Questions tagged [configuration-managment]
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Why do so many programs use "foo.bar.baz = qux" style configurations?
I've noticed that tons of programs store configuration info in various hierarchial keys. For example, Firefox's about:config has keys like network.http.pipelining and network.http.pipelining.ssl and network.http.use-cache. I've noticed this style of…
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Print a report on how Windows 10 services are configured?
I'm in the middle of taming a new machine.
In the course of that I've installed a handful of things which add services... but I've also disabled a large number of M$ crapware/intrusionware/irrelevant services.
Is there any way of producing a report…
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Prometheus targets based on ip address ranges?
Prometheus scrape targets based on ip address ranges?
I'm wondering if there is any way to configure Prometheus (great tool! thanks Brian B!) to scrape targets based only on range of ip address.
Like below:
12.34.56.0:9100 - 12.34.56.255:9100
What…
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Managing extlinux configuration file under Debian/Ubuntu
The things under Debian/Ubuntu used to be:
On Debian or Ubuntu, if you make changes to files like /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf directly, they'll be overwritten.
The configuration files are regenerated by a program called extlinux-update, which runs…
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Orange Pi Zero 2 Debian Buster 4.9.170 I2C hardware configuration issues
I have an Orange Pi Zero 2 and I am running Debian Buster 4.9.170. I am using Buster because of software functions to operate a MiniTiouner 2.0 Digital TV / HamTV Tuner board and LONGMYND Server / Client software.
After I install the OS and try to…
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How to set Netgear FVS338 as "Interior Router"?
I got a NETGEAR FVS338 ProSafe VPN Firewall Router. I planned to use it as Interior Router that seating in back of my Sagemcom Gateway F@st 5366 TN-A.
I'm running quite few business application servers in my home office. The Sagemcom networks…
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Windows 10 resisting configuration to delete pagefile on shutdown
Why would Windows 10 resist its configuration to delete its pagefile on shutdown?
The configuration is:
Windows 10 guest on an Ubuntu 22.04 host running VMware Workstation Player 16.2.4.
The Windows 10 machine is configured to clear its pagefile on…
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Computer management tool does not refresh the Message Queueing, private queues
I'm working on a Windows-10 computer, version 2004 (OS Build 19041.1052).
I'm working with some new Message Queueing items, which can be seen in "Computer Management" tool, "Services and Applications", "Message Queuing":
- Outgoing Queues
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I3 wm PageUp and PageDown remap names in config file are Prior and Next
How can I bind PageUp and PageDown key in i3 configuration file ? using PageUp and PageDown does not work.
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header_checks is applied to mail body (CentOS 7 + Postfix 2.10.1)
I have received SPAM e-mail, added regular expression to header_checks about it and when tried to forward SPAM e-mail as attachment, then this check triggered and rejected my forwarded e-mail.
Regexp I've added is /^From:…
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Is it possible to set separate Taskwarrior files?
I have been using Taskwarrior primarily to track books I read and I want to read (for some years now, actually), so projects are based on book genres and customised fields are also related to books in general.
The Taskwarrior documentation simply…
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macOS - Where is the documentation for the Dynamic Store keys and their usage?
I am making an app that modifies some DNS settings, and to do it I am using the SystemConfiguration framework's SCDynamicStore. This can be used to modify the values of specific keys in the store, but I want to see some documentation for the usage…
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How can I automatically restart Docker containers after a Windows Server reboot?
I have been struggling for the last couple of days to get my Docker containers to restart after a system reboot. Going by the documentation and numerous blogs on the topic I was under the impression that --restart always (or, depending on the…
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Keycloak: How to overcome password expiration for a pseudo-user for config management purposes?
There are some Ansible playbooks that perform run-time configuration of a Keycloak instance via REST API. The playbooks obtain an authentication token with OIDC. It uses username + password - or X.509 certificate - for authentication when getting…
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Ignoring /substituting missing certificate files in apache 2.4 config
Are there any directives or constructs I can use in Apache 2.4 to prevent Apache from failing to load at all if a certificate file is missing for an https Virtualhost is missing.
(I am dealing with a process that - on a remote system - creates a…
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