The following script looks just up my alley, as I am working on a python script to automate setting up servers around the world so that clients get served from a local server. import boto3 client = boto3.client(‘route53’, aws_access_key_id=”AWS_KEY”, aws_secret_access_key=”AWS_SEC_KEY”) hostedZoneId = ‘HOSTED_ZONE_ID’ ip= ‘123.123.123.123’ if aws_region == “US”: #US is my default region. …
Where to start? Scaling PHP applications on AWS – CI CD too
This is an interesting read about AutoScaling in AWS using Autoscale and Load Balancer. It has some discussions about How to do this via Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (ci/cd) Here’s a rough approach to scaling any stateless app on AWS: Run the app in an Auto Scaling Group (ASG). An ASG makes it easy to …
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How to manage subdomains in different AWS accounts with Route53
My Goal this time is to make a script for AWS Marketplace that creates EC2 instances with Apache Httpd installed that are launched in different regions, and to set route53 to use a geo-location to open each server, also to sync one directory for content that will be universal and other that aren’t synced at …
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Postfix SMTP Authentication – On The Secure Port Only
Paste under mynetworks: ####### smtp auth smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_type = cyrus local_recipient_maps = smtpd_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom ######## Then: vi master.cf Paste under smtp: smtps inet n …
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SAN Versus NAS: What’s the Difference and What Do You Need? – Interview test question
I came home after a test, preparing for the next test. I found that I got a question wrong about storage. I usually do cloud and it’s not on my resume, but still they asked and I failed. SANs typically utilizes Fibre Channel connectivity, while NAS solutions typically use TCP/IP networks, such as Ethernet. But the …
Git – Basic Branching and Merging
Be organized with your git, especially if you have worldwide contributers. git checkout -b iss53 Switched to a new branch “iss53” This is shorthand for: $ git branch iss53 $ git checkout iss53 Figure 19. Creating a new branch pointer You work on your website and do some commits. Doing so moves the iss53 branch forward, because …
knife.rb explained
source: https://gist.github.com/jtimberman/1718805 # Knife Configuration File. # # This is a Ruby DSL to set configuration parameters for Knife’s # general options. The default location for this file is # ~/.chef/knife.rb. If multiple Chef repositories are used, # per-repository configuration files can be created. A per repository # configuration file must be .chef/knife.rb in the …
Dockerize an SSH service | Docker Documentation
I want to make a fancy environment for testing out CI/CD methods, but don’t want a larger cloud bill next month. SO I fired up an ancient linux server old desktop. to begin with I want to do stuff with jenkins ssh slave, so I need an ssh server, this worked out of the box. …
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Customer Portal – Password Reset sends ****** — Vtiger
I am not sure if these instructions work for Vtiger 7 or not, will try and maybe update here Hi please check this for vt 6.5 password reset problem: in file soap/customerportal.php line 1140 find this code: ********************************** if (!empty($adb->query_result($res, 0, ‘cryptmode’))) { $password = ‘*****’; // TODO – we need to send link to …
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Jenkins and Chef: Infrastructure CI and Automated Deployment
Remember for your interview and even more important to keep that job! Jenkins does infrastructure as code Chef as well as puppet do configuration management Git is a Source Code Management (SCM) system not software configuration management system https://github.com/gchq/BoilingFrogs/issues/5 So you need all 3 Manage your code updates, even scripts in Github. Git remember every …
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Who knew ? #Email Client Market Share and Popularity – April 2018 – #Outlook is distant 5th
Outlook refuses to connect to Linux Dovecot / Postfix (Linux which MS claims to now love) I will now test my servers for usefulness on Androids and Iphones and webmail that I configure!!!1 Way toooooooo many wasted nights trying to get it to work. Just let it go. #1 Apple …
Set up a Postfix Mail Server With Dovecot and Squirrelmail on Ubuntu 16.04 – 1&1
Simple setup for Postfix without MySql. I am following directions from link at the end. Firewall Access You will need to set your firewall(s) to allow access to the following ports: SMTP: 25 POP3: 110 IMAP: 143 SMTP Secure: 465 MSA: 587 IMAP Secure: 993 POP3 Secure: 995 … Configure Postfix After the installation is complete, run the command to configure Postfix: …
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WooCommerce Shortcodes Comprehensive Guide Product Categories Product Categories
Product Categories Product Categories allow you to add product categories loop and output with this shortcode: [product_category category=”one”]. For the purpose of categories section, here are seven more attributes you can apply to this shortcode: ‘number‘ => ‘null‘, – This shortcode represent the number of categories. ‘orderby‘ => ‘name‘, – This shortcode represent the order, “name” and “date” …
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