Introduction Instructions for this kind of thing are all over the web and very easy to find but adding this as a quick pointer for myself. It is something I do very infrequently so I often find it less than
SNMPv3 Setup
Introduction SNMP has been around for many years and even though the acronym stands for simple network management protocol, it is quite complex and takes significant time to understand exactly how to get the best from it. It is well
Upgrading SSH Keys
Putting this here as I always forget the commands when I need them! For more details see Gerts blog post linked below. Commands Create new ed25519 keys: Create secure rsa keys: Find all keys on your system: Change or add
Docker WordPress & Traefik 2
I could have titled this post as “The evolution of a website”. This blog was started back in 2015 and at that time was hosted on a virtual Ubuntu 14.04 instance. I also had my personal site on yet another
EMC Isilon – Checking Network Connectivity Between Clusters
Introduction If you work with EMC Isilon clusters you will likely have a requirement at some point to check network connectivity between clusters to ensure reachability for all nodes. Now you can do it manually if you have small clusters
Transferring Files via SCP on Cisco Routers
Introduction If you are anything like me, this is one of those things you likely do so infrequently that you forget how to do it virtually every time you need to. To save any head scratching next time here is
Disable IPv6 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction If you are disabling IPv6 then you likely know why you are doing it and the reasons may be varied. Disabling IPv6 only requires a brief search to find the sysctl change required but the Ubuntu bug issue is
Isilon Version 8 Cheat Sheet Commands
Introduction Looking for a version 8 command. It may be here. I’ll add more over time. Clearing Events Commands required on Isilon cluster v8 Search failing IP’s across the cluster reported by zabbix View/Remove from Grid dynamic pool example: The
Creating bulk directories and files on FreeBSD
Introduction For when you need to bulk create bulk folders and files for testing. The command line to the rescue as always. Commands For bulk directories: For bulk files within those directories:
zsh ignore commands beginning ‘#’
Problem It’s not a big one, but one I’ve run in to when creating python scripts to dump out commands with comments so others can see what the command does. To avoid the system returning a line every time that