Use the following commands to install Open VM Tools (open-vm-tools) in CentOS 6 1. install EPEL repository yum -y install epel-release 2. Install Open VM Tools yum -y install open-vm-tools 3. Start Open VM Tools service service vmtoolsd start
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Transfer Spooling Area is not Writable in vCloud Director
Issue: During a new install of vCloud Director 8.20 on Centos 6.9 the service failed to start properly for the first time. Troubleshooting: I investigated log files # tail -f /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/logs/cell.log Output: Application Initialization: 'com.vmware.vcloud.common.core' 100% complete. Subsystem 'com.vmware.vcloud.ui-vcloud-webapp' started Application Initialization: 'com.vmware.vcloud.common.core' complete. Server is ready in 1:05 (minutes:seconds) Successfully handled all Read More…
Create NFS Share in CentOS
This document describes the process of creating an NFS share on a fresh install of CentOS 6. I will be sharing the directory /home/share for use in a test vCloud Director environnment. I will have two servers connecting to the NFS share (10.64.51.61 and 10.64.51.62) Firstly its always wise to run an update Read More…
Restart VCSA 6.5 Services via CLI Commands
First of all you will need to connect to the VSCA CLI by SSH. Then type shell on the command line: Command> shell To list all services and their state: # service-control –status –all Example output: To start a service: # service-control –start –{service-name} In this example I am starting the vpxd service Read More…
New Install of Squid Only Listening on IPv6
Problem I installed Squid 3.5.20 on a fresh copy of CentOS 7 but the web proxy was not working when I pointed a browser to it. Troubleshooting I could telnet locally to port 3128 but when I tried from another device on the network I was unable to connect, despite opening the port on Read More…
List All Files Recursively in Linux
To list all files in a directory – including subdirectories then use this command: # find /data/jord01 -type f If you want a count of all the files in a directory: # find /data/jord01 -type f | wc -l
Disable Firewalld in CentOS 7
Simple instructions on how to stop, disable and the check the status of firewall 1) Stop the firewalld service # systemctl stop firewalld 2) Disable the firewalld service from starting # systemctl disable firewalld 3) Check the status of the firewalld service # systemctl status firewalld
Useful Exim Commands
Here are some useful CLI commands when dealing with mail queues on EXIM: List amount of messages in the queue /usr/sbin/exim -bpc List all messages in the queue /usr/sbin/exim -bp Get a summary of the current mail queue /usr/sbin/exim -bp | exiqsumm Here is an example output Count Volume Oldest Newest Domain Read More…
Install Unbound on FreeBSD 10
Below are instructions on how to install Unbound on FreeBSD Firstly install Unbound from the ports tree: # cd /usr/ports # make search name=unbound Port: unbound-1.5.7 Path: /usr/ports/dns/unbound Info: Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver Maint: [email protected] B-deps: autoconf-2.69 autoconf-wrapper-20131203 automake-1.15_1 automake-wrapper-20131203 expat-2.1.0_3 indexinfo-0.2.4 ldns-1.6.17_5 libtool-2.4.6 m4-1.4.17_1,1 perl5-5.20.3_8 R-deps: expat-2.1.0_3 ldns-1.6.17_5 Read More…
Postfix : Delete All Messages in Mail Queue
To delete all messages in a mail queue running Postfix run the following command: # postsuper -d ALL deferred
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