Linux

Ansible-Pull

Ansible is an awesome tool for ensuring configuration, but it can be difficult to orchestrate. Ansible-pull is a lightweight solution.

Linux Filesystems

In depth on the FS.

Shell Completion for kubectl

Shell completion makes the command line so much easier.

Raspberry Pi Wifi Bridge

For when you need to share the wifi.

Redirecting Output

Grab stdout and stderr, and tell it where it can go.

Reverse Shell

Fun ways to open a prompt.

Rosetta Stone for Unix

Mapping commands between Unix, Linux and BSD.

How to Backup Ceph Block Storage

2015-03-05

Ceph is designed for replication, but what if you just want a traditional back up?

scripts linux

How to Cluster Kubernetes on RHEL 7

2014-08-21

Distribute Kubernetes on to multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 machines!

scripts linux

How to Install Kubernetes on RHEL 7

2014-08-18

Install Kubernetes on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Docker awesomeness.

scripts linux

How to Build a Diskless Cluster

2014-03-27

Create a truly diskless cluster, provisioned to RAM via PXE boot.

scripts pxe linux

Script to add users to LDAP

2013-09-17

Add users to LDAP and configure group memberships via a Bash script.

scripts shell linux

Howto: Shrink VMWare VMDK Files

2013-09-11

Virtual machine images tend to grow over time, causing exported machine images to be unnecessarily large. Here’s how to remove the excess baggage.

virtualization linux

Reddit Lessons Learned

2013-08-27

Scaling a web service is hard. Here's what Reddit learned from the growing pains.

linux network scalability

Queueing in the Linux Network Stack

2013-08-08

An interesting article on Linux network queueing and buffer optimizations.

linux network

Finding Duplicate UIDs

2013-05-17

Python script for finding duplicate user IDs on a Linux system.

scripts python linux

Create Linux Spanned Volume

2012-12-18

Bash script for finding and creating a spanned volume for ephemeral drives in AWS.

scripts shell linux

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