http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/ 2026-05-05T12:22:44+00:00 http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/ http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=ansible&rev=1777590817&do=diff Ansible How to install Ansible On a Linux machine. This may also we a WSL machine do the following: sudo apt get update sudo apt install ansible sudo apt install sshpass Installation is complete! Configure Ansible To configure Ansible create an inventory file. Make a directory on the root the Linux Directory: text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=aws_commands&rev=1777590817&do=diff AWS CLI Commands Get AWS EC2 instance information and format into a table aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=tag-key,Values=Name --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].{IP:PrivateIpAddress,Instance:InstanceId,AZ:Placement.AvailabilityZone,Name:Tags[?Key=='Name']|[0].Value}" --output table --color off text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=aws_info&rev=1777590817&do=diff AWS Information ---------- Route 53 Inbound Endpoint * Forwards DNS queries to any zone from on-prem DNS (For example) (whether it is a Hosted Zone in your Account, another account in Publically) using the the Route 53 resolver. * These queries are passed back from the resolver back to the inbound endpoint and back to the on-prem text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=configure_postfix_relay&rev=1777590817&do=diff Configure Postfix Mail Relay It is assumed that following has been configured: * You have a primary mail Server. Click here to configure a Mail Server * You have a Postfix mail relay Server. Click here to configure a Postfix mail relay Relay Server Tasks First install the following: text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=github_commands&rev=1777590817&do=diff GitHub Commands The following are all commands performed at a Linux terminal To create a new folder on Github: git add foldername Note: A folder must already exist in the location where the repository has been cloned To create a file under a folder: text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=install_rancher&rev=1777590817&do=diff Install Rancher on Kubernetes/Docker Note: The instructions below will only work with Docker installed as the Container runtime for Kubernetes 1. Run the following on the Kubernetes Host machine docker run -d --restart=unless-stopped \ -p 8080:80 -p 8443:443 \ --privileged \ rancher/rancher:latest text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=kubernetes_install&rev=1777590817&do=diff How to install Kubernetes on Ubuntu 20.04 1. Install Ubuntu 20.04 2. Run the following using sudo privileges: disable swap or Kubernetes will NOT work sudo swapoff -a sudo rm /swap.img sed "-i.bak" '/swap.img/d' /etc/fstab 3. Disable firewalling within Linux text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=kubernetes_nfs_provisioner&rev=1777590817&do=diff Install Kubernetes NFS Provisioner 1. Ensure the NFS Commons package is installed on ALL nodes in the Cluster sudo apt install nfs-common 2. Ensure Helm is installed 3. Add helm repo helm repo add nfs-subdir-external-provisioner https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/ text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=kubernetes_training&rev=1777590817&do=diff Kubernetes Training & Commands IMPORTANT: TO RESET KUBERNETES AND START AGAIN AFTER ISSUES RUN KUBEADM RESET kubectl create namespace amit kubectl delete namespace amit kubectl get pods –namespace amit kubectl get deployments –namespace amit text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=lets_encrypt_certificate&rev=1777590817&do=diff Obtain certificate from LetsEncrypt Install Do you the following at a BASH prompt: apt install python2-minimal apt install certbot Obtain Cert certbot certonly –email admin@flakie.org –manual –preferred-challenges dns –server https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory –agree-tos d 'orionmail.org,*.orionmail.org' text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=linux_cifs_mount&rev=1777590817&do=diff How to mount CIFS share in Linux First start by installing the CIFS Utilities: sudo apt install cifs-utils Once complete the following command can be used to mount a share: sudo mount -t cifs -o credentials=/root/.smb //amzfsxbfcprd.d04.tes.local/ReportBundle text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=linux_commands&rev=1777590817&do=diff Linux Commands Below are a list of useful Linux commands Find release version of Linux lsb_release -a Append contents within file cat <<EOF | tee -a /etc/ssh/sshd_config permitrootlogon yes EOF Replace contents within a file cat <<EOF | tee /etc/ssh/sshd_config permitrootlogon yes EOF text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=packer_vmware&rev=1777590817&do=diff Creating VMware Ubuntu 20.04 Images with Packer Packer is a tool used to create automated machine Images. 1. Ensure all Packer files are present and correct in the following folder: C:\Packer\vsphere\ubuntu20 2. Packer needs a HTTP Server to seed files from. Use another Linux Server to serve these files from. Use the tutorial text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=postfix_relay_server&rev=1777590817&do=diff How to create a Postfix relay Server To create a Postfix relay Server ensure you have the appropriate Linux distribution installed on a Virtual Server. Install postfix Type the following command to install postfix: sudo apt install postfix You need to select mail server type: text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=python_coding&rev=1777590817&do=diff Python Coding Basics Print print("Welcome to NetworkChuck Coffee!!!!") The command below prints to the screen Variables name = input("What is your name? ") The variable name allows for input Concatenation print("Hello " + name + ", thank you for coming in today!\n") text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=python_simple_http_server&rev=1777590817&do=diff Create Simple HTTP Server with Python On any Linux machine type python3 -m http.server 8080 The above will bring up a simple HTTP Server that can service files. See below: [screenshot_2022-05-03_070023.jpg] text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=raspberrypi_email_server&rev=1777590817&do=diff Create Raspberry Pi Email Server Prerequisites * Install Raspberry Pi OS on Pi Board * Ensure SSH access to Pi Implement Postfix and Dovecot sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install postfix sudo apt-get install dovecot-common dovecot-imapd text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=send_test_email_powershell&rev=1777590817&do=diff Send a test email from PowerShell Use the following PowerShell command: Send-TestEmail -SMTPServer email-smtp.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com -Username AKIAYO4ERWIBKIUIEAGN -FromEmail amit.patel@ssc.equans.co.uk -ToEmail amit.patel@equans.com -Port 587 text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=start&rev=1777590817&do=diff HOME WIKI ---------- Kubernetes For Kubernetes training: click here Install Kubernetes: click here Install NFS Provisioner click here Install Rancher on Kubernetes/Docker click here ---------- Certificates For obtaining Lets Encrypt certificates: click here ---------- Linux How to mount a CIFS share in Linux text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=terraform&rev=1777590817&do=diff Test text/html 2026-04-30T23:13:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://dokuwiki.flakie.org/doku.php?id=test123&rev=1777590817&do=diff AWS CLI Commands Get AWS EC2 instance information and format into a table aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=tag-key,Values=Name --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].{IP:PrivateIpAddress,Instance:InstanceId,AZ:Placement.AvailabilityZone,Name:Tags[?Key=='Name']|[0].Value}" --output table --color off