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09 Apr 2016

Extending a Linux LVM volume in VMWare

High level overview The high level steps are as follows 1. VMWare – extend filesystem 2. fdisk -l – check sizes before rescans 3. To scan an existing device: a. echo 1 > /sys/block/{device}/device/rescan 4. To scan for a new device a. echo "- - -"…

09 Apr 2016 Read More
  • linux
  • LVM

09 Apr 2016

Troubleshooting Puppet YAML errors

The problem If, when running puppet, you see the following error, it is probably not directly a fault with the init.pp file it mentions in the error code, rather a problem with a hiera lookup referenced in that line (thus in this case a problem parsing YAML). Error: Could…

09 Apr 2016 Read More
  • puppet
  • yaml

09 Apr 2016

Overriding puppet facts

Use export FACTER_myfactname=overridevalue, e.g. export FACTER_countrycode=USA puppet agent -t This is useful when a fact is normally set during the initial puppet run, but the node catalog won’t compile until the fact is already set on the node (i.e. if you can’t…

09 Apr 2016 Read More
  • puppet

09 Apr 2016

Multiple values in Cisco CLI

Multiple interfaces can be specified when running queries, such as sh run int et17,18,19 (to show the running config of int et17, et18 and et19 all at once)…

09 Apr 2016 Read More
  • cisco
  • ios

29 Mar 2016

Pulp create non-mirrored repos

Creating new Pulp Repos which are not mirrored from the web Lets assume I have created a package called drinda. I don't have any mirrors from the web I can source this from, I simply have a single RPM containing the software Log into Pulp (requires a session…

29 Mar 2016 Read More
  • pulp

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