Multiple Virtual Computers in Minutes – Vagrant Multimachine

You can install multiple virtual computers in minutes. This example shows how to install two Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machines and configure SSH – in a couple minutes.

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Aikataulu – Linuxin keskitetty hallinta – 3 op, vanha OPS – loppusyksy 2017 p5 – Puppet

Control 10 computers. Or 100. Or 1000. Use Puppet, the tool used by US Gov (security baseline), Mozilla, Google (laptops and desktops) and Wikipedia. Just write what you want (idempotency). Control almost everything with one system (single source of truth). … Continue reading

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Apply Puppet Resources Top Down – ordering=manifest – Order without Require

By default Puppet manifest ordering is arbitrary. You either have to use require a lot or apply your modules twice. But there is an easy fix: $ sudoedit /etc/puppet.conf [main] ordering = manifest # …

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Aikataulu – Palvelinten hallinta ict4tn022-3 – 5 op, uusi OPS – loppusyksy 2017 p5

Control 10 computers. Or 100. Or 1000. Use Puppet, the tool used by US Gov (security baseline), Mozilla, Google (laptops and desktops) and Wikipedia. Just write what you want (idempotency). Control almost everything with one system (single source of truth). … Continue reading

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Teaching Puppet Configuration Management in The National Library of Finland

I’m very happy to get a change to talk about Puppet in the National Library of Finland. Working with experienced professionals makes an interesting day. I have used their Finto ontology to create one of the largest free Finnish-English dictonaries … Continue reading

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Firefox System Wide Settings – /etc/firefox/syspref.js

Firefox preferences for all users are in /etc/firefox/syspref.js. You can copy settings from your current user preferences.

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Aikataulu – Linuxin keskitetty hallinta – ict4tn011-9 – loppukevät 2016

Hallitse palvelimiasi ja työasemiasi Pupetilla. Kuvaile tavoitetila, ja anna Pupetin tehdä tarvittavat säädöt ja asetukset. Pupettia käyttävät mm. Google, Mozilla ja Wikipedia. USA:n valtio suojaa Windows- ja Linux-työasemansa Pupetilla (US Government Security Baseline).

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Preseed MySQL Server Password with Salt Stack

MySQL is the most popular multi-user database in the world. When you install MySQL Server automatically, you must set database root password without asking user to type it. On Debian and Ubuntu, you can use Preseed to answer installer (apt-get) … Continue reading

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Free SSL Certs, 50 Salt Slaves, 5 USD Raspberry Pi, Free Home Automation

Get free SSL cert for your business. Deploy and configure 50 servers to DigitalOcean. Buy RaspBerry Pi Zero for 5 USD (*actual price may vary). Automate your home. Read Ashkan’s thesis while he writes it.

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Salt Master-Minion with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – Control Your Slaves over the Internet

Would you like to control many computers (slaves, minions) from one master computer? Salt-minions connect to master to retrieve instructions. Slaves then configure themselves to the target state: they install software, make settings and start daemons.

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