Use fallocate to create a new 300 MB file : Create an ext4 file system within the image file: Create a mount point: mount it: Then on the Dell iDRAC use the 'Virtual Media' menu to 'Map Removable Disk...' : Then on the host... » More
I was running this docker image proxied via traefik but I was receiving an error message in the Nagios web interface: docker nagios Error: Could not read object configuration data And in the logs from the container: To solve the issue I connected to... » More
On a Dell server I needed to determine the physical hard drive location for a faulty disk. Within the operating system the disk was mounted as /dev/sdk so I ran: And from the output I could correlate this with the information in the iDRAC: So... » More
I'm currently using Linux Mint and wanted to communicate with the iDRAC interfaces on Dell servers. Install racadm: Test with: or if you want to be prompted for login credentials use: Example racadm commands Dump lots of info: Get... » More
I was helping a friend with creating a video and we need to mask out the distracting content around the video subject. If I had this problem with a static image I would use Gimp and the 'Crop' tool but I couldn't find anything in Kdenlive to allow me to... » More
It took me a little digging to re-discover the name of this tool that allows remotely logging RDP users off from other servers so I thought I would write it down in case I need a reminder. The command to run is: tsadmin.msc Or it can be added... » More
Quick reminder of steps to setup a Laravel project on Ubuntu/Linux Mint and similar. First install composer: Install PHP dependencies: Use composer to create your Laravel project: Install composer.json... » More
Using Red Hat / CentOS etc one method of resetting the root user password is to boot into single user mode. To do so, interrupt the booting process if necessary so that you see the Grub boot menu: Press the 'e' keyboard button to edit the boot... » More
The goal here was to be able to log in to the MySQL command prompt be simply typing rather than: This is particularly useful for automation of routine backups etc. mysql_config_editor The command mysql_config_editor has several options (e.g. add,... » More
Use fallocate to create a new 300 MB file : Create an ext4 file system within the image file: Create a mount point: mount it: Then on the Dell iDRAC use the 'Virtual Media' menu to 'Map Removable Disk...' : Then on the host... » More
