Puppet Reading List

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Tero Karvinen

*Starting documents are marked with asterisk “*” and bold. Getting Started with Puppet Hello Puppet – on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS* Learning Puppet Master and Slave PuppetMaster on Ubuntu 12.04* Modules Learning Puppet: Modules and Classes (Part One) Learning Puppet: Parameterized … Continue reading →

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Aikataulu – Linuxin keskitetty hallinta – ict4tn011-1

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Tero Karvinen

Hallitse palvelimiasi ja työasemiasi. Tutustu samoihin työkaluihin, joilla Wikipedian Linux-palvelimet ja Googlen työntekijöiden Mac OSX -läppärit hallitaan. Opettaja: Tero Karvinen. Paikka: h5001, Haaga-Helia Pasila, Helsinki. Aika: 2p, 2012 loppukevät w13-w19, torstaisin aamulla 08:15 – 12:00. Linuxin keskitetty hallinta 1 Moodlessa … Continue reading →

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Apache on Vagrant on Ubuntu – "config.vm.forward_port 80, 8080" and 'vagrant reload'

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Tero Karvinen

Vagrant can automatically set your port forwarding to your guest os. This makes web development easy. To follow this article, you should have vagrant installed. Install Apache on Guest In the box (guest OS), install Apache web server box$ sudo apt-get … Continue reading →

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Vagrant on Ubuntu 12.04 – Create and Boot New Virtual Machine in Minutes – apt-get install vagrant

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Tero Karvinen

Vagrant quickly creates a new virtual machine. Settings like automated ssh login and sudo are handled automatically. To follow this artice, you should be familiar with command line, apt-get and ssh. First Time Setup $ sudo apt-get -y install vagrant … Continue reading →

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Demo Coming: 30 Ubuntus Installed & Managed

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Tero Karvinen

Update: Just came from lab and saw it working. The whole lab of 24 computers was installed. Only a couple of computers needed manual reboot (EFI BIOS settings, DHCP timeout). Configuring computers worked, too. AwaseConfigurations is almost ready. They can … Continue reading →

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Ideas for Automation with Centralized Configuration Tool

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Tero Karvinen

You automated everything with cfengine, puppet or fabric. It works so smoothly that you are now looking for some more things to automate. Wireless WEP/WPA passwords, make available to all users in each slave Add shortcuts to desktop Add language … Continue reading →

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Administering 30 Computer Ubuntu Network

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Tero Karvinen

Would you like to install a small, 30 computer network? And manage it, in an automatic way? My students Armens, Henri and Panu decided to answer that question. Their blog has opened at Awaseconfigurations.Wordpress.Com Currently, they are playing with tools … Continue reading →

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Update All Your Computers with a .DEB Repository

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Tero Karvinen

Let all of your computers update your software automatically. Once you’ve packaged your scripts, put them in your own repository. Your workstations and servers can then automatically install latest versions of your programs. Prequisites: Packaging, Apache web server, Command line, … Continue reading →

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Vagrant promises to automate virtual machine creation

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Tero Karvinen

Vagrant promises to automate creation of VirtualBox virtual machines. Vagrant automatically adds ssh access, software and port forwarding. But is Vagrant ready for prime time yet? My students Tuomas Aaltonen, Toni Honkanen and Jesse Lindroos decided to try it out. … Continue reading →

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Create deb metapackage in 5 minutes

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Tero Karvinen

How to install your 200 favourite programs automatically? Latest versions with bug fixes, please. Create a metapackage. Install requirements $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get -y install equivs Create source file Create a skeleton file. Use only small caps … Continue reading →

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