Modifying NGINX Plus to provide nginx I didn't realize that nginx-plus doesn't give the rpm system a provides nginx. This means if your program is configured to only require nginx, it may complain and say it's not there. This
Linux Satellite 6.2 error on update install or remove - /usr/share/ruby/tmpdir.rb:85:in `mkdir': No such file or directory - /etc/katello-installer Recently on a restore I got the following error for Satellite 6.2: /usr/share/ruby/tmpdir.rb:85:in `mkdir’: No such file or directory – /etc/katello-installer/d20171010-14589-12we0i0 (Errno::ENOENT) from /usr/
Security Every time you disable SELinux God kills a kitten Anything that states you must disable selinux to get it to work should never be run in production or on a system outside a lab.
Citrix Using Citrix PVS to stream Linux VDA (RHEL 7 Workstation) How to stream Linux VDA Workstations with Citrix PVS
Citrix Synergy as CTP Getting to attend Synergy 2016 is one of the perks that accompanies being a CTP. You also have responsibilities that come with this but I’m finding the perks seem to outweigh them!
First week at Red Hat I recently joined Red Hat on May 16th and spent a few days in Raleigh at orientation. I can’t think of a time before that I felt as good a fit as
Cloud OpenStack Summit - keynotes Thanks to Champions Solutions Group, I’ve been able to attend the OpenStack Summit this year, 2016, in Austin, TX. The event is interesting considering my experience with other conferences. Generally I attend
PVS Citrix PVS and Managed Service Accounts gMSA I’m a big fan of Managed Service Accounts because they are much more secure and aren’t easily exploited by human beings. Basically, Active Directory controls the account with it being responsible
FusionIO and XenServer Getting FusionIO cards and XenServer to work seem to be a bit tougher than I thought but it’s possible. I have a few cards, some old servers and a XenServer 6.5
CTP 2016! I’m honored to be chosen as a CTP for the class of 2016! It is exciting obviously for me, but also Champion Solutions to be able to speak on Citrix solutions for
2016 - Champion Solutions Group As you may have noticed, this blog hasn’t been updated in a while. To be honest, last year afforded me little time to update, post or even be allowed to describe what
Neutron Openstack Multi-Node with Single NIC This post is a summary of my experience getting a multi-node, single nic setup up and running. I have two older laptops (relative term, they still are x64 with intel-vt so not that
Glance Using Swift backend for Glance on Ubuntu Openstack This took a bit for me to figure out with Juno so I thought I’d share if you’re interested. If you use devstack, this happens pretty naturally. I like to understand
Nvidia SteamOS on Lenovo T510 with Nvidia Optimus SteamOS is still in beta but releases come out and I found the concept interesting. However, you need a PC with UEFI BIOS and a newer Nvidia or ATI card (although I think
Containers Lightbulb moment with Docker I’ve heard the word, played with Docker 101 and still was left wondering why this technology is important. After all, we have VMs we can run applications on and they obviously support
Storage I've got problems but 99.999 (five nines) storage isn't one of them I recently have been in front of a few customers discussing various designs for application and desktop virtualization. Inevitably, or at some point, we discuss storage. When it comes to storage I often
InfoBlox InfoBlox and Citrix Issues [RESOLVED] I have heard a lot on Infoblox issues with Citrix and had the chance to meet some of the Infoblox team today for lunch and a meeting. My first question, and Kevin Dralle’
Citrix SynergyTV - SYN119 - How Atlanta Public Schools delivers virtual desktops to 50,000 students #citrixsynergy http://live.citrixsynergy.com/2014/player/ondemandplayer.php?presentation_id=73fa6330-d2b9-4c61-9e21-fd6f8d9e887f#sthash.CwImYOB6.dpbs
Folder Redirection Redirecting Folders to Office 365 I created a script a while ago to map folders at logon to enable saving directly to OneDrive for Business (also known as SharePoint Online or SkyDrive Pro). I plan to explain more
SQL server XenDesktop 7.1 SQL Mirroring Mirroring in SQL is a great way to protect your XenDesktop infrastructure. In 7.1 deployments this can be a bit challenging since the documentation at Citrix doesn’t reflect an accurate way
Dad Fixing Thomas the Tank wooden train tracks (or Brio) Repairing broken Thomas the Tank wooden train tracks
Session Reliability XenDesktop 7.1 and Storefront long log on times First of all this is really just a cut-and-paste from a talented co-worker, Jason Allen. All I ran into an issue with XenDesktop 7.1 and Storefront 2.1. I was having long
PVS XenApp, PVS, Hyper-V and NIC issues - 1494 not listening While spinning up about 100 xenapp servers on hyper-v, I utilized a PVS isolated stream network. This network, on Hyper-V, needs to use the legacy NIC. It is a different subnet than the
