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Onward & Upward, Into the Wide Blue Yonder and the Great Unknown

Today was the end of the beginning. I've been a little out of sorts for the past few weeks and I don't really know how to write this post. I've rewritten this thing nearly a dozen times so I'll just get it over with by acknowledging the past, say thank

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Auto-deploy an OpenStack-Ansible using "nova boot" with user-data

Building an OpenStack-Ansible test deployment within an OpenStack cloud has never been simpler; just boot the node, pass some user-data, profit! Before building instances, check the system requirements to ensure you're building VMs of an adequate size. If you're access to the OpenStack environment is through horizon simply go to

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Getting access to a telnet console on IPv6

Within the OpenStack infra system we're now seeing gate jobs run on clouds using IPv6 as the public interface; The Rackspace and Intel cloud (OSIC) is one such environment. This means that if you're like me, you watch the gate like a crazy person, and you're on an ISP that

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RCBOPS Stack in a BOX

So you want to try OpenStack? Want to build a cloud? Want to try OpenStack? Curious how the OpenStack Cloud eco system all works? In the past you, the cloud operator, had to have a lot of tribal knowledge to simply stand OpenStack up. In later releases OpenStack became more

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Debian LNMP on a Cloud Server

So you have decided to get a Cloud Server and you want to install a LNMP stack on your server. This is a total possibility and all you have to do is enter a few commands. I am sure that you have heard of a LAMP stack on a Linux

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Cloud Server Migration

Here is what this Tool / Article Does This write up and script will migrate any Linux instance from one place to another. While there are always caveats in all things Technology, I have been successful in migrating instances that were locally created as well as on several Cloud Providers. While

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Building a better Cloud

Thoughts on Building a better Cloud Over the past few weeks I have been asked several times how I would setup a new infrastructure using the Cloud. While this is like asking someone to design a Rain Cloud, You can not design a rain cloud but you can seed a

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Monitoring Network Traffic in Linux

Basic but Essential Network Monitoring Basic Administration principles state that you, the administrator, should have a strong grasp on what your server is doing at all times. One Major metric that is sometimes missed is overall network activity. The metrics gained by proper network monitoring can reveal your traffic trends

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Calculating Possible Bandwidth in by Link Speed and hours active

So you want to calculate what the possible bandwidth is for a specific Network Interface on an hourly basis. I have written a simple BASH script that will do all of the calculations for you, including assisting you with estimating error. You can get this script here You can also

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Geek Speak for Coffee Maker

RFC 2324 Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0) Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.

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Debian LAMP on a Cloud Server

So you have decided to get a Cloud Server and you want to install a LAMP stack on your server. Well this is totally possible. All you have to do is issues these few commands. After you issue these commands the server will install: Apache, PHP 5.3, MySQL # Update

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Calculating Possible Bandwidth in a Month by Link Speed

Have you ever wanted to calculate what the possible bandwidth is for a specific Network Interface? Well if so then you are in luck, I have written a simple BASH script that will do all of the calculations for you, including assisting you with estimating error. You can get this

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NGINX PHP-FPM and a separated UNIX File Socket

NGINX, PHP-FPM, all running on a separated UNIX File system Socket. If this statement is making you wonder why you are here, you are: A. Intrigued B. Google brought you to the wrong Web Site. If you happen to be in category B, I apologize press back and try again.

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Journey into Rackspace

A new part of my life has started over this last week. I have started at Rackspace Hosting and so far life at Rackspace has been GREAT! People at the Castle are friendly and very helpful. Rackspace is a great place to work, and working at Rackspace is an experience