Nine years ago I was trying to find which RPM contained the executable “cluconfig” for configuring clustering – I made these notes on looking for a file in rpms SUMMARY: needed cluconfig for Cluster Manager – searched for cluconfig in install disks for RHAS NOTES: mount the disk, cd to RPMS directory, run: for i…
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apache semaphores…
Troubleshooting an application that wouldn’t come up. I found that apache refused to start… In the log I found: [emerg] (28)No space left on device: Couldn’t create accept lock Disk space was fine, and we are not using quotas on the application filesystem. That leaves semaphores… I always have to go find the commands to…
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This is a practical use of searching for strings and finding and setting a missing puppet variable. Error from a puppet run: err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: sysloghost variable must be defined in app_site module at /etc/puppet/environments/directory/modules/dstributed/app/manifests/log4j.pp:11 on node servernamed warning: Not using cache on failed catalog err:…
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