James J

Sysadmin/Engineer/Developer

Blog

13 May 2020

Setting up Network Bound Disk Encryption(NBDE) on CentOS 8

Description Setup Tang server. Setup Clevis client Install Clevis Conclusion / Demo. Extra - Delete the tang server association  ...

18 Dec 2019

Update CUDA from 9.1 to 10.1

Description Remove old versions Add repository Install the specific version Add machine learning repository Conclusion   Description Newer software is...

01 Nov 2019

The simplest dpkg you will ever build

Description Directory Structure Customization Build Pre/Post Install (Optional) Conclusion   Description If you have worked with Linux for any length...

14 Oct 2019

Distributed Availability Groups: Creating a new DAG over an exisiting Availability Group

Description Current Status Verify accounts and permissions Create the Listener Join AG2 to the DAG. Verify your work Bring it...

09 Oct 2019

RHEL8: Adding a second drive to LVM

Description Partition Add a partition Tag the partition LVM Add PV to VG Create a new Logical Volume(LV) Extend an...

01 Oct 2019

Centos 8: live updating the kernel using kpatch

Intro Dependencies kernel source Work around Install kpatch Make some changes Building the kernel patch Changes Building Test   Intro...

22 Sep 2019

Instagram: First J Hook on the new Forge Cart

View this post on Instagram First J hook I made using the #forgecart. I was worried about sparks but its...

21 Sep 2019

Instagram: The forgecart lives!

View this post on Instagram The #forgecart lives! I welded a few pieces of #flatstock then put that on top...

17 Sep 2019

RabbitMQ example Consumer and Producer

Description Prepare our Environment Install Ruby Version Manager(RVM) Configure RVM and get bunny Get the code and follow along. Producer...

17 Aug 2019

RabbitMQ overview

What is it? Roles Exchange types CentOS7: Install and Configure Plugins   What is it? Rabbit MQ is a queuing...

16 Aug 2019

Instagram: We had some bees in the cable utility box.

View this post on Instagram We had some bees in the cable utility box. #bees #beekeeper #swarm A post shared...

01 Jul 2019

Instagram: Shaping up to be a nice looking #gladius

View this post on Instagram Shaping up to be a nice looking #gladius. Im sure the handle will be a...

29 May 2019

Image Builder (composer-cli) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8)

  Image Builder - Configuration aka Blueprints Lets start with basic configuration manipulation. Blueprint uses .toml files with a git-like...

15 Mar 2019

Building Syslog-NG with TLS/SSL support on CentOS6

Enabling TLS/SSL for Syslog-NG in CentOS6 The default CentOS6 syslog-ng is not built with ssl/tls support. So, we have to...

03 Mar 2019

Chef: Extending Ohai to include custom data

  Automation seems to be the mantra of DevOps. One of the challenges that comes along with Automation, is the...

09 Feb 2019

Instagram: Blacksmiths Heart

View this post on Instagram Early valentines for my love. @mzdiveyen #blacksmith #blacksmithing #blacksmithingwithlove A post shared by James (@mrdiveyen)...

05 Feb 2019

Docker: Basics

  Docker: Basics   Docker is the underlying technology in the containerization craze sweeping our industry. Should you need multiple...

30 Jul 2018

How to install Google Cloud SDK in CentOS6 without breaking things

  How to install Google Cloud SDK in CentOS6 without breaking things   The long and short of it is...

30 Jun 2018

You don't know GIT!?

You don’t know GIT!? Currently GIT is a relatively common tool for anyone working in the industry. For those of...

22 May 2018

Chef-Solo: Basic cookbook intro using NTP from scratch

  Install the Chef Development Kit I am using CentOS 7. Grab the package appropriate for you from here [root@testbox...