Introduction If you need to use NFS through any security boundary then you will need to know the ports for NFSv3 to add to your ACLs or firewall rule sets. Protocol NFS uses TCP and UDP Ports The standard ports
ASDM on Windows not Working
Introduction I must admit, I never use a GUI for Cisco gear. I am a CLI guru but it can be useful to have and is preferable for others. The issue I was having though was simple. I could not get
Auto Mounting Drives on Linux Mint
Introduction I had started to really use Linux more and more so decided why not use Linux for my desktop as well? However I did not want to get rid of Windows, I am not a Linux fan-boy, I still
Splitting and Reassembling files via the CLI Linux
Introduction If you’ve ever had the need to get some data out of a locked down environment but need to chop the data up into bits due to issues with size constriants, you have some options. There are numerous different
Install Cacti on CentOS 6.x
Introduction The following guides cover it. http://www.tecmint.com/install-cacti-network-monitoring-on-rhel-centos-6-3-5-8-and-fedora-17-12/ Watch out for the section named “Configure MySQL settings for Cacti”, the file it references the path as /etc/cacti/db.php but the path may actually be /var/www/cacti/include/config.php http://www.betweendots.com/topic/4-install-cacti-on-centos-6x/ Things to look out for: Path
Linux Pausing Commands And Running Commands In The Background
Introduction What is this tip about? Just a simple one but really useful. Imagine this, you open a text editor to create or modify a file but halfway through someone says, “Can you just check this for me quick .
How to Auto Redirect Apache Default Webpage to a Specific Page CentOS
Introduction Not much to add here as its the same as an older post: https://ip-life.net/how-to-auto-redirect-apache-default-webpage-to-a-specific-page/ Fix The only difference required in CentOS is to actually make the index file in the /var/www/html/ location: # touch /var/www/html/index.html Then modify as per
RANCID Scripts for VyOS/Vyatta
Introduction I wanted to add my Vyatta virtual router to my RANCID server as I was in the process of extensive testing for IPv6. Luckily I found this little gem and thanks to those who created the scripts: https://github.com/natecarlson/vyatta-rancid Now
RANCID 3.x Supress Output from Diffs
Introduction This is just another post relating to a previous post. The location of the changes required is different in this latest version of RANCID. https://ip-life.net/rancid-suppress-output-from-diffs/ If you have configuration you need to remove, it will no longer be in
Securing OpenSSH with Certificates on CentOS
Introduction If you want to stop using passwords to SSH onto your servers then certs are the way to go. When you run an application such as putty and pageant side by side then you will never have to use