what do you guys use to auto install your server's OS?
I just started in this new and I'm researching into a way to auto install the OS. Kind of annoying popping a DVD or usb to the servers that this team has and click click and click. What do you guys...
View ArticleConfiguration Management Rollout/ (x-post /r/linux_mentor)
I'm a long time Windows admin, and I've inherited a tiny Linux environment of about 30-40 servers. I'm excited about it, if a little terrified.I know bash only in relatively limited capacity, and the...
View Article[FIXED] SMB share Ubuntu 14.04 > Windows 10.
Since I'd posted this in several places on the web, I'm posting it here for posterity as it tends to be more accessible. Perhaps it will keep someone else from tearing their hair out.This is a...
View ArticleTake notes when (and as) you do things and keep them
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View ArticleWhere do you find Chef stuff ..?
So I'm trying to decide which tool to try first between Ansible or Chef ! But where is the Chef-equivalent of this neatly organized list of Ansible modules?...
View Articlefileserver analysis?
Any projects out there that analyse and track number of files, file sizes, modification times, access times, ownership, etc?I'm hoping to get some ongoing reporting to make a case for what can be...
View ArticleRecursively find all [installed] package dependencies
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View ArticleMove then resize XFS partitions?
Sorry, I'm coming up a bit dumb on this issue. In my RHEL6 lab box it looks like this: 4 55.8GB 97.0GB 41.3GB xfs 5 97.0GB 107GB 10.3GB xfs 107GB 134GB 26.8GB Free Space I need to resize #4 to take up...
View ArticleLearning with a VM lab. Set up dhcpd and dhcp server is seemingly running...
What do I need to do client side to ensure the client is actually pulling IPs from the DHCP server? I followed the instructions here for the client, and here for the server.The second machine is still...
View ArticleDoes anyone use Guacamole as a gateway for remote access to dev VMs?
I'm looking at ways to provide a gateway for remote devs who are often using locked down corporate Windows PCs, hence RDP is the simplest option. We're generally a Linux shop so I'm reluctant to set up...
View ArticleIs there an Archiving server/service, that's not simply a backup server with...
I'm looking for a way to archive and track the location of finished digital media jobs (a folder structure with a standard layout for each job) of typically 1-50GB per job, onto disk, tape, optical or...
View ArticleHow to get VLC streaming working as a service?
I want a service to listen for an attempt to stream and then launch VLC and attempt to play the stream. I want it to work over a real time protocol such as rtp to prevent lag. What should I do?...
View ArticleXen and KVM in one box?
Hi everybody,has anyone any links/tips/experiences on running KVM- and Xen-based VMs on one server? My first idea would have been to try to install Xen inside a KVM-VM and hope that this works (my CPU...
View Article[linuxadmin] Base profiles unmarried women age 23 online. The base is...
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View ArticleWhat's your (company's) setup? [x-post /r/sysadmin]
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View ArticleWhy do I have so many "httpd -k start" in Task Manager?
I have an apache server running on Slackware 14.1, I logged in graphically and loaded up the terminal and I see about 4 processes named "httpd -k start"...why are there four of them? Shouldn't there...
View ArticleCan anyone help with Bacula?
I have to set up Bacula for a school assigment, just for a PoC basically. I have a server and a client running, and I'm trying to create a backup to a file locally on the server. I could run the...
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