Recently, I moved what I call my ‘base’ installers to Ansible. Base installers are those that install the bare minimum number of tools I require on top of the minimal installs of Linux; that is, Linux installations that include just enough of the OS components to boot and provide minimal, mostly manual administrative tasks. The …
Containers with SELinux: Dropbox on CentOS 7
Ever since Dropbox dropped support for various forms of modern and older Linux versions, there have been ways to get around the issues. However, none of them properly consider SELinux’s being in use. Dropbox removed effective support for CentOS 7.x and RHEL 7.x while maintaining it for the latest Debian versions. Why is not really …
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LinuxVSM: Keeping Up with VMware
When I started the LinuxVSM Project, I started it to help myself—to solve a problem caused by data faults and the long tail between updates. Now, with version 5, LinuxVSM has grown steadily. It is no longer a tool just for myself, but also for others. It even has folks verifying it to other operating …
GitHub Repo: PowerCLI for Linux & Ubuntu Support
After several weeks of coding and testing, I have finally upgraded the AAC-base installers to support not just the official Microsoft PowerShell repos and VMware PowerCLI 10, but also Debian-based Linux releases. These are significant updates. But what are the AAC-base installers?