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If your Java source code imports packages, you have to add the JAR files containing them to the Library. When you try to compile your Java application in NetBeans, and you get the error message: error: package … does not exist In the NetBeans Project view right-click the Libraries folder In the drop down menu select Add …
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There are multiple reasons Chef can display the following error message NoMethodError ————- Undefined method or attribute `…’ on `node’ There are many ways to reference an attribute in a Chef recipe: node[‘ATTRIBUTE_NAME’] (the recommended style) node[“ATTRIBUTE_NAME”] node[:ATTRIBUTE_NAME] (use it only if the single or double quotes (‘ or “) would cause a problem …
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There are multiple reasons to restore a database from backup. One of them can be disaster recovery, the other is to bring the production database to the developer machine. In both cases, the computer already has the old version of the database. In the new version of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (MSSMS) we cannot find …
If you work with many Git repositories it is easy to miss a repository when you commit your changes, and very time consuming to pull from all repositories. It is easy to automate both processes. In this example, we will place all files in the ~/Git/devops-scripts folder. If you want to place your files at another …
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When you create a class to be used as the model in a .NET MVC application, the class has to have a parameterless constructor. It is called during the POST when the user clicks the submit button of the form. If the class does not have a parameterless constructor, we will get the following generic …
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To access a Git repository Jenkins can use an SSH key. To add the SSH key to the Jenkins server use the following Chef script Store the SSH key in an encrypted data bag called “keys”. { “id”: “ci_private_keys”, “ci_github_key”: “—–BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY—–\n…\n—–END RSA PRIVATE KEY—–“, } Add the following to the Jenkins …
When you need a unique string to name a resource in your Chef scrip, generate a GUID with SecureRandom.uuid To make sure the resource always gets a unique name: log “#{SecureRandom.uuid}” do message ‘My message’ level :info end
Amazon Web Services do not provide tools to migrate data to, from and between AWS RDS instances. There is a free utility that can do the job. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Install Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), because the utility uses libraries from it. Download the installer for free from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt238290.aspx SQL Azure Migration …
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How to restore a MySQL database in Windows To restore a MySQL database on a Windows machine: Place the database backup file in the root directory of your C: drive (trust me, this will make your life easier) Open the Command Prompt Start the MySQL command prompt mysql -u root -p This command will prompt you …
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The GitHub repositories usually contain a README.md file to describe how to use the project. The GitHub web site has a simple editor, but it has a few limitations If you accidentally refresh the page, you lose your changes, The preview pane is wider than the page that will display your file, so the formatting can be …