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A collection of randomness I've encountered and configured in Linux.

System Setup

• ServerSetupCentOS7 - CentOS7 Server setup with NFS/rsyslog/chrony/hw_mon services + qemu+kvm libvirt + Puppet Foreman + Docker
• ServerSetupFedora22 - Fedora 22 Server Setup

Infrastructure Automation

Chef

• InstallingChefServer - Installing Chef Server
• KnifeBootstrapAWS - knife bootstrapping AWS instances
• ChefEncryptedDataBags - Creating and using encrypted data bags
• FoodcriticRubocop - Linting recipes with Foodcritic and Rubocop
• TestingWithChefSpec - Examples of using ChefSpec for unit and integration tests in cookbooks
• TestKitchenVagrant - Test Kitchen with Vagrant provisioner for testing cookbooks
• TestKitchenDocker - Test Kitchen with Docker provisioner for testing cookbooks
• ChefJenkinsGroovyShellOut - Shell out of recipe to use jenkins-cli to grab the encrypted or unencrytped value of a secret using Jenkins Groovy
• ChefMisc - Misc Chef

Puppet

• MultiMachineVagrantPuppetJenkinsNexus - Multimachine Vagrant boxes with 1 Puppet Server, 1 Puppet Client, and 1 Jenkins/Nexus VM to deploy Tomcat via Puppet

Ansible

• AnsibleVirtualboxDocker - GitHub: Invade Labs test environment for Ansible with VirtualBox VMs running Docker in a dind cluster

Containerization

Docker

• CentOS7Docker - Install and configure Docker on CentOS7
• DockerFile - Example Dockerfile
• DockerCompose - Example docker-compose.yml
• DockerSwarm - Docker Swarm Usage
• CleanUpDocker - Clean up (delete) docker containers and images on local machine
• RemoveDockerCache - Prune Docker Cache

Kubernetes

• KubernetesClusterGoogleCloud - CI/CD example of a 4 container weather application using Google Container Register and Google Kubernetes Clusters
• MiniKube - MiniKube install and configure
• KubernetesInstallConfigure - Install and configure Kubernetes

OpenShift

• MiniShift - Minishift install and configure

System Administration

• SeleniumDocker - GitHub: Selenium dockerized with Stand Alone Chrome and Firefox on separate ports.
• NagiosDocker - GitHub: Invade Labs Nagios config using Docker
• ForceTextConsoleResolution - Force text console resolution when using remote KVM
• VirtualBoxPassSMBIOS - Passing SMBios data to a Virtual Box guest to appear more hardware like (Mainly for Windows licensing on EFI machines)
• EmailViaNCorTelnet - Send an email via nc or telnet
• GoogleCloud - Quick setup on Google Cloud
• DockerOnUbuntu - Docker on Ubuntu + Foreman Integration
• LetsEncrypt - letsencrypt.org config
• backuppartitionsddandsfdisk - Backup boot and system partitions with dd and sfdisk
• KVM/qemu CentOS6 - KVM notes for CentOS6
• lxc - LXC Setup and Usage(Linux Containers)
• CustomKernelDebian - Compile a custom kernel from source in Debian / Ubuntu
• OctoPrint - 3D printer interface
• xDripNightScout - Configuration for Dexcom G5, xDrip, xDripPebble, and NightScout
• nmcli - Joining wifi from nmcli
• ddwrt-ddns-namecheap - Setup DDNS on DD-WRT for Namecheap
• OpenVPN - OpenVPN Server Setup
• ApachePAMunixAuth - Apache authentication against /etc/passwd
• SendmailRelayGmailCentos - Sendmail with gmail relay in Fedora 10+
• SendmailRelayISP - Sendmail using ISP as relay in Fedora 10+
• IPMI - IPMI on SuperMicro AOC-IPMI20 with Serial-Over-LAN Console
• lm_sensors
  • lm_sensorsPDMSi - /etc/sensors.d/pdsmi
• iptables - iptables setup
• DD-WRT - all things dd-wwrt
  • ddwrtdnsmasq - dnsmasq for DD-WRT
  • PXEiSCSIboot - Booting off SAN via PXE and iSCSI target
  • ddwrtopsware - opsware
• PortMirroringDDWRTiptables - Port mirroring with iptable in dd-wrt

File Server

• NFS Optimization - NFS Performance and Optimization
• mdadm - Linux Software Raid Creation / Optimization
  • mdadmLVMext4 - Best practices using md raid5 / LVM / ext4
  • BackupViaDDsnapshot - Using LVM snapshotting to copy an LV
  • smartdMonitoring - Monitor disks with smartmontools
  • USBhddtemp - Check hard drive temp for USB HD (Western Digital)
  • LoopBackSoftwareRaidMount - Imaging 2 of 3 RAID5 drives and loop back mounting for data extraction
• ResizePV - Steps to resize PV
• eCryptfs - Private Encrypted Folders
• SambaTdbsamBackend - Using Samba Tdbsam backend with unix login

Backup

• Backup DD-WRT Config - DD-WRT backup script (cron)
• ClamAV Weekly Scan - ClamAV script (cron)
• MySQL Backup Script - MySQL Backup Script - (cron)
• rsyncSSHkeys - Rsync over SSH - Different port / SSH Keys
• ExternalUSBEncryptedLVM - Encrypted LVM for External USB (rsync backup)

Hardware Related

• RaspberryPi - Information for RPi
• udevinfo - gathering system info
• gps - GPS Related
• ssd - Solid State Drive articles
  • UbuntuRAID0ssd -- Ubuntu RAID0 LVM on SSD on root no boot partition

Media

• eGalaxyTouchScreen - eGalaxy Touch Screen
• LinuxGPS - Linux GPS with sirfmon, gpsd, and more
• mencoder - codecs(x264, lavc, xvid) / de-interlace filters / dvd
• mplayer - dvd and dvb playback / xvmc and vdpau gpu decoder offload
• Independant X-server - Multi seat configuration for 2 seperate X servers on the same system
• Lirc Config - MythTV / mplayer
• Lirc, Pinnacle 800i, and Comcast Remote - Remapping Comcast remote IR in ir-keymap.c kernel module
• ConvertVideoToM4a - Convert video to m4a with ffmpeg copy
• bluray - Playing and backing up Blu-ray discs in Linux

Window Manager Related

• Compiz Profile Configuration - Dual monitor / GiantCube / Ice Exploding Windows
• TomBoy notes - WebDav Sync

Emulators

• N64Mupen64plus - Using mupen64plus (N64 Emulator) in Linux

Client Setup

• Ubuntu 17.10 Setup - Ubuntu 17.10 workstation / laptop Setup
• OSX Setup - macOS 10.11 MBP Sierra setup
• Windows Setup - Windows 10 Laptop Setup
• RaspberryPISetup - RaspberryPi setup for drew-pi
• Pine64 - Pine64 Armbian Notes
• RikoAndroidMiniPC - Rikomagic MK802 III setup + picuntu

Outdated

• BootOptimization - Speed up Fedora15 boot
• NUTUPSMonitor - Configure NUT for UPS monitoring and alerts in Fedora 12-14
• Fedora15Gnome3Tweaks - Fedora 15 / GNOME3 Tweaks