Searching in Splunk

When you are building the search criteria, click the field and value in the search result to add it to the search.   Wildcard character * (asterisk) one or multiple characters Exact phrases Use ” (double quotes) Search for quotes \” (use backslash to escape quotes if you want to search for quotes) Keywords in the search …

Splunk installation

Install Splunk Navigate to the Splunk website at splunk.com, In the upper right corner select the Free Splunk button, If you don’t yet have a Splunk account, register to create one, otherwise log in, Select the Free Download in the Splunk Enterprise frame, Select the tab with the operating system of your machine. Linux The simplest …

Send CTRL-ALT-DELETE to a Windows Virtual Box computer from a Macintosh

When you start a Windows 7 or equivalent server machine, to log in, you need to press CTRL-ALT-DELETE on the keyboard to get the login page. To send Control-Alt-Delete to a Windows virtual machine in Virtual Box from a Macintosh on a Macintosh laptop press the fn – Command  – Delete back  keys on a Macintosh desktop …

Get AWS SSL Certificate resource ids from existing Load Balancers

To launch an Elastic Load Balancer ( ELB ) with an existing SSL certificate using Terraform, you need to specify the AWS certificate resource id. If you have already uploaded the certificate and attached it to an existing load balancer, the following AWS CLI command will display it in the command window. MY_PROFILE is the name of the …

Create a server image with Packer

Packer is a free, open-source application from Hashicorp. It can generate a server image based on an existing one, and configure it for your special needs. You can use the generated image when you launch a server instance in the cloud or on your local workstation. Install Packer Download Packer from https://www.packer.io/downloads.html, Unzip the downloaded ZIP …

Convert PEM files to PPK to use them in PuTTY

When you create a key in AWS you can download it one time in PEM format. To use it in PuTTY, the free SSH and Telnet client, you have to convert it to PPK format. To install PuTTY, see the Terminal Emulator section in Recommended utilities for your workstation To convert a PEM file to PPK Open a …

Modify STL 3D printing files with FreeCAD

There are many free STL files are available on the internet to 3D print useful objects at home. There are times when we want to make some adjustments to them to better fit our need or 3D printing equipment. If the STL file describes an object that is larger than the maximum dimensions your printer …