Friday, May 15, 2015

OpenStack Installation - the interesting way

I'm working through the OpenStack on a single system installation method from

https://fosskb.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/openstack-juno-on-ubuntu-14-10/

mostly because I'm a masochist, but also because I really wanted to get a feeling for where everything is at, where it goes and what the basis for the installation is.

Some things that came back to me from the first part of the installation

a)  touch is an awesome command
b)  should I put in a password for mysql or not (I chose not to because it's a lab for me, but probably not a good idea in a production environment)
c)  pay attention to the purpose of the command (I accidentally added two keystone endpoints that caused the subsequent commands to report two 'keystone' in with different IDs.  Still hoping I deleted the correct one if there was a correct one to delete which I can't seem to figure out yet)
d)  downloaded an image to glance and was able to report it back in image list when I was done, which was pretty cool

Will be starting on Nova as soon as I get back to it.

Wish me luck!

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

CamStudio - Open Source

I'm preparing to do a set of screen demonstrations and found CamStudio, an open source application to record both audio and video for the recorded demonstration.

I'm trying it out now and it looks pretty cool.  I highly recommend taking the tutorial as the author changes the codec and shows you how to set it up.

The link to the software is below....

CamStudio.org

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Workaround for xRDP

https://community.hpcloud.com/article/using-windows-rdp-access-your-ubuntu-instance

http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=5305

Just putting this here for my own recollection, but if you run into a situation where you need to use RDP to remote into an Ubuntu system, here's a method.  There are many, but this worked out really well.

New System (I love new toys)


Computer assembled.

Used unetbootin-windows-608.exe to create a USB boot drive with an Ubuntu image to do a 24 hour burn in.  Get it here

Installation was very fast using a USB 3 interface and thumbdrive.

I'm now doing periodic tests of the MB lmsensors with the sensors command just to make sure everything runs ok.


user@ubuntuserver:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +27.8°C  (crit = +105.0°C)
temp2:        +29.8°C  (crit = +105.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0:  +33.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0:         +30.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1:         +32.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2:         +33.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3:         +28.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

Loading a copy of cpuburn now from apt to see what that does to the temps.


user@ubuntuserver:~$ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +27.8°C  (crit = +105.0°C)
temp2:        +29.8°C  (crit = +105.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0:  +62.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0:         +59.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1:         +62.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2:         +61.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3:         +55.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

Not too bad.  Wonder if I'll ever organically drive the system that hard......

Friday, May 8, 2015

My new toys, arriving in bits and pieces

Qty.Product DescriptionSavingsTotal Price
1BYTECC C6EB-5B 5 ft. Cat 6 Blue Enhanced 550MHz Patch CableBYTECC C6EB-5B 5 ft. Cat 6 Blue Enhanced 550MHz Patch Cable
Item #: N82E16812270021
Return Policy: Computer Cables and Accessories Extended Return Policy
-$1.00  Instant$4.49
$3.49
1BYTECC C6EB-5P 5 ft. Cat 6 Purple Enhanced 550MHz Patch CablesBYTECC C6EB-5P 5 ft. Cat 6 Purple Enhanced 550MHz Patch Cables
Item #: N82E16812270025
Return Policy: Computer Cables and Accessories Extended Return Policy
-$1.00  Instant$4.49
$3.49
1GIGABYTE GA-H97N-WIFI LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel MotherboardGIGABYTE GA-H97N-WIFI LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813128721
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$5.00  Instant
$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$119.99
$114.99
1CORSAIR CX series CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU CertifiedCORSAIR CX series CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified
Item #: N82E16817139051
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$20.00  Instant
$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$99.99
$79.99
1Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I74790K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I74790K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600
Item #: N82E16819117369
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
-$40.00  Instant$349.99
$309.99
1Mushkin Enhanced Ventura Pro 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model MKNUFDVP32GBMushkin Enhanced Ventura Pro 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model MKNUFDVP32GB
Item #: N82E16820226227
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
$24.99
1CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMY16GX3M2A1600C9R Red)CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMY16GX3M2A1600C9R Red)
Item #: N82E16820233538
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
-$30.00  Instant$129.99
$99.99
1Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822236339
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$15.00  Instant$69.99
$54.99
1Cooler Master Seidon 120M – All-In-One CPU Liquid Water Cooling System with 120mm Radiator and FanCooler Master Seidon 120M – All-In-One CPU Liquid Water Cooling System with 120mm Radiator and Fan
Item #: N82E16835103179
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$5.00  Instant
$25.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$69.99
$64.99
1Cooler Master HAF Stacker 915R Mini-ITX Computer Case - Can Support Up To 280mm Radiators (Rear PSU Mount)Cooler Master HAF Stacker 915R Mini-ITX Computer Case - Can Support Up To 280mm Radiators (Rear PSU Mount)
Color: No Type: Rear PSU Series: No Side Window: No
Item #: 9SIA24G28M6778
Sold by antonline.com What's this?
-$10.65  Instant$93.99
$83.34



Total:      804.86
Rebates:  -85.00

               719.86  Nice little system

Wonder how it will run OpenStack?  Me too.

abusedbits first public blog post


As this is the first post in this blog, a joke is in order.  I do hope you appreciate it.