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How To Manually Update Chef Server SSL Protocols

Open ssl config file

vim /var/opt/opscode/nginx/etc/chef_https_lb.conf

Update ssl_protocols

Problem

When running cookstyle locally on a Mac, you get the error:

Offenses:

metadata.rb:1:1: W: Chef/Deprecations/Delivery: Do not include a .delivery directory for the delivery command in your cookbooks. Chef Delivery (Workflow) went EOL Dec 31st 2021 and the delivery command was removed from Chef Workstation Feb 2022. (https://docs.chef.io/workstation/cookstyle/chef_deprecations_delivery)

Problem

Installing mysql2 gem errors on Apple silicon M1, M2 or M3 Mac running macOS Sonoma.

Solution

Make sure mysql-client, openssl and zstd are installed on Mac via Homebrew.

Replace mysql-client with whichever mysql package you are using

Update Chef Version

How to update version of chef client on node

curl -L https://chef.io/chef/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -v 18.2.7

How To Backup and Restore Redis

Backup

Login to Redis

$ redis-cli

Problem

Using chef_vault_item in a recipe and testing via ChefSpec returns the following error:

Chef::Exceptions::InvalidDataBagPath:
       Data bag path '/var/folders/5d/46p9wf6976l9xptq3fwsrj9r0000gp/T/d20210228-64571-1lao3dr/data_bags' not found. Please create this directory.

Solution

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How To Clean Up Ubuntu

Some simple ways to free up space on Ubuntu

Remove Unnecessary Packages and Dependencies

apt-get autoremove

	##############################
	## POSTGRESQL BACKUP CONFIG ##
	##############################

	# Optional system user to run backups as. If the user the script is running as doesn't match this
	# the script terminates. Leave blank to skip check.
	BACKUP_USER=backup

	# Optional hostname to adhere to pg_hba policies. Will default to "localhost" if none specified.
	HOSTNAME=

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
	# Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
	# compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
	# https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
	#
	# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
	# basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
	# License for the specific language governing rights and limitations