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05 Nov 2015

Puppet Practicioner Course - Day 3

Extra reading Puppet type reference https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html * very valuable lookup for type information Puppet Visual Index https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_visual_index.html * great examples of code syntax Puppet On The edge http://puppet-on-the-edge.blogspot.be * good for bleeding-edge information…

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  • puppet

04 Nov 2015

Puppet practitioner Course - Day 2

Create a new module Either create directory tree modules directory structure modules - foo-module |\- manifests | \-init.pp | |-class2.pp |\-examples | \-init.pp |\-files |\-templates \-rspec The modules can then be declared using include foo-module * Note this would need to contain a class called "foo-module" include foo-module::class2.…

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  • puppet

03 Nov 2015

Puppet Practitioner Course - Day 1

Notes from the Puppet Practitioner training course Refresher - a puppet run 1. Puppet Agent will run a facter collection 2. Puppet Agent will request a catalog from the master 3. Puppet Master will generate a catalog using the code on the master 4. Puppet Master will send the catalog…

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  • puppet

01 Oct 2015

CentOS 7 tuned parameters misinterpreted

I came across an issue where the parameters applied to a new tuned profile were misinterpreted by tuned and incorrect characters were written to grub.conf. For instance, it added spaces between the CPU core numbers and enclosed it in square brackets, much in line with a JSON string format…

01 Oct 2015 Read More
  • centos
  • tuned

27 Sep 2015

Upgrading a Dell Compellent from 8GBPs FC to 16Gbps FC

We approached this in a phased manner, connecting 2 x old FC switches to the existing 8Gbps ports on the compellent (Fault Domain A and Fault Domain B), then connected the new 16Gbps interfaces to new FC switches on new Fault Domain C and new Fault Domain D. We are…

27 Sep 2015 Read More
  • fibre channel
  • dell
  • storage

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