Berks update fails with ‘Missing artifacts’ error message
When you add cookbooks as dependencies with the “depends” statement to the metadata.rb file of your Chef cookbook, to be able to test your cookbooks in Chef Test Kitchen, you also have to specify the location of those cookbooks in the…
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…
Splunk user management
The default Splunk user roles are Admin Power User
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…
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…
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…
Turn off emojis in Lync
When you use Lync to send and receive technical messages, some of the character combinations are displayed as small icons. To turn off this feature In the Lync menu select Preferences, On the Appearance tab uncheck Show emoticons in instant messages.
Turn off auto correction on the iPhone
The iPhone auto correction tries to guess and correct the text as you type. If you use technical terms or write in multiple languages, those guesses are most of the time wrong. To turn off auto correction on your iPhone Open Settings Select General…
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…
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…