@Pete-S said in KVM networking with libvirt (virsh) questions:
@JaredBusch said in KVM networking with libvirt (virsh) questions:
I assume that Debian 11 uses NetworkManager? I don't have a clean Debian system running KVM to check.I will check.
No, debian 11 doesn't use NetworkManager by default, at least not on servers (package is called network-manager).
So nmcli is not available.
@JaredBusch said in KVM networking with libvirt (virsh) questions:
I assume that Debian 11 uses NetworkManager? I don't have a clean Debian system running KVM to check.
I will check.
@scottalanmiller said in Save shell session to disk?:
@Pete-S said in Save shell session to disk?:
The problem is that I want to save the unix shell session on the server. Screen buffers, environment variables, history, current directory etc. So I can resume my work later from the same point.
So there are two ways to do this...
Work in an idempotent way and be stateless. Basically doing functional programming. Huge pain and no one does this. But this is how this would be handled.
Live without the ability to survive a SERVER side reboot, and just use screen and it is designed to do this (except for the reboot thing.) You disconnect your session and can pick it back up in situ from anywhere.
Number 2 is what I do today.
@scottalanmiller said in Save shell session to disk?:
@JaredBusch said in Save shell session to disk?:
It almost never happens that I know ahead of time, and I do not like to launch screen for no reason.
That totally gets me, too.
That's why you should launch ssh like this:
ssh [email protected] -t screen -RR
If you don't have a session going it will create one.
If you had a session going but it was interrupted, it will reconnect to it automatically.
And it's completely transparent from the users point of view. No need to run any screen commands or keyboard shortcuts.
Especially good in these situations:
I'm using MacVTap driver on plain kvm (debian 11) but I don't understand how kvm networking configuration using libvirt relates to the linux networking configuration.
When I create a network using virsh I would expect /etc/networking/interfaces on the host to also contain my newly created networks but it doesn't.
I'm probably looking at the wrong things or with the wrong tools. But when I search, I find old information that isn't current. Right now I don't know where to look cause I don't know how it works.
What I'm trying to accomplish is to find out what linux utilities (not libvirt related) I have that I can use to inspect what has actually happened "under the hood".
Any ideas on how I should learn what I don't understand?
@ITivan80 said in Save shell session to disk?:
You might want to use Putty as a choice.
Thanks, I do sometimes on Windows but the problem I have isn't saving ssh sessions on the client, such as login credentials, which putty does.
The problem is that I want to save the unix shell session on the server. Screen buffers, environment variables, history, current directory etc. So I can resume my work later from the same point.
@stacksofplates said in Save shell session to disk?:
tmux is really the closest thing I know of, but it won't save to disk or survive a reboot.
Yes, I usually use screen but it won't save or survive a reboot either.
Is there a way you can save a shell session to disk for later recall?
It would save your current directory, environment variables, screen buffer etc.
So if you were working on something, you could resume that later, even if the system had been rebooted.
@scottalanmiller said in Leveraging Zoho Connect:
@Pete-S said in Leveraging Zoho Connect:
So I would disable feeds, groups, channels and ideas from Connect. Streamline it. Use it as a "static" information hub with manuals, links to all apps you use, phone directory (people) and whatever else you might need that is static. Have it setup as the starting page in the browser where applicable.
Trying this, but can't find where to disable.
Try settings on the right top edge.
Should look like this:
I haven't tried which options can be disabled and which cannot.
But under Apps & Features there are some options:
@scottalanmiller said in Leveraging Zoho Connect:
How would you leverage it?
I think the general problem is that Zoho lacks an overall strategy in their apps. They throw the kitchen sink at every app they have. So when you combine them, there is a lot of overlap and redundant functionality.
What people need is clarity and simplicity. Not more information thrown at them or yet another place where information can be found and forgotten.
So I would disable feeds, groups, channels and ideas from Connect. Streamline it. Use it as a "static" information hub with manuals, links to all apps you use, phone directory (people) and whatever else you might need that is static. Have it setup as the starting page in the browser where applicable.
Then leverage Cliq for everything that needs notifications and messaging. Have channels for company wide communication. Use scripts, or things like Zoho Flow, to build automatic notifications for things.
So that what I'm thinking. Have a communication strategy. Use Connect for more static information and as a general hub to find things. Use Cliq for everything that is interesting today and soon forgotten.
That brings much needed clarity to your staff so they know where information will pop up and where they can go and find things.
@scottalanmiller said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:
@Pete-S said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:
@gjacobse said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:
Would any micro form factor pc work? While I would never suggested Lenovo,.. their micro is about that size with 65w power supply... I'd go Dell or ANYONE else over Lenovo!
You have to look carefully at the specific CPU chosen when buying micro form factor PCs.
There are two main series of CPUs in use in the MFF:
U-series CPUs which are what you see in laptops. Ultra low power. Low base frequency, lower amount of cores.
T-series CPUs which you won't see in laptops because they are more powerful and use more power. Higher base frequency and more cores.
We actually want the lower power options (laptop style) normally because power and heat are bigger issues than performance for us in nearly all cases.
Yeah I figured that.
The difference is not insignificant.
A typical i5 would be:
@scottalanmiller said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
@Pete-S said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
@Dashrender said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
@Pete-S said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
@scottalanmiller said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
First the command itself, showing gmail settings here by default but obviously fill in with your own details:
Does it work? I thought gmail required OAuth nowadays and you couldn't use plain username & password for authentication anymore.
gmail still allows the creation of app passwords.
OK, then it works for now I guess.
I always cringe when I see MSPs that set up their clients MFPs and other devices using random gmail accounts.
IMHO it's unprofessional and much better to use a real transactional email service for these kinds of applications.
It depends. If it is going out to customers, then it's weird. If it is for purely internal stuff then transactional email doesn't make too much sense. But if it is internal, normally you can just use whatever internal tool you already have.
Typical scenario with gmail is that someone sets up a MFP to use a random gmail address for sending alerts and scanned documents.
When the user scans the document it's often sent to his own email address [email protected]. So primarily internal.
Well, problem is that gmail saves mail sent over SMTP in the sent folder. Which means that the "printer guy", who if often not even an employee, can read all the scanned document that was ever scanned and emailed by logging in to the gmail account he set up.
And of course sent email coming from outside your domains might be flagged as spam. So people scan documents and it doesn't work. I mean the list of problems is long.
Having printers and devices using internal email address of a domain you control, is not always the best option but I'm fine with that.
@scottalanmiller said in Anyone here using Zoho Sprints?:
Literally deploying it this morning!
Let us know how it goes.
We ended up using the functions in our hosted GitLab instead of tracking things in Zoho Sprint.
But there is always a need to re-evaluate and improve things.
If you want a mic to have good sound, it need to be close to your mouth. It's just physics.
That's why the webcam doesn't do a good job.
I have the same webcam and you can keep using the webcam for the image and pick something else for the sound.
I use the one below, but whatever you use for a smartphone can be paired to your laptop.
@Dashrender said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
@Pete-S said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
IMHO it's unprofessional and much better to use a real transactional email service for these kinds of applications.
such as?
Common providers are postmark, sendgrid, mailgun etc. We use zoho's zeptomail. There is a bunch of them. Search for transactional email providers.
Transactional email is not used for marketing, so it's a different service and providers that offers both separate them.
Deliverability and speed is the important features for transactional mail.
Most providers offers both API and SMTP access so it's easy to set up.
@Dashrender said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
@Pete-S said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
@scottalanmiller said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
First the command itself, showing gmail settings here by default but obviously fill in with your own details:
Does it work? I thought gmail required OAuth nowadays and you couldn't use plain username & password for authentication anymore.
gmail still allows the creation of app passwords.
OK, then it works for now I guess.
I always cringe when I see MSPs that set up their clients MFPs and other devices using random gmail accounts.
IMHO it's unprofessional and much better to use a real transactional email service for these kinds of applications.
@gjacobse said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:
Would any micro form factor pc work? While I would never suggested Lenovo,.. their micro is about that size with 65w power supply... I'd go Dell or ANYONE else over Lenovo!
You have to look carefully at the specific CPU chosen when buying micro form factor PCs.
There are two main series of CPUs in use in the MFF:
U-series CPUs which are what you see in laptops. Ultra low power. Low base frequency, lower amount of cores.
T-series CPUs which you won't see in laptops because they are more powerful and use more power. Higher base frequency and more cores.
@travisdh1 said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:
The NUCs are just a pain. Too many warranty claims (like 8-10% of new units out of the ~150 I deployed over 2 years). To make matters even harder, the OEM only warranties RAM/storage. So you have two different companies you have to deal with warranty repair/replace issues with.
That's a lot. Intel usually know what they're doing when designing PCs.
I've never had to RMA any of them but I've not deployed as many as you have.
Is it just one kind of failure or is it different?
@scottalanmiller said in Send an Email via SMTP from Command Line with cURL:
First the command itself, showing gmail settings here by default but obviously fill in with your own details:
Does it work? I thought gmail required OAuth nowadays and you couldn't use plain username & password for authentication anymore.