Today I was going through and updating our Sensu install to version 0.17.2-1. Everything was going smoothly until, one host complained about the sensu-client failing to start. Tailing the sensu-client.log file, I found this at the end. /opt/sensu/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/…
If you are looking at setting up S/MIME on OSX so that you can sign emails you send and people can send you encrypted emails, it's not only easy, it's free! 1 . Complete the form here: https://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/free-email-certificate.html 2. You'll get an email with…
I purchased an IBM M1015 off eBay about a week ago. The goal is to flash the card in IT mode so that I can pass through 8 of my 12 hard drives instead of using the onboard SATA controllers. I've documented the process below. Things to keep in mind…
NOTICE: This blog post is ancient at this point. Please use https://cipherli.st/ or anything else instead of the following content. 2019-06-23 I've been determined recently to get the A+ rating on ssllabs.com. It's driving me mad and I have FINALLY figured it out. So here's how to…
So you applied for that Linux Administration interview, eh? Think your goin' to get it, eh? Well take a stab at the following questions and test your ability. I've been run through the wringer with a multitude of interviews at some of the top Silicon Fally companies. Below are some…
Goal: Create a simple 3 node CoreOS cluster Hardware: 3 custom built, 1U server Dual Gig NICs Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz 4GB's of RAM 80GB HD PXE Magic To start off, don't do what I did and think that getting the coreos-install script on your existing…