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A Chef node is a physical or virtual machine with an operating system that is connected to the Chef server. Once the node has made the connection to the Chef server, the installed Chef Client can execute Chef cookbooks to configure the machine. Bootstrapping is the process to connect the node the first time to …
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When you need to set a Chef resource attribute based on the current state of the environment, there is a way to dynamically provide the value. Set the value of a boolean variable with a test, Declare the Chef resource and assign a reference to it to a variable, Set the resource attribute based on …
When you try to execute a Terraform configuration in Terraform Enterprise (Atlas) you may get the error message: Setup failed: Failed to copy slug dir: lstat /Users: no such file or directory Cause: The Git repository contains the .terraform/modules directory, and the Terraform Enterprise server cannot get the latest modules from GitHub. Solution: Create a .gitignore file …
If you just start to work with Terraform Enterprise, you need to create a Terraform environment. Preparation GitHub account To access GitHub from Terraform Enterprise, create a GitHub team and account with admin access to the GitHub repository that will store the Terraform scripts. Create a GitHub team who will have admin access to the Terraform …
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When I tried to execute the “kitchen list” command in Chef Test Kitchen the following error came up: No instances for regex `’, try running `kitchen list’ I could not find the reason for the error, so I opened the .kitchen.yml file in the Atom editor, added a space to one of the comments, and saved the …
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GitKraken is a Git user interface to manage Git repositories. Installation Download the GitKraken installer from https://www.gitkraken.com/download Configuration Start the GitKraken application Login with your GitHub account, or create a new account or Connect to a Git repository Click the Open a Repository button Select a repository folder and click the Open button
Create a new organization In your web browser navigate to https://atlas.hashicorp.com/help/organizations, On the left menu bar under Organizations click Create, In the middle of the screen click the new organization page link, Enter the email address and user name for the organization owner and click the Create organization button.
Frequently used Git commands Git runs entirely on your workstation, and a copy of the entire repository is also on your local hard drive. GitHub, BitBucket, and other providers only give you a storage space to allow you to share your repository with others and provide a web user interface to manage it. You can use any …
Splunk stores the configuration values in files in the /opt/splunkforwarder directory structure. Splunk client Description Location Splunk Deployment server /opt/splunkforwarder/etc/system/local/deploymentclient.conf Example targetUri = DEPLOYMENT_SERVER_URL:8089 Splunk Forwarder address /opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/tcpout-aws/local/outputs.conf Example server = FORWARDER1_ADDRESS:9997,FORWARDER2_ADDRESS:9997 Linux event log. Splunk tails this file. /var/log/messages To log a message in the Linux event log logger “My message” To …
When the Atlassian Confluence wiki is installed on a Windows server, it frequently becomes unavailable. Sometimes it is possible to restart the Atlassian Confluence Windows service, but most of the time the Stop phase times out with: Windows could not stop the Atlassian Confluence service on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond …
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