LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)
Unlike CDP, LLDP is a, non Cisco propriety, discovery protocol. LLDP is disabled by default. Global R1(config)# lldp run Timer/Holdtime lldp timer 5 lldp holdtime 15 Show R1(config)# do show lldp neigh
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How to Enable Authentication and Create DB Users in MongoDB
By default authentication is not enabled within Mongo. In this article we will show you how to enable authentication , create an account for global mongo administration and also create an account for database level authentication. Create UserAdmin First of all we go into the mongo shell and create our admin user. use admin db.createUser( … Read more
Docker Command Cheatsheet
Build Command Description docker build -t my_program:v1 . Build an image using the Dockerfile in current directory Execution Command Description docker run -d -it redis_celery Run container, detached. CMD/Excute in Dockerfile will execute as PID1l docker run -d -it redis_celery ping 8.8.8.8 -c1 Run container. Execute ping command Dockerfile Command Description FROM RUN ENV … Read more
A Beginners Guide to OpenStack Neutron
Introduction Neutron, introduced within the Folsom release, is a cloud networking controller and a networking-as-a-service project within the OpenStack cloud computing initiative. Neutron includes a set of application program interfaces (APIs), plug-ins and authentication/authorization control software that enable interoperability and orchestration of network devices and technologies within infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) environments[1]. What is OpenStack ? OpenStack … Read more
F5 – Unable to Create Local Account with Remote Auth
Issue When remote authentication is configured it is not possible (out of the box) to configure local user accounts. Other then the default admin and root accounts provided. This is also stated within the TMOS Management Guide for BIG-IP Systems, which says: “Excluding the admin account, the entire set of standard user accounts that you … Read more
How to install a Git Repo using Pip
Pip is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python [1]. Its easy to use and provides an excellent way to deploy your code with minimal fuse. Within this article we will show you how to install a git repo [2] directly via pip. Setup.py First of all add … Read more
Django+MongoEngine Update_or_Create Action
BuiltIn ORM Django provides a convenient method when needing to update a model instance, but create if it does not exist. The method is shown below, update_or_create(defaults=None, **kwargs) However MongoEngine replaces the builtin object-relational mapper (ORM). Because of this an alternative is required. MongoEngine Within MongoEngine the modify method can be used to achieve the … Read more
Brocade ADX – Multiple Health-checks on a Per Domain Basis
Now lets consider the following scenario. The client has multiple domains. Traffic is going to all domains on HTTP. However, these domains are under a single virtual server and each domain requires a separate health-check. In order to achieve this configuration port-aliasing is used. What is port-aliasing, you may ask ? Within the ADX various … Read more
Configuring Service-Offload on the Juniper SRX
Service Offload Configuration Commands 1. First configure the FPC/PIC (I believe on the SRX1400 if the NP-IOC is in slot 2 it would be FPC2 PIC0 but you can confirm) 2. Then setup a policy from zone x to zone y to allow whatever addressing/protocol and permit services-offload feature for that traffic 3. Then confirm … Read more