I recently had an issue with https functionality in WordPress when working behind a reverse proxy like Pound or nginx. I’m running Pound, so the solution for me was to add specific proto headers to the pound.cfg file; ## HTTPS listening ports ListenHTTPS HeadRemove “HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO” HeadRemove “X_FORWARDED_PROTO” AddHeader “HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO: https” AddHeader “X_FORWARDED_PROTO: https” ## HTTP […]
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I recently had a package show up in yum as being installed, but it was not or had been manually removed, so the yum removal process was broken and the ghost package was causing a yum update to fail. The solution was to use rpm to simply and safely remove the entry from the database, […]
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Every piece of documentation online says that do turn on extended logging for the QLA4xxx iSCSI HBA adapters, you issue this command; esxcfg-module -s extended_error_logging=1 qla4xxx However, after many back-and-forths with QLogic support, it turns out the new driver uses a new name for the extended error logging option; esxcfg-module -s ql4xextended_error_logging=1 qla4xxx Furthermore, to […]
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Well ToorCamp 2012 is over, and there is plenty to show for it. I ended up going after winning a ticket by answering a GeekWire tech-tune challenge correctly, and offered to write a few “camp journal” style posts for them while I was at it. GeekWire – Arrival (pdf) – Day 1 (pdf) – Day […]
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This post is another “just for me” reminder on how to do something, but it might be useful for some people so I’m making it public. To install a current version of Pound on CentOS 5.x, you need to make a couple tweaks; yum install gcc – If you don’t already have the compiler installed, […]
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In moving servers and workstations to the 64 bit architecture, occasionally you run into ridiculous limitations with components you’ve been used to working with for years… namely, they don’t work. Even Microsoft offers 32-bit only components that fail to load when you try to leverage them through IIS on a 64 bit OS. I just […]
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I’ve been using an OutBack Power Systems FW500 inverter system in my funky datacenter for a couple years now. So far I’ve been impressed, but one of the issues I’ve run into has to do with simply pulling power system data from the MATE via RS232 serial connection. I’ve connected the MATE to a USB […]
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Being an IT guy these days must be what it was like being a car mechanic in the 50s and 60s… before you needed seriously expensive tools and diagnostic devices that only car shops can afford now. In the IT realm, diagnostics and repair are still done with smarts, experience, and if necessary, free (usually) […]
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I started dealing with multi-domained Windows forests and many of the scripts and group policy settings currently being used only work with a single domain set up, or would work better if the domain name was taken into consideration. For example, folder redirection for two users named James Smith, but who work in totally different […]
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A while back I posted about resetting HP iLO card passwords through software. I’m following that post up with one about doing the same with Dell’s DRAC remote access cards. You may have forgotten the password, mistyped when setting a new password, or even acquired a used DRAC card with unknown an password. The good […]
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