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A NetOps to DevOps Training Plan
In one of my rants, I asked people to kindly stop with the "All Network Guys will Need to be Programmers" FUD. My recommendation was basically for Networkers to be open to change, and to start broadening their horizons. DevOps is coming to networking and that is a FACT. You might be wondering what skills a Network DevOps Engineer needs and here I attempt to answer that.
Migrating from WordPress to Pelican on PaaS – Part 3
The final installment in this three part series. This covers installing Dokku and publishing your pelican blog to you new Docker-powere mini-Heroku.
Python bindings for the HP VAN SDN Controller
For the last 9 months, I've been silently working on a little pet project. It's finally ready to be released in to the wild and to be used by one and all for creating Python-based SDN Applications for the HP VAN SDN Controller.
Migrating from WordPress to Pelican on PaaS – Part 2
Part 2 of a this 3 part series examines how I created my Pelican blog and migrated my Wordpress content with me.
Migrating from WordPress to Pelican on PaaS – Part 2
Part 2 of a this 3 part series examines how I created my Pelican blog and migrated my Wordpress content with me.
Migrating from WordPress to Pelican on PaaS – Part 1
I've been blogging with Wordpress for the last 5 years on and off. It has some great features and is very easy to use, but it's not for me. This series of posts documents my transition from Wordpress to Pelican.
Python bindings for the HP VAN SDN Controller
For the last 9 months, I've been silently working on a little pet project. It's finally ready to be released in to the wild and to be used by one and all for creating Python-based SDN Applications for the HP VAN SDN Controller.
Migrating from WordPress to Pelican on PaaS – Part 3
The final installment in this three part series. This covers installing Dokku and publishing your pelican blog to you new Docker-powere mini-Heroku.
Migrating from WordPress to Pelican on PaaS – Part 1
I've been blogging with Wordpress for the last 5 years on and off. It has some great features and is very easy to use, but it's not for me. This series of posts documents my transition from Wordpress to Pelican.
Using Python for HP SDN
A list of links for getting started to use Python to develop application with the HP VAN SDN Controller.
Using Python for HP SDN
A list of links for getting started to use Python to develop application with the HP VAN SDN Controller.
Remote Debugging OpenDaylight with IntelliJ
Remote Debugging OpenDaylight with IntelliJ is as easy as 1, 2, 3
Remote Debugging OpenDaylight with IntelliJ
Remote Debugging OpenDaylight with IntelliJ is as easy as 1, 2, 3
Using the latest Open vSwitch with Devstack and OpenDaylight
While setting up my OpenDaylight OVSDB and Devstack following the awesome instructions from Kyle Mestery, I thought it would be fun to run the latest OVS from source on my compute nodes...
Using the latest Open vSwitch with Devstack and OpenDaylight
While setting up my OpenDaylight OVSDB and Devstack following the awesome instructions from Kyle Mestery, I thought it would be fun to run the latest OVS from source on my compute nodes...
Installing Pyenv on Mac OSX
When I’m writing code, I’m usually in OSX. When I want to try things out, or check for compatibility between certain versions of Python, it’s handy to have them all accessible… enter Pyenv. Pyenv is based on Rbenv, which for you non-Rubyists is a tools that allows you to set up Ruby environments that are scoped either globally, per-shell or per-folder!
Bypassing the memory check on a VMware ESXi 5
When my new HP ML10 arrived I was ready to install ESXi… until I realised that my 32GB of RAM wouldn’t be on its way for a week! To get around the memory check in ESXi 5.5, I found the awesome instructions here and with a few tweaks was able to get this working. Here are the 20 steps that I followed…
Bypassing the memory check on a VMware ESXi 5
When my new HP ML10 arrived I was ready to install ESXi… until I realised that my 32GB of RAM wouldn’t be on its way for a week! To get around the memory check in ESXi 5.5, I found the awesome instructions here and with a few tweaks was able to get this working. Here are the 20 steps that I followed…
Installing Pyenv on Mac OSX
When I’m writing code, I’m usually in OSX. When I want to try things out, or check for compatibility between certain versions of Python, it’s handy to have them all accessible… enter Pyenv. Pyenv is based on Rbenv, which for you non-Rubyists is a tools that allows you to set up Ruby environments that are scoped either globally, per-shell or per-folder!
The definitve guide to setting up a USB Serial adapter and iTerm2 on OSX
Using a few guides on the web and a little bit of ingenuity I was able to get my FTDI-based, USB to 2x Serial adapter working in Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks with iTerm 2. This post documents the process and resources used in the hope of becoming the definitive guide to setting up a USB serial adapter in OSX and using iTerm2 as the terminal emulator. Even if it isn’t quite definitive, it should at least be useful to others - I hope!