Mac Netstat with PID
On a Mac to list processes and the ports that are listening on, type the following into a terminal window:
Show hidden files in Finder
To show the hidden files and folders in Finder, launch terminal and enter the following syntax: Launch Finder and you should now be able to see the hidden files and folders. To hide the hidden files and folders again launch, terminal and enter the following syntax:
Encrypt and decrypt a file with OpenSSL
I was recently looking for a way of encrypting files with a salted encryption algruthum, and found this can be done using OpenSSL. It’s really easy and much more secure that using a zip product. You do this by using the following syntax: openssl des3 -salt -in /path/FileToBeEncrypted -out /path/EncryptedFileName…
Storage VMotion Fails
I recently had to resolve an issue where a storage vMotion failed half way through the move process. When I looked at the VM’s .vmx file, I should see all of the disks where pointing to the snapshots, and there where the DMotion files (used as part of the Storage…
Apache HTTPS redirection
You can set this up using an htaccess file, but that has a performance overhead. I found the best way to do this, is to add a re-write rule in your site config. First we need to enable the rewrite module: Now we can add the following our site config…
Using Ubuntu UFW
UFW a firewall configuration tool available on Ubuntu. UFW provides a user friendly way to create an IPv4 and IPv6 ip/port based firewall rules. By default UFW is disabled, it can be enabled by running the following. Please ensure you have firewall rules in place to allow SSH before you enable…
Manually Installing VMware Tools on Unbuntu
If the cdrom was not automatically mounted, mount the cdrom (in your guest OS) using the following commands: To install, run the following During vmware-install.pl, choose the default answers to everything (just hit the <enter> key). You can configure the tools using the following Reference https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Tools
Create symbolic link in Linux
To create a symbolic link use the command below: Example of creating a symbolic link called my.conf from a file called /var/test/myconfig.conf
Regularly used 3PAR CLI commands
List all active VLUNs Show Virtual Volume details: Show Virtual Volume details with CPG details: Increase Virtual Volume Size: Show Volume Reservations: Or Clear Volume Reservations: Compact CPG Remove Vlun Exports Delete Virtual Volume Reference: http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03606435/c03606435.pdf