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How to find out which version of OpenStack is running on a server?

I am managing an OpenStack mostly through the openstack CLI and the permissions to manage specific projects and their resources. Is there a command available to me that can tell me the release name or ...
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AWS Cloudformation Template error: every Ref object must have a single String value

SNSTopic Type: 'AWS::SNS'...... SNSTopic2 Type: 'AWS::SNS'....... EventRule: Type: 'AWS::Events::Rule' Properties: Name: !Ref EventRuleName Description: State: ...
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What are some behaviors/patterns that indicate that a host is degrading?

Student here, I'm wondering how we know that hosts are degrading (specifically EC2 instances)? What are some typical behaviors that could indicate the degradation? I looked through the site and ...
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mkfs.ext4 error with option -O ^64bit

When I run /sbin/mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit /dev/app/mysqldata command in a script it gives me below error: nd(): null: With return code "1", Output from: "/sbin/mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit /dev/app/...
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Unsure how to proceed from DigitalOcean droplets and CircleCI deployments to just automating the whole setup

I work within a small dev team and our current infrastructure is setup with GitHub for code, CircleCI to deploy these to our DigitalOcean Ubuntu droplets whenever something is merged into the develop ...
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Upload 300MB or more CSV file to GCP storage bucket

I am trying to upload a 3GB CSV file to Google Cloud Storage Bucket but every time I try it only processing 295.5MB and uploads 295.5MB. Why is this? I have set my bucket size limit to 15GB.
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How to rackmount an HP z840?

I have the appropriate rail kit (HP 2FZ77AT: https://www8.hp.com/us/en/ink-toner-and-accessories/product-details/18760178), but the instructions do not have pictograms of the z840 (QuickSpecs: https://...
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What Can ELB Do That ALB Cannot? [closed]

In AWS, is there anything ELB (Elastic Load Balancer) can do that ALB (Application Load Balancer) cannot? And if the answer is nothing, then is there any incentive to choose ELB over ALB?
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Mikrotik, ping from Lan1 to Lan2 in LoadSharing

I've set up the Mikrotik with 2 ISPs on Eth2 and Eth3, and 2 Lans on Eth5 (10.200.20.0/24) and Eth6 (10.200.21.0/24). Lan1 reaches internet over ISP1 and Lan2 over ISP2. From both Lans I can ping the ...
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Server recommendations for application API [duplicate]

I currently have an application (API) hosted on a small server 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU (Digital Ocean), the application read/writes to a MYSQL database which is also hosted on the same server. I expect that ...
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Architecting for microservices application

I am not sure whether this is a right forum to ask question with respect to the infrastructure architecture. But posting the question hoping so: One of my customer has a web application which is ...
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Must a patch panel be initially terminated in the rack?

If Cat6 Ethernet cables were terminated to a wall mounted patch panel, is there a method to move the patch panel to a rack (without having to cut them and reterminate them)? Is a patch panel coupled ...
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A good method of mapping our AWS server infrastructure

Small company. We have an fairly robust application we built that runs on AWS that serves many clients. Our Sys Admin / Lead Developer has left the company and took with him knowledge we didn't all ...
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Enforcing monitoring on AWS resources

We have a couple huge AWS accounts and I've been tasked with implementing guidelines for monitoring resources and ensuring that monitoring is set up for all existing and future resources. Is there ...
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How to stop GCP vm instances using terraform

How to stop GCP vm instances using terraform? I have tried changing status of the vm instance, it's available for AWS but couldn't find the way to do it for GCP.
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Use an output from a previous deployment in Google Cloud Deployment Manager

I'm fairly new to GDM but I've a few years of CloudFormation under my belt. I'm trying to split the deployment of my resources into multiple deployments. I'm now running into an issue where I need to ...
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Is it possible to make website that is using the cloudflare dns proxy work during cloudflare outage?

I thought about setting up a small server with nginx reverse proxy, adding its IP as A dns without cloudflare dns proxy next to main A record with CF dns proxy enabled, so it will be a backup option ...
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Azure ARM Templates for deleting the resources

I know we can create infrastructure using ARM templates. Can we do the same for deleting the Resources. I dont want to delete all the entire resource group but few resources in a resource group. Is ...
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Get “gs_secret_key” and “gs_access_key” values for Google Bucket

I need to create a directory in a Google Cloud Bucket using Ansible. I would like to know where I can find the values to complete "gs_secret_key" and "gs_access_key" to use "gc_storage" module in ...
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Can I replicate an Azure VM while the said VM is still running? or Will the VM stop while replicating?

I have and Azure VM which is quite critical as it is running services. I wanted to replicate that VM. My question is, Can I replicate an Azure VM while the said VM is still running? or Will the VM ...
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What would be some Patterns and Anti-Patterns for deploying mirrored environments in AWS (or other cloud providers)

I am looking to find some good patterns and anti-patterns for deploying mirrored environments (for simplicity lets say an EC2 Instance, and RDS and S3 bucket, which is a pretty common set-up). Lets ...
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Multiple instances mysql on Centos 5.5

There was an old system on Centos 5.5 which pattern as below: OS：CentOS release 5.5 (Final) Web Server：Apache 2.2.3 AP Server：Tomcat 6.0.3.6 JDK：1.6.0_37-b06 DB：MySQL 5.5.27-1 As customer ...
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Maintenance of nginx server with zero downtime

I manage a few servers and for the sake of the question let's consider these three: nginx server: it only runs nginx and serves static files, responses from the disk cache, or passes requests to the ...
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IP failover with Ubuntu Server

I have some questions about how to proceed with an issue that was suggested to me, and about the tools I can use to do this operation. Well, I have two hosts, these two hosts have two Network ...
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AWS serverless setup for recurring tasks?

I have a database consisting of many items. At least one time per day I want to loop through all items in this database and for each item, call an external API to fetch current data about this item ...
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Difference between hard drives [closed]

I recently purchased an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Server for my company. This is all new to me and I am trusted to creating my companies IT infrastructure(hired to do software). I'm having a hard time ...
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Mirroring 2 Host with their own local storage

I'm trying to decide between 2 infrastructures. 1. 2 Servers host that point to a NAS 2. 2 Servers that mirror each other with their own local storage. Infrastructure Requirements: 50 TB of storage,...
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Creating a new Infrastructure for my company using Windows Server and FreeNas

I was hired to create software but now also stuck with governing all of the IT work. The company uses a Windows 10 Home machine as a file server for 13 users. I need to plan for up to 50 employees. ...
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Windows Server 2016 setup [closed]

I have physical server with the following configuration: HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2, E3-1231v3, 32 GB, 2x1 TB I plan to install MS Windows Server 2016 Datacenter and create multiple virtual machines ...
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Required switch per building

Conventions: - Building: Called building, in fact it is a container (used for shipment 42ftx8ft). The scenario: - There are 4 buildings installed on the ground, separated between 32ft(10m) and 49ft(...
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Setup a private network between my 7 dedicated servers in different data centers?

I have 7 dedicated servers running at a host provider. Whenever I order a new server I cannot rely on having my servers being setup in the same rack, so I cannot have a physical private network ...
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Does Open-stack supports heterogeneous servers as infrastructure

My company uses Apache cloud stack, but we are planing on upgrading our on premise cluster, and change our IAAS from Cloud-Stack to Open-stack my question is, can we use different servers generations, ...
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Redundant UPS with 2 power sources

I've 2 power sources in my house: One from the national power grid and another from an internal power source. I've several power sockets in my server room from these 2 sources. Did some research and ...
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Puppet resource dependency

Hello everybody, When I do puppet apply, I get the error: Warning: Scope(Mod::Cl[title]): Can't load '/tmp/file.yaml' File does not exist! Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a ...
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Openstack redundant architecture on three servers

I would like to deploy an Openstack architecture on three (super)servers in a way that if one of server is down the Openstack infrastructure is still functionning. What is the best way to deploy ...
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Latency load balancing + failover solution

I am looking for a latency (or geo) load balancing solution combined with dynamic fail overing. The infrastructure is based on 3 dedicated severs from OVH. The servers are located in 3 different ...
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Selecting suitable server infrastructure for an SME envionrment

I've been assigned to come up with a solution to best fit our organization needs. Basically, we currently have a single server running few bunch of VMs on one organization. And the need now is to ...
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How to let Ansible pick a datastore and ESX host in VMware?

I need 50gb space, 64gb of ram and 2 cpu's for new virtual machines. We want to use Ansible for infrastructure as code, but what would best practices in letting Ansible picking the right datastore ...
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networking devices for structured cabling - building and campus distributors

Which type of network hardware devices (Router vs Swtich) you would use as a campus distributor in a structured cabling project? It seems logical to use switches as building distributor, we can ...
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How to use another IP-address for outgoing traffic?

Background I run a server with two external IPv4 addresses. IP-address A (IP-A) and IP-address B (IP-B). Goal I would like to access IP-A over HTTPS port 443 and SSH port 22 only. IP-B shouldn't ...
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Connectivity between switches using SFP+

My office infrastructure is currently configured with HP Procurve switches. They are interconnected with 10Gbps fibre. All the SFP+ Ports are in use on all the switches. I am looking at buying a new ...
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How can I keep a third-party cloud provider accountable for guest VM performance?

I support an ERP system for a manufacturer. We're experiencing intermittent application performance issues on our database, hosted on VMware by a third-party cloud provider. (They're a smaller ...
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Can unjacketed cable handle gigabit speeds?

Looking at taking over management of an old network that was done in 2004. Surprisingly, for the time, it is category 6 cable. About 200 ports in each of 5 IDFs, all running PoE. But I'm worried the ...
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Puppet Duplicate declaration: Class

I'm bit new to puppet, but I'm not sure how this would become a duplicate declaration, can someone please give me some direction whether this is a correct usage of class passing params or not? Error: ...
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Should our traffic drive our system design or our system design drive our traffic?

A few weeks ago, I have moved to a new company as Linux system administrator, they are going to start a project of moving production servers infrastructure from a data center to Amazon AWS. They are ...
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Geo-Availability Single Terminal Server Opinions [closed]

First off, I am not an Azure specialist by any means, but I do have experience with creating Azure VM's for site to cloud replication and stand-alone cloud environments for business solutions. ...
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Security concerns w/ physical vs virtual network gateways [closed]

I am in the process of setting up a private network that uses a gateway system for access to certain services on systems behind the network, e.g. ssh, ftp. I have some experience using virtualized ...
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Use WAN as internal network

Suppose I have a little web infrastructure for serving clients that contains nginx as a frontend server, couple of backends (upstreams), a messaging system, db and so on. This stuff is located on ...
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Patch panel confessions

So the old IT guy was a college student with no experience prior to be hired beyond some classes. The one before him had no experience at all and just did his best with what he had. Now I am here and ...
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Configuration changes in immutable infrastructure

How are people who are using immutable infrastructure handling configuration changes between their different environments? I can't workout a nice way to create one AMI per role and use it in all ...

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