Quickly provisioning VM's ontop of KVM?
Hey guys and gals I'm a budding *nix sysadmin who's going for their RHCSA/RHCE/LFCSA certs, part of the self-training I'm doing is a setting up a homelab. The current method I'm using to quickly...
View ArticleExtending LVM partitions on virtual machines (ESXi)
Hi allI am writing to see if anyone can confirm that I am not losing my mind. I am in a position whereby I need to extend the harddisk on one of my Linux VMs. The machine is using LVM for it's root...
View ArticleIs there a ubuntu 14.04 PPA that can install multiple php-fpm versions?
I would like to move away from mod_php and instead use php-fpm. But i also would like to mix and match php versions based on vhost using apaches ProxyPassMatch. I would like to avoid compiling it...
View ArticleSquid Logging
Working on a transparent proxy for the office, it's working and all is well except i'm trying to figure out the logging. I know I can get an analyzer but I feel like it's going to display the same kind...
View ArticleIs possible for a LDAP server to replicate Samba Kerberos users/pass on...
Hello, I'm stuck with an idea that google couldn't answer.I have a Samba AD working with the default Kerberos users managing, no LDAP in the backend. The problem is that a lot of services like google...
View ArticleIf I'm building a full virtual lab (servers, DNS, DHCP, authentication, and...
Let's say I make a VM that has 8GB storage and 512 MB RAM. Can I do DHCP and DNS on that machine without issues, or is that a bad idea? And with 512 to 1GB RAM on a machine, how many services overall...
View ArticleLogin error. .ICEauthority
Only using linux a couple of months, bare with me. Been googling this problem, alot like it but none matching my issue. Running linux mint 17.2. just enabled auto login. First restart and the error...
View ArticleAre my mail certificates in sha256?
So a while ago after Firefox telling me an error about my site's certificates only using SHA1 and not SHA256 I began looking at all of my certificates to ensure id been using SHA256.For my mail server...
View ArticleGood Linux podcasts
What are your guys' favorite Linux related podcasts? submitted by PieAllen [link][33 comments]
View ArticleWhat are some dconf-editor settings I can change to increase security/privacy?
I want to make things as restrictive as possible. submitted by ____reddit___ [link][comment]
View Article3 months of Linode VPS for $10 -- Black Friday Deal
Linode is running a special where you can get $25 on a new account setup. With the $10/mo VPS account that will get you 3.5 months for $10. Not a bad deal.If you want to help a guy out, here's my...
View ArticleRHCSA Passed - Advice for those looking to pursue it! (x-post from /r/sysadmin)
Hey all,Took my exam today after feeling confident all week (company paid for a Redhat course, but I felt like I was at least familiar with the content at the worst of times with each of the concepts...
View ArticleCan't create tun device in Systemd Linux container
I needed one to be used with openvpn, when I tried to create it manually, this happened. I am using lxc version 1.0.3-1 on 3.16.0-4-amd64 on Debian.root@drakeglider:~$ sudo ip tuntap add name tun0 mode...
View ArticleDockerized nfs server
Easily run nfs server inside docker container https://github.com/ErezHorev/dockerized_nfs_serverGood for testing, playground, development ..etc. submitted by erezh [link][5 comments]
View ArticleCan't connect to mysql remotely
First, let me tell you what I have done: edited my.cnf and commented out bind-address (I also tried binding to 0.0.0.0, and to the server's ip). No bueno. SHOW GRANTS displays GRANT PROXY ON ''@'' TO...
View ArticleHow to measure and communicate value in IT?
You are either a trained IT professional (self trained counts) or you aren't. If you are not, you won't understand it. It is a complex field, in which I myself have very limited to no understanding of...
View ArticleHelp extend /boot in an LVM vm
I have inherited some production systems running Centos 6, with a 100Mb /boot partition, and the rest of the disk using LVM (128G, plenty of space). The /boot is at the start of the disk. While that...
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