, Target Folder Location: Redirect to the local userprofile location} (this is done for the Documents, Pictures, Videos, and Music folders)
- Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > System > Group Policy { Configure user Group Policy loopback processing mode: Enabled, Mode: Replace }
I've got the Policy marked as Enabled and Enforced, and I've made sure it is replicated across both domain controllers. I place the laptop I am wanting to revoke document redirection on into the new OU and do a "gpupdate /force" on the client to push the changes. I reboot, login, and the document redirection is still in effect...
Any pointers on how to properly achieve what I'm trying to do?! From everything I have looked up on technet this should work and it isn't...
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Quickbooks Online
Anyone have any experience working with Quickbooks online? We are considering a move from a locally hosted server to the online service and I'd like some feedback from those that have or are using it.