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andreicristianpetcu / ansible-summary.md
Created May 30, 2016 19:25
This is an ANSIBLE Cheat Sheet from Jon Warbrick

An Ansible summary

Jon Warbrick, July 2014, V3.2 (for Ansible 1.7)

Configuration file

intro_configuration.html

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@davesarg
davesarg / evohomemqtt.py
Last active December 1, 2018 08:08
An Evohome to MQTT bridge
#! /usr/bin/env python
"""Uses the brilliant Evohome Client from Andrew Stock to query the status of
a Honeywell Evohome heat system and publishes the responses to an a MQTT broker.
Evohome Client available https://github.com/watchforstock/evohome-client
Run with your username and password
eventcmd = /home/pi/bin/evohomemqtt.py -u username -p password
"""
@vladignatyev
vladignatyev / progress.py
Last active April 22, 2026 17:17
Python command line progress bar in less than 10 lines of code.
# The MIT License (MIT)
# Copyright (c) 2016 Vladimir Ignatev
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software
# is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
@falkolab
falkolab / download.js
Created July 30, 2014 08:16
Download file by http with progress (NodeJS)
function download(fileUrl, apiPath, callback) {
var url = require('url'),
http = require('http'),
p = url.parse(fileUrl),
timeout = 10000;
var file = fs.createWriteStream(apiPath);
var timeout_wrapper = function( req ) {
return function() {
@darylrobbins
darylrobbins / gist:99563cbfddbae7a0ecd9
Created July 13, 2014 00:31
Ubuntu Preseed Config
#### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for squeeze)
### Localization
# Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale.
#d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
# The values can also be preseeded individually for greater flexibility.
d-i debian-installer/language string en
d-i debian-installer/country string CA
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
# Optionally specify additional locales to be generated.
@niksumeiko
niksumeiko / git.migrate
Last active June 8, 2026 11:53
Moving git repository and all its branches, tags to a new remote repository keeping commits history
#!/bin/bash
# Sometimes you need to move your existing git repository
# to a new remote repository (/new remote origin).
# Here are a simple and quick steps that does exactly this.
#
# Let's assume we call "old repo" the repository you wish
# to move, and "new repo" the one you wish to move to.
#
### Step 1. Make sure you have a local copy of all "old repo"
### branches and tags.
@njvack
njvack / catmullrom2bezier.js
Created October 10, 2013 21:01
A routine to compute the cubic Bézier spline parameters to fit a curve to points, using the Catmull-Rom algorithm.
//************************************************
//
// Catmull-Rom Spline to Bezier Spline Converter
//
//
// This is an experimental extension of the SVG 'path' element syntax to
// allow Catmull-Rom splines, which differs from Bézier curves in that all
// defined points on a Catmull-Rom spline are on the path itself.
//
// This is intended to serve as a proof-of-concept toward inclusion of a
@dopiaza
dopiaza / slackpost
Created September 5, 2013 12:33
Post a message to a Slack channel
#!/bin/bash
# Usage: slackpost <token> <channel> <message>
# Enter the name of your slack host here - the thing that appears in your URL:
# https://slackhost.slack.com/
slackhost=PUT_YOUR_HOST_HERE
token=$1
@kr
kr / jsonenv
Created August 6, 2013 00:59
convert a json dictionary into environment variables
#!/usr/bin/env python
# jsonenv reads a json object as input and produces
# escaped shell commands for setting environment vars
import json
import pipes
import sys
for k, v in json.load(sys.stdin).items():
@jasonberanek
jasonberanek / README.md
Last active January 29, 2018 18:59
Enabling VNC support in the VMware ESXi 5.x Firewall

VMware ESXi includes a built in VNC server that can be used to access a VMs console for manipulation via automated tools (e.g., veewee) or by users on platforms where the vSphere Client is not supported. In ESXi 5.x, the built-in firewall does not allow VNC traffic to be received by the VNC server, even when an individual VM is configured to support this configuration. To complete this activity, the firewall has to be modified to allow the appropriate ports.

The below script can be run via the ESXi command line to setup the firewall rules necessary to run VNC. A few items to note:

  • Scripts assumes the firewall rules file is the default provided as by 5.0.0 update 2 build 914586 and/or 5.1.0 build 799733 (may work in other versions)
  • In order to persist settings after a reboot, it is necessary to copy the firewall settings to either a specific datastore mapped to the host, or the local persistent storage linked under the /store directory. Further, the either the /etc/rc.local (ESXi 5.0) or `/etc/rc.local