Create a new Virtualenv virtualenv {name_of_virtualenv} Interactively load the virtualenv source ./{name_of_virtualenv}/bin/activate Work in the virtualenv cd ~/{name_of_virtualenv} git clone {repo} pip install -r ./{repo}/requirements.txt ./{repo}/{some_thing}.py Or, to run a python script within a virtualenv once (e.…
I encountered this on CentOS 7.2 Overview A server had a bad entry in /etc/fstab. This wasn't critical for the operation of the Linux OS (i.e. it wasn't / , /var etc), just a data filesystem. In this case, LVM hadn't quite been…
When using Cobbler as Puppet's External Node Classifier, the Kictstart Metadata parameters configured in Cobbler override those derived from Puppet (e.g. using facts). Cobbler Metadata example [root@cobblerserver ~]# cobbler distro report --name=centos7.4-x86_64 | grep Metadata Kickstart Metadata : {'operatingsystemrelease': '7.2.1511'…
Problem Over time the rear wiper motor had stopped and the rear boot/tailgate/trunk lock had also failed to lock/unlock with central locking. As the decline had been both gradual and intermittent (with both failures at different times), I'd put this down to moisture probably getting…
Problem: I came across a Cobbler error when trying to edit a profile. [robbie@cobbler ~]# cobbler profile edit --name=centos7 --ksmeta='operatingsystemrelease=7.2.1511' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/bin/cobbler", line 36, in <module> sys.exit(app.main()) File "/usr/…