Posts made by RamblingBiped

@wirestyle22 said in wget vs. curl:

@travisdh1 said in wget vs. curl:

@jaredbusch said in wget vs. curl:

@wirestyle22 said in wget vs. curl:

@travisdh1 said in wget vs. curl:

@wirestyle22 said in wget vs. curl:

curl supports FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, RTMP and RTSP.

wget supports HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.

wget is part of the GNU project and all copyrights are assigned to FSF.

curl project is entirely stand-alone and independent with no organization parenting at all
curl offers upload and sending capabilities. .

Seems to me we should be using curl 99% of the time and wget when we have to deal with a lot of things simultaneously? Am I judging that correctly? Otherwise there does not seem to be a benefit.

I tend to use wget, just because it's what I'm used to. I know curl can do more, but being able to do more isn't always the simple/quick way to go about things, unless you're doing one of @scottalanmiller's one-liners.

Just a thought I had when I was testing some stuff on my vultr instance. You'll likely have both.

Curl is native to RHEL/Fedora based systems. While wget has to be added.

Yep, and it's so automatic to install nano and wget for me that it's almost an afterthought, in addition to any VM templates I have available.

Same. I'd imagine it's the same type of argument as nano vs. vi

If you're not using vi/vim, you're just wrong. No real argument.

Realistically, regardless of preference for wget, you should understand how to use curl. (same with vi)

I think I'm at a point that I've specialized enough that I get no value whatsoever (personally) by interacting on SpiceWorks.

Another thing to consider is whether this is a workload you are managing as a service, or whether you are providing support to an end user using an endpoint to access services that you support. If it is an end user, the quickest route to addressing the problem is frequently having them reboot. There are usually far too many variables, that directly correlate to the other human in the equation, to afford a reasonable amount of time to adequately diagnose the root cause of the problem(s) they are experiencing.

However, if you are managing a service it is probably better to take a bit of time beforehand and set up proactive monitoring that will provide metrics that can be used to establish baseline patterns and trends that can in turn be observed and used to identify deviations that lead to undesirable application and system states. This will allow you to detect anomalous states and enable auto-healing features that will automatically remedy issues before they get to the point that a reboot is the necessary remediation.

If you are managing immutable/stateless workloads (containers/microservices) that use a service oriented architecture, this is much easier to implement and manage. If you're dealing with traditional monolithic applications it can up the difficulty of implementation by quite a bit.

This one came out of left field for me as well. I regularly watch Charlie Rose in the mornings on CBS while eating breakfast and getting ready for work, and occasionally watched his interviews on PBS.

What a let-down.

DevOps Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, and Cloud Engineers are all highly desired skillsets in my current market. It seems like almost all of the positions are looking for a balanced blend of development, systems administration, and systems engineering experience.

Assuming you would rarely, if ever, need to access the data; AWS Glacier could be an affordable alternative:

$0.004 per GB / month

https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/pricing/

@scottalanmiller said in Learning Git:

@ramblingbiped said in Learning Git:

Atlassian's Bitbucket is another free repository.

Not free like GitLab. GL is free repos, free users.

Yes, I understand that. Free like github.

Also, this might be useful:

https://github.com/agis/git-style-guide

https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-git

Atlassian's Bitbucket is another free repository.

At my previous job we used Redmine. It's an open source application built on RoR and customizable.

http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki

A shared online demo can be found at http://demo.redmine.org/. It's been setup to give registered users the ability to create their own projects. This means once you register, you can create your own project on there and try out the project administration features.

@aaronstuder said in PiHole for Friends and Family:

@black3dynamite said in PiHole for Friends and Family:

@aaronstuder said in PiHole for Friends and Family:

@scottalanmiller it’s a Mac

Use Python.

Sadly all I know about Python is it’s a snake...

Use bash?

@aaronstuder said in Pi Hole:

@ramblingbiped how did it go?

I really like the design of the UI and they did a great job on installation and configuration of the software. I spun it up and changed the DNS configuration for my Google Fiber account so that all devices on my network get assigned PiHole for their DNS, and et voila; I'm in business.

I haven't really noticed any improvement in the quality of internet, but it seems to be working.

I'm finally taking the time to sit down and install this on an Ubuntu VM right now.

When I was involved in making those decisions at my last company I went with 7000-series Dell Latitudes and had zero complaints.

If money wasn't an option I would probably go with MacBook Pros and all the overpriced associated Mac hardware (monitors, magic trackpads, keyboards, etc..). I've been using a MacBook Pro for the last year and in comparison to my previous Dell Latitude 7440 it performs better and is more stable for what I do.

If saving a boatload of money is your goal, you should check into certified resellers for Dell. There are numerous companies on Ebay that will sell you certified refurbished units with Dell's full warranty for huge savings.

Hmm... This could be a fun project to script your own dynamic DNS service via a cronjob and your Domain Name provider's api. (if that's a thing that is available)

...research starting...

---edit adding initial research results---

Using the API to update your Dynamic DNS record
Dynamic DNS client software automatically updates your dynamic DNS record. You can perform updates manually with the API by making making a POST request (GET is also allowed) to the following url:
https://domains.google.com/nic/update

The API requires HTTPS. Here’s an example request:
https://username:[email protected]/nic/update?hostname=subdomain.yourdomain.com&myip=1.2.3.4

Note: You must set a user agent in your request as well. Web browsers will generally add this for you when testing via the above url. In any case, the final HTTP request sent to our servers should look something like this:

Example HTTP query:
POST /nic/update?hostname=subdomain.yourdomain.com&myip=1.2.3.4 HTTP/1.1
Host: domains.google.com
Authorization: Basic base64-encoded-auth-string User-Agent: Chrome/41.0 [email protected]

Request Parameters:

Parameter Required/Optional Description
username:password Required The generated username and password associated with the host that is to be updated.
hostname Required The hostname to be updated.
myip Optional
(Required if you have an IPv6 address) The IP address to which the host will be set. If not supplied, we’ll use the IP of the agent that sent the request.
Note: Because the address must be an IPv4 address, myip is required if your agent uses an IPv6 address. You can check your agent’s IP address by going to https://domains.google.com/checkip.

offline Optional Sets the current host to offline status. If an update request is performed on an offline host, the host is removed from the offline state.
Allowed values are
yes
no
One of the following responses will be returned after the request is processed.

I think a curl against ifconfig.me works as well.

@dustinb3403 said in The Ultimate KVM setup:

@wirestyle22 said in The Ultimate KVM setup:

@dustinb3403 said in The Ultimate KVM setup:

@wirestyle22 said in The Ultimate KVM setup:

@dustinb3403 said in The Ultimate KVM setup:

@wirestyle22 said in The Ultimate KVM setup:

@dustinb3403 said in The Ultimate KVM setup:

@wirestyle22 said in The Ultimate KVM setup:

@emad-r said in The Ultimate KVM setup:

I got triggered cause there can be only 1 KVM MASTER

It's weird that you're attempting to take the KVM Master role with a GUI install

Why is that any more weird? The CLI is still there to be used, but as far as a tool goes, a GUI is just another one. . .

It's wasted resources. I'd think the KVM Master would be as efficient as possible.

If a tool is needed, why would it be wasted resources? I get what you are trying to get at here, but a tool is a tool is a tool.

If you need a GUI to do something (whatever it is) and it's the best approach "you" know then why bash the tool?

So my old users who say they can't operate a computer shouldn't learn the right way to file things digitally. We should be okay with her using paper because she understands that? I understand what you're saying, but how far down that rabbit hole do we go?

Why would your user be the administrator of the computer? Why are CLI's the golden child tool, and GUI's are the bastard tools?

My point is it's a tool to be used, why not use it if it's available?

It's just an argument for learning the most efficient/best way to do things. I have a lot of failures and some successes with my learning, but I am learning how to do things in the most efficient way I can.

We could start installing hyper-v as a role because i don't know powershell, but the reality is i should learn powershell to manage hyper-v anyway.

The argument is flawed though.

Tools are only meant to make the process efficient. You're stating that using a GUI is counter efficiency. Which in terms of resources required to use the GUI, makes sense.

But the GUI it's self is there to eliminate wasted time remembering powershell (and human error) by providing a button to start a specific VM etc.

That's what scripts are for...

"Ultimate KVM Setup" = "KVM Hypervisor Installation and Configuration for Windows / VMWare Users"?

Not gonna lie, thoughts of virt-manager GUI makes me feel a little dirty.

Why do we need a Fedora box for virt-manager? You should be able to install it on any flavor of linux, including a VM being run on your Hypervisor. As long as you have X-forwarding you can just connect over SSH and initialize it remotely.

@dustinb3403 said in SW account issues - verify you are not a spambot:

@ramblingbiped said in SW account issues - verify you are not a spambot:

They have a banner up at the top of the community site asking you to reconfirm your email to unlock all of Spicework's features.

I'm considering not bothering. I haven't really got much value from the community over the last couple of years.

@nerdydad said in SW account issues - verify you are not a spambot:

I'm not bothering either. I really only go over there when somebody here posts something over there. I have too much to do in my current job to be interested in their shenanigans.

The issue is even if you did click the thing to send a confirmation email, the email they send does nothing to unlock the features.

One of their interns have broken something. . .

They have a banner up at the top of the community site asking you to reconfirm your email to unlock all of Spicework's features.

I'm considering not bothering. I haven't really got much value from the community over the last couple of years.