New bundle to manage routes for RedHat/CentOS with CFEngine 3

I re-factored rh_add_interface_routes into a new bundle rh_update_routes, you can find them in my CFEngine library. (Read More)


pre-commit hook for git to check CFEngine syntax

Sometimes I am not so disciplined to run cf-promises on my policy before I commit it. I make a small change and I think I'm golden, but inevitably that breaks things. I wrote a simple commit hook to check policy syntax and stop you from shooting yourself in the foot. You can find  the pre-commit script over on my github account. I hope you find it useful. (Read More)


Bundles of Bundles with CFEngine 3

I’ve been work­ing more and more with CFEngine lately and I have been slowly build­ing a tiny library. These are all pretty much red­hat spe­cific but I wel­come patches and com­ments. Most of the bun­dles have com­ments that show usage, if there is inter­est I may post some exam­ple usage later.      


The Great Internet Blackout of 2012

I am happy to see how many sites are participating in the SOPA/PIPA protest today. I am a bit disapointed that facebook did not join (at least yet), and google only doing a doodle seems a little bit on the weak side. Still its nice when  so many people can show support for something so threatening. There is quite a list of sites that are blacked out in one way or another today. (Read More)


NetApp — Customer Service WIN!

I just wanted to share my NetApp customer service experience since usually people only share negative experiences. I needed to download a mib for a NetApp today. I really don't like that I have to register an account just to download a mib but whatever. I was really upset after registering the account and entering a system-id to find that I didn't have access to download any mibs. (Read More)