Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Nov 02, 2009
Tags: http basic auth, mysql, rails
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I recently had to develop a small application for a client. The goal was to add a feature to grown Java web application.
As the software was maintained for several years there are users with old an new MySql passwords in the system.
Continue Reading…Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Oct 14, 2009
Tags: chef, opschef, opscode, opscookbook, sysadmin
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Recent releases of chef from opscode provide a new resource: ruby_block
This is really great news as this allows for interesting problem solving.
Consider you want to do a very special HTTP request. E.g. a GET to localhost but with custom “Host” header information.
Continue Reading…Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Oct 13, 2009
Tags: apache2, chef, opschef, opscode, opscookbook, sysadmin
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Install and run the webalizer with Chef from Opscode
http://github.com/ehaselwanter/cookbooks/tree/COOK-195/webalizer
As DRY as possible ;-)
Continue Reading…Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Oct 11, 2009
Tags: ping.fm, radiantcms
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I just created a simple Ping.fm extension for RadiantCMS on github: ping.fm extension
With this you can have updates to your site automatically send details to your
Ping.fm account. All you’ll need to do is provide your account information in the Radiant::Config settings.
Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Oct 11, 2009
Tags: chef, Glassfish, java, opschef, opscookbook, Sun
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Install and run the Sun Glassfish Application Server from Sun with Chef from Opscode
At the moment its really dumb and just installs Glassfish and runs it:
http://github.com/ehaselwanter/cookbooks/tree/COOK-191/glassfish/
Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Sep 29, 2009
Tags: ant, centos, cruise, Thougthworks
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This is on howto use apache ant 1.7.1 in Cruise 1.2 from Thoughtworks
Continue Reading…Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Jul 31, 2009
Tags: http_request, opschef, opscode
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Added support for custom header options in chef for the http_request
Opscode Chef Ticket
Resolved on Github
Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Jun 28, 2009
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Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on May 13, 2009
Tags: ssh
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You have to convert the key like so:
ssh-keygen -i -f id_dsa_2048_a.pub >>.ssh/authorized_keys
Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Mar 13, 2009
Tags: chef, environment 2.0, iclassify, opschef, opscode, opscookbook, puppet
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There is a new kid on the configuration management block Chef from Opscode. Here is a blog post about Puppet vs. Chef.
Chef is kind of Puppet with integrated iClassify and a rubyish configuration DSL. No wonder, Adam Jacob joined forces on Chef.
You can find it on github
Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Mar 13, 2009
Tags: java, tomcat
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If tomcat just respondes with HTTP 500 and you find something like
1 2 org.apache.tomcat.jni.Error: Too many open files 3 at org.apache.tomcat.jni.Socket.accept(Native Method) 4 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Acceptor.run(AprEndpoint.java:1110) 5 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) 6 Mar 12, 2009 12:01:34 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Acceptor run 7 SEVERE: Socket accept failed
Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Mar 09, 2009
Tags: apache, apache2, centos, ssl, virtualhost
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Here is a very good HOWTO for setting up an SSL secured Webserver with CentOS
ensure there is no ssl.conf for the default VirtualServer in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ or incorporate your changes there.
Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Mar 06, 2009
Tags: amazon, aws, cloud, cron, ebs, ec2, environment 2.0
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yum install xfsprogs
according to Thread: Debian Lenny and XFS causes kernel panic: Suggested Workaround
mkfs.xfs -l version=1 /dev/sdh
insert into /etc/fstab
/dev/sdh /vol/shared xfs noatime 0 0
mount the volume
mount /vol/shared
Posted by Edmund Haselwanter on Nov 30, 2008
Tags: ami, aws, cruise, cruise control, ec2, environment 2.0, git, github
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