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Linux – fast file search

command is the most commonly used search utility in Linux. GNU find searches the directory tree rooted at each given starting-point by evaluating the given expressio

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Infoblox dns api

Infoblox provides a product to manage your DNS, DHCP and IPAM through a single management interface. In this short article, I will walk you through automating some o

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Ansible – rolling update or deployment

Making a change to live servers in production is something which has to be done with extreme care and planning. Several deployment types such as blue/green, canary,

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Ansible – enable logging

By default, Ansible logs the output of playbooks to the standard output only. In order to enable logging to a file for later review or auditing, it can be turned on

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Say no to Net Neutrality repeal

On Wednesday Nov 22nd 2017, the FCC has published a new proposal to undo the existing net neutrality rules meant to prevent ISPs from creating a multi-tiered Interne

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Exit from unresponsive ssh session

While connected to a remote host through an ssh connection using Putty or other ssh clients, your client might freeze and not respond to any keyboard activity. In or

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