Sim10Tech
I've used open source systems in many different environments for several years now. This site is focused on discussing new open source software (OSS) and how to apply these technologies.
Current Projects:
- Bacula setup. One of my laptop hard drives died, and I didn't have a backup of the system for a few days. I decided to use Bacula with Postgres as the repository. Bacula is an open source network backup system which runs on most operating systems. Read more here: Bacula Setup and Configuration
- Kickstart automation. My goal with kickstart is to automate everything possible. I created different kickstart files for webservers, proxies, application, and database servers. One tricky part was configuring post scripts to automatically configure the emulex cards with EMC Powerpath. Read more here: Automation with Kickstart
- I use Subversion to store configuration files, scripts, and source code. Tracking changes to configs, including system, network, database parameters, provides the ability to rollback to a previously known working version. With a simple script, you can make changes to one file, and push the change to multiple servers. Tracking System Changes with Subversion
- Ghost 4 Linux. The company I currently work for decided to change our laptops, and force us to use one VPN client for email, and another VPN client for all other work. I kept missing emails and meeting invites, so a collegue told me about G4L. The concept is to create an image of the laptop, install another image of my choosing, and put the original image inside VMWare. Read more here: Using G4L