The Misadventures of Penoi

 Jobs stuck in Pending state:

https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/9865

Failed to download metadata for Repo 'Appstream'

# sed -i 's/mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*

# sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*

 Forgot where i got this script to update Virtualboxes. Worth sharing though

#!/bin/bash 

# Find all boxes which have updates

AVAILABLE_UPDATES=`vagrant box outdated --global | grep outdated | tr -d "*'" | cut -d ' ' -f 2`

if [ ! ${#AVAILABLE_UPDATES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then

  for box in $AVAILABLE_UPDATES ; do

    echo "Found an update for $box"

   # Find all current versions

    VERSIONS=`vagrant box list | grep $box | cut -d ',' -f 2 | tr -d ' )'`

    # Add latest version

    vagrant box add --clean $box

    BOX_UPDATED="TRUE"

    # Remove all old versions

    for version in $VERSIONS ; do

      vagrant box remove $box -f --box-version=$version

    done

  done

  echo "All boxes are now up to date!"

else

  echo "All boxes are already up to date!"

fi

vagrant box outdated --global

Sample run:

╭─cperez@mctoffer-2.local ~

╰─➤  vagrant-box-update-all.sh

Found an update for ubuntu/focal64

==> box: Loading metadata for box 'ubuntu/focal64'

    box: URL: https://vagrantcloud.com/ubuntu/focal64

==> box: Adding box 'ubuntu/focal64' (v20220208.0.0) for provider: virtualbox

    box: Downloading: https://vagrantcloud.com/ubuntu/boxes/focal64/versions/20220208.0.0/providers/virtualbox.box

Download redirected to host: cloud-images.ubuntu.com

==> box: Successfully added box 'ubuntu/focal64' (v20220208.0.0) for 'virtualbox'!

 Finally a working bridged network via wifi after MacOS Monterey 12.2.1 in VMware Fusion

Replace file in Puppet only if the file exists. So i have this question from my colleague. It sounds simple right? but it is not.

Some says that use exec with onlyif but it produces warning/errors logs if the file doesn't exist. In which functionality, it will suffice your needs, but you will have this warning logs.

This is the workaround that i've done:

file { '/tmp/file01.txt':    source => "puppet:///modules/common/custommodule/file01.txt",    owner => 'root',    group => 'root',    mode => '0640',  }

  exec {"copy_file01":    command => "/usr/bin/diff /tmp/file01.txt /var/tmp/file01.txt; if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then /bin/cp /tmp/file01.txt /var/tmp/file01.txt; fi",     require=> File['/tmp/file01.txt'],    onlyif => "/usr/bin/test -e /var/tmp/file01.txt",
  }

Just leaving my local lab vagrant config here

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
# you're doing.
Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
  # The most common configuration options are documented and commented below.
  # For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at
  # https://docs.vagrantup.com.

  # Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
  # boxes at https://atlas.hashicorp.com/search.
  config.vm.box = "centos66"

  # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
  # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
  # `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
  # config.vm.box_check_update = false

  # Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
  # within the machine from a port on the host machine. In the example below,
  # accessing "localhost:8080" will access port 80 on the guest machine.
  # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080

  # Create a private network, which allows host-only access to the machine
  # using a specific IP.
  # config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.10"

  # Create a public network, which generally matched to bridged network.
  # Bridged networks make the machine appear as another physical device on
  # your network.
  # config.vm.network "public_network"
   config.vm.network :public_network, :public_network => "wlan0"

  # Share an additional folder to the guest VM. The first argument is
  # the path on the host to the actual folder. The second argument is
  # the path on the guest to mount the folder. And the optional third
  # argument is a set of non-required options.
  # config.vm.synced_folder "../data", "/vagrant_data"

  # Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
  # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
  # Example for VirtualBox:
  #
  # config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
  #   # Display the VirtualBox GUI when booting the machine
  #   vb.gui = true
  #
  #   # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
  #   vb.memory = "1024"
  # end
  #
  # View the documentation for the provider you are using for more
  # information on available options.

  # Define a Vagrant Push strategy for pushing to Atlas. Other push strategies
  # such as FTP and Heroku are also available. See the documentation at
  # https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/push/atlas.html for more information.
  # config.push.define "atlas" do |push|
  #   push.app = "YOUR_ATLAS_USERNAME/YOUR_APPLICATION_NAME"
  # end

  # Enable provisioning with a shell script. Additional provisioners such as
  # Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, and Docker are also available. Please see the
  # documentation for more information about their specific syntax and use.
  # config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
  #   sudo apt-get update
  #   sudo apt-get install -y apache2
  # SHELL

config.vm.define "centos01" do |centos01|
centos01.vm.hostname = "centos01.lab.local"
#logstash.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.56.15"
end
config.vm.define "centos02" do |centos02|
centos02.vm.hostname = "centos02.lab.local"
#logstash.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.56.15"
end

copy the script from

https://gist.github.com/magicoli/283785bdf21ebafd2202

chmod +x copy-from-time-machine.sh


 ~/Documents/copy-from-time-machine.sh /media/popoy/Seagate/Backups.backupdb/Popoy’s\ MacBook\ Pro/Latest/Macintosh\ HD/Users/popoy/Downloads ~/Documents/Downloads

New toy!!!!

Matagal na akong IOS device user. Nagsimula sa Apple Iphone 4 then Iphone5. Although, my first smartphone device was a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 android phone.

Siguro masyado lang ako na-bored sa user interface ng IOS kaya bumalik ulit ako sa Android. Matagal ko din pinagisipan kung Google Nexus 6 or OnePlus One... Nexus6 have superb up-to-date specs... but price-wise, I got OnePlus One. Since in my opinion(yung may mga budget), max lifespan lang ng isang phone ay 2 years.... magpapalit ka na agad(again, if you have the budget)

>> require 'ipaddr'
>> ip=IPAddr.new("192.168.1.0/24")
=> #<IPAddr: IPv4:192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0>
>> gateway=IPAddr.new(ip.to_range.last.to_i-1,ip.family).to_s
=> "192.168.1.254"
>> ip=IPAddr.new("192.168.1.0/20")
=> #<IPAddr: IPv4:192.168.0.0/255.255.240.0>
>> gateway=IPAddr.new(ip.to_range.last.to_i-1,ip.family).to_s
=> "192.168.15.254"

Post test from mobile

after years of maintaining penoycentral.net, i've decided to end it.

This is my first post using blogger from smartphone. Yeah i've changed my blog hosting from wordpress to blogger after someone hacked my supposedly patched wordpress. Anyway, been contemplating to move to blogger anyway.. Free hosting and bandwidth without thinking of any security stuffs.

Setting up a web kiosk system using raspberrypi+raspbian+ratpoison

This instruction assumes that you already installed raspbian on your SD card

Installing required packages

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get ratpoison
sudo apt-get chromium
sudo apt-get x11vnc
sudo apt-get install x11-xserver-utils

pi@raspberrypi:~$ grep pi /etc/inittab 
1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f pi tty1 

/dev/tty1 2>&1

pi@raspberrypi:~$ cat /home/pi/.bash_profile
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then
startx
fi

pi@raspberrypi:~$ cat /home/pi/.xinitrc
exec ratpoison

pi@raspberrypi:~$ cat /home/pi/.ratpoisonrc
banish
exec xset s off
exec xset -dpms
exec unclutter -root
exec x11vnc -loop
exec /usr/bin/chromium --kiosk http://www.penoycentral.net

vncviewer raspberrypi.local

# rndc querylog 

# rndc querylog

scp file.rar root@192.168.11.60:/var/tmp/
root@192.168.11.60's password:
bash: scp: command not found
lost connection

To insert characters on the beginning of a line. Example, insert // from line 1 to 10

 :1,10s!^!//! 

~/workspace/puppetworks $ cat site.pp
node 'chrisp.lab.local' {#{{{




}#}}}

+--  6 lines: node 'chrisp.lab.local' {#----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Under /etc/rsyslog.conf append

$FileCreateMode 0655
$DirCreateMode 0755
$Umask 0022

$template default,"/srv/logs/%HOSTNAME%/%$now%.log"
*.* ?default

Vmware apologizes for technical difficulties on the recent webcast Technology Day Online. It looks like the webcast provider was caught off guard on the situation. To compensate, VMware will be sending me a USB memory stick containing all of the materials presented on the said event.

Well.. apology accepted!!!!! :)

Our Samsung LCD TV retired after exactly 3 yrs of service. Bad thing is that it is already out of warranty. Yesterday the screen suddenly turns to white that you can barely see the images.

Find and replace string recursively

find /home/penoycentral/whichfolder -type f -print0| xargs -0 sed -i 's/oldstring/newstring/g'

find /home/penoycentral/whichfolder -type f -print0| xargs -0 grep -i oldstring

 sed -n 's/\/etc\/bind/\/var\/named\/master/p' named.conf 

 sed -i 's/\/etc\/bind/\/var\/named\/masterr/g' named.conf 

sed -i "s/[\"]/\'/g" some-file.pp