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QLogic 12000 CLI Reference Guide

QLogic 12000 CLI Reference Guide

Introduction Just a big long list of CLI commands for easy reference. Note to use ? after the command to get a list of possible options.

David Messenger 25th April 20175th February 2018 QLogic No Comments Read more

Troubleshooting Juniper Netscreen VPNs Down

Troubleshooting Juniper Netscreen VPNs Down

Introduction If you’ve ever needed to investigate a site to site tunnel which is down at 05:00 in the morning, this might just help you get to the bottom of it a bit faster. Steps to take Access your firewall

David Messenger 6th April 2017 Firewall, Juniper, Netscreen, Security No Comments Read more

IOS DHCP Server – Database

IOS DHCP Server – Database

Introduction If you require a Cisco device to act as a DHCP server. Do ensure you either set a database URL or the no ip dhcp conflict logging option otherwise the server can fail leaving your users free to complain

David Messenger 23rd March 201723rd March 2017 Cisco, IOS No Comments Read more

Install and Configure a TFTP Service on CentOS

Install and Configure a TFTP Service on CentOS

Introduction If you are in need of a TFTP for config backups then sometimes the “old school” ways of doing things are still useful. Bear in mind the TFTP protocol incorporates no encryption so be wary about using it across

David Messenger 23rd March 2017 CentOS, Linux No Comments Read more

How to mount LVM partitions from rescue mode (Fedora/CentOS/RedHat)

How to mount LVM partitions from rescue mode (Fedora/CentOS/RedHat)

Introduction If you ever run in to a scenario where you have a VM which won’t boot. You will need to use an install disc to get into rescue mode. Solution Boot your rescue media. Scan for volume groups: #

David Messenger 16th March 2017 CentOS, Linux, Red Hat No Comments Read more

Rancid Logins Fail After ASA Upgrade to 9.1(7)

Introduction You’ve performed a code upgrade on an ASA firewall and suddenly Rancid decides it won’t login. You’ll get the message: spawn ssh -c 3des -x -l <user> <device> no matching cipher found: client 3des-cbc server aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,aes128-ctr Error: Couldn’t login:

David Messenger 21st February 2017 ASA, Cisco, Firewall, RANCID No Comments Read more

Install Apache2 mod_wsgi Ubuntu

Introduction First place to start is the docs: https://modwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/develop/user-guides/quick-installation-guide.html Advises to install dev packages for apache and python if not installed. Use the latest version from source rather than using the versions in the repos. Once you’ve built from source,

David Messenger 9th February 2017 Apache, Linux, Ubuntu, Web Hosting No Comments Read more

Python Uses For Infrastructure Engineers

Python Uses For Infrastructure Engineers

Introduction I’ll start by saying that I am not a programmer. I’m an infrastructure engineer so you may ask what use can I have for learning python. Well it turns out plenty. Source Material I started learning python in September

David Messenger 29th January 2017 Programming, Python No Comments Read more

Notepad++ Regex examples

Notepad++ Regex examples

Introduction Just a notepad++ regex example for searching netscreen debug traces to start. I’ll update this one as I find other useful examples. Examples: Netscreen Debug Flow To search netscreen debug flow output for particular traffic, try something like: 192.168.53.18/([0-9]+)->192.168.55.242/1984

David Messenger 4th January 201726th April 2017 Notepad++, Regex, Text Editors No Comments Read more

Sophos UTM9 Reverse Proxy Certificates

Sophos UTM9 Reverse Proxy Certificates

Introduction If you’re using the Sophos UTM9 as a reverse proxy then you will need to install certificates on the UTM to present to the client when they are browsing those secured sites. The UTM will need the file in

David Messenger 28th November 2016 Certificates, openssl, Sophos UTM9, SSL No Comments Read more
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