Stuff and Things Blog
Ansible
AWS
AWS S3 Cloudfront Static Website Hosting
How to host a static site on AWS using S3 and Cloudfront.
9th May 2020
Certification
Chef
Cisco
Use TCL to Pingsweep a Subnet on a Cisco IOS Device
How to use TCL to pingsweep a subnet on a Cisco IOS device.
8th September 2020
Cisco ACI Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks for Cisco ACI and other tails of pain and woe.
3rd July 2020
Devops
Git
Pushing to Multiple Git Remotes
How to push to multiple git repos across different git providers.
31st August 2020
Golang
Go Learning Resources
A record of the resources that I have used to learn Golang.
24th September 2020
Linux
Linux Shell Recursively Remove Whitespace Lines From All Files
How to Remove the lines with only white space from all files in a directory tree.
25th July 2020
LDAP Search Active Directory
Use the ldapsearch command to query Microsoft Active Directory.
31st May 2019
Dell R610 Ubuntu 1804 Install Error
Error while trying to install Ubuntu 1804 on a Dell R610 server.
26th May 2019
Linux Networking
Ubuntu 1804 Netplan Bridge Interface Configuration
How to configure a bridge interface with netplan on Ubuntu 1804 server.
2nd November 2019
Linux Routing On The Host With FRR
Enable routing on the host in Linux with free range routing.
5th January 2018
Linux Network Components Used In Openstack
The components used under the hood in Openstack Neutron networks.
8th November 2017
Network Utility
Networking
Narbik CCIE Routing and Switching v5.1 Workbook NETMAP
IOL NETMAP file for Narbik's CCIE Routing and Switching v5.1 Workbook.
8th June 2019
Cisco dCloud Access From Linux Host
Use OpenConnect to access Cisco dCloud labs.
29th September 2018
Node
Remove Whitespace from Rendered Templates in 11ty
How to customise the Nunjucks environment to remove whitespace from rendered templates.
23rd July 2020
NVM Install and Usage Ubuntu 2004
How to install and use Node version manager on Ubuntu 2004.
22nd July 2020
Coding Packets the 11ty Edition
The story of how and why I migrated codingpackets.com to 11ty.
22nd April 2020
Non Technical
Openstack
Oxidized
Packer
Python
Install Python 2.7.13 and 3.6.2 on Centos 7 Minimal
Install python 2.7.13 and 3.6.2 on Centos 7 minimal server.
14th September 2017
Rails
Coding Packets the Rails Edition
How I moved codingpackets.com form Django to Rails.
25th April 2019
Rant
Ruby
Salt
SDWAN
Cisco SDWAN Command Comparison Cheat Sheet
Compare commands between the vEdge and cEdge SDWAN devices types.
12th June 2019
Viptela Control Plane Setup
Viptela control plane setup using self signed certificates.
22nd March 2018
Shell
USB to Serial Console from MacOS
How to connect to a serial port via a USB to serial adapter from MacOS.
26th June 2020
Stackstorm
Terraform
Terraform Azure Provider Setup
Enable Terraform for management of Azure environments.
1st November 2018
Vagrant
Install an Ubuntu 1804 VM on Hyper-V as a Vagrant Server
How to install an Ubuntu 1804 VM on Hyper-V for use as a Vagrant server.
18th August 2020
Vagrant Libvirt Install Ubuntu 1804
How to install Vagrant with the Libvirt provider on Ubuntu 1804.
16th August 2020
Juniper vQFX 18.4R1.8 Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vQFX 18.4R1.8 Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
1st September 2019
Juniper vMX 19.1R1.6 Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vMX 19.1R1.6 Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
31st August 2019
Vagrant Libvirt Install CentOS 7
Install and configure Vagrant with the Libvirt plugin on CentOS 7.
24th May 2019
Juniper vSRX3.0 Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vSRX3.0 Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
20th December 2018
Juniper vQFX Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vQFX Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
8th September 2018
Juniper vMX Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vMX Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
31st August 2018
Vagrant Libvirt Install openSUSE
Install Vagrant and the libvirt provider on OpenSUSE.
8th August 2018
Cisco IOSXRv Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Cisco IOSXRv Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
10th June 2018
Cisco ASAv Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Cisco ASAv Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
7th May 2018
Cisco IOSv Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Cisco IOSv Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
7th May 2018
Viptela vSmart Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Viptela vSmart box for use with the libvirt provider.
1st January 2018
Viptela vBond/vEdge Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Viptela vBond/vEdge box for use with the libvirt provider.
1st January 2018
Viptela vManage Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Viptela vManage box for use with the libvirt provider.
1st January 2018
Juniper vSRX Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vSRX box for use with the libvirt provider.
3rd December 2017
Cisco CSR 1000v Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Cisco CSR 1000v box for use with the libvirt provider.
26th November 2017
Pseudo-wires With Vagrant and Libvirt
Build P2P links between Vagrant guests with UDP tunnels.
23rd November 2017
Arista vEOS Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build an Arista vEOS box for use with the libvirt provider.
18th November 2017
Controlling Vagrant Box Management IP
Control the IP address a Vagrant box receives on the management interface.
25th October 2017
Using The Libvirt Provider With Vagrant
Install libvirt and the vagrant-libvirt provider for use with Vagrant.
22nd October 2017
Cisco Nexus 9000v Vagrant Box Install
How to install a Cisco Nexus 9000v Vagrant box.
19th August 2017
Juniper Vagrant Box Install
Install a Juniper Vagrant boxes with the Virtualbox provider.
9th July 2017
Windows
Hyper-V Enable Nested Virtualization in Linux VM
How to enable nested virtualization in a Linux VM on Hyper-V.
17th August 2020
Create a Windows 10 bootable USB on MacOS
How to create a windows 10 bootable USB from MacOS.
30th June 2020
Powerline Install and Setup for Ubuntu Bash on Windows
Install and configure Powerline for Ubuntu Bash on Windows 10.
18th May 2019