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module StringToBoolean
  def to_bool
    return true if self == true || self =~ (/^(true|t|yes|y|1)$/i)
    return false if self == false || self.blank? || self =~ (/^(false|f|no|n|0)$/i)
    raise ArgumentError.new("invalid value for Boolean: \"#{self}\"")
  end
end

class String; include StringToBoolean; end

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# Run with: rake environment elasticsearch:reindex
# Begins by creating the index using tire:import command. This will create the "official" index name, e.g. "person" each time.
# Then we rename it to, e.g. "person20121001" and alias "person" to it.

namespace :elasticsearch do
  desc "re-index elasticsearch"
  task :reindex => :environment do

    klasses = [Place, Person, Caption]

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$ aws opsworks describe-stacks
{
    "Stacks": [
        {
            "ServiceRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::047170177871:role/aws-opsworks-service-role", 
            "StackId": "575e1389-1df3-427d-99d3-d60f89a41442", 
            "DefaultRootDeviceType": "ebs", 
            "Name": "rhenning_test", 
            "ConfigurationManager": {
                "Version": "11.4", 

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# Put this in /etc/logrotate.d/mongodb
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5004626/mongodb-log-file-growth

/log/*.log {
    daily
    rotate 30
    compress
    dateext
    missingok
    notifempty