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Vortex Race3 Key Remap
How to re-map the keys on the Vortex Race3 keyboard.Vortex Race3 Key Remap
I recently purchased the Vortex Race3 mechanical keyboard. I really love this keyboard, it has Cherry MX brown switches with 4 layers of arbitrary key programming. I like this board because its almost as compact as a 60% keyboard but has almost the same number of keys as a ten key less...StackStorm Ansible Pack Usage
Install and configure the ST2 Ansible pack.StackStorm Ansible Pack Usage
StackStorm has the ability to run Ansible playbooks. In this post I will install and configure the Ansible pack and create a workflow to test out the functionality. Lab Environment I have StackStorm installed on a Centos7 host. The following software versions will be utilised as part of...Chef From The Start To The Beginning
Getting started with Chef.Chef From The Start To The Beginning
Chef is an infrastructure automation tool similar to Puppet and Salt. In this post I will setup a Chef infrastructure consisting of a Chef server, node and workstation to manage the infrastructure. In April 2019 Chef announced that they are open sourcing all of their products under the...Install Packer on Linux
How to install Hashicorp Packer on Linux.Install Packer on Linux
Packer is another fantastic tool in the infrastructure as code tool belt from Hashicorp. Packer allows you to build base or golden images for Hypervisors such as KVM, Virtualbox and VMware based on configuration files. But that is not all, it can even build images for cloud providers such...Coding Packets the Rails Edition
How I moved codingpackets.com form Django to Rails.Coding Packets the Rails Edition
One of my 2019 goals was to migrate codingpackets.com from the python web framework Django to the ruby web framework Rails. Well it's done and this is the story of how and why I did it. Ruby on Rails Rails is a really nice to work with web framework which is "Optimizing for programmer...rbenv Install CentOS 7
Install rbenv on CentOS 7 linux.rbenv Install CentOS 7
rbenv is a utility for installing multiple ruby versions on a host machine. Using rbenv allows you to install ruby in a path you have ownership over so you can install gems without having to have sudo or root privileges. rbenv also allows you to target the exact ruby version in development...JNCIA Junos
The road to JNCIA Junos.JNCIA Junos
One of my goals for 2019 is the brush back up on networking theory/operation after the last couple of years focused on network automation. This is a bit of a brain dump about my adventure in pursuit of the JNCIA-Junos certification and the study materials I used. Preface I have worked as...Juniper Firewall Filters
Firewall filters are similar to access control lists (ACLs). Firewall filters are stateless and inspect each packet individually. Because they are stateless traffic must be allowed in both directions. Configuration Routing policies and firewall filters have a common structure. ...continue reading
Juniper Routing Policy
Junos routing policy allows an administrator to alter the default behaviour of a routing protocol. All routing protocols try to determine the best path to a destination based on the protocols definition of the best "metric". The Junos routing policy framework allows an...continue reading
Juniper Junos
Junos is the name of the operating system that is used to manage Juniper network devices. Fun fact Junos is built on a base of FreeBSD and is designed to be modular and secure while providing a uniform user interface across all platforms. Junos Features Common Code Base The...continue reading
Juniper Protocol Independent Routing
Juniper protocol-independent routing covers IP routing components such as static routes and the various route tables within Junos that are not particular to any dynamic routing protocol. Routing Table The RE holds a copy of all routes from all protocols in its routing table....continue reading
Juniper Trace Options
Trace options are similar to running a debug in other vendors. Enable Tracing When tracing is enabled the results are stored in a trace file in the /var/log/ directory or sent to a remote syslog server. Remote logging is configured under the system > tracing ...continue reading
Juniper AAA
Junos has a robust authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) system ensuring authenticated users have access to only the things their permissions allow. Authentication Junos supports two categories of user authentication. Local - On box user database Remote -...continue reading