December 2018 - Roundtable

MUUG Meeting, Jan 8, 7:30pm -- Test Driving oVirt with Nested KVM, RTFM: systemctl
by Gilbert E. Detilllieux 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 8. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Test Driving oVirt with Nested KVM oVirt is a KVM based virtualization solution by Red Hat which works on a data-centre / multi-server scale. Mark Jenkins will show that you don't need a rack full of servers or a SAN to try it out or simulate a production environment. The secret sauce for this is nested KVM. RTFM: systemctl(1) Most Linux distros have now adopted systemd as the new init process. Gilbert Detillieux will introduce the very basics of using systemctl(1) to control daemons in a systemd-based environment. The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ******************************************************************* Please note our meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ******************************************************************* For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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ifcfg style going away
by Trevor Cordes 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

Upgraded some boxes to Fedora 29 and after a while I came across this bit of fun: the old network-scripts ifcfg style of configuring your network interfaces is deprecated and will be removed from Fedora eventually. I checked and Ubuntu seems to have done the same (actually, they are moving faster). This means RHEL/CentOS will have this in the near future also. The new "solution" is to use NetworkManager (of course). Strike another win for the "systemd crowd", and another loss for any advanced admin running servers with moderately complex, mostly static, network setups. So we'll all have to convert our ifcfg setups to NM format, which of course won't have a 1-for-1 replacement for every option. And we'll have to then figure out how to fight NM not to do anything automatically. And we'll (for many people, but not all) be forced to have NMd running in the background always and forever, even on static setups. Oh joy. Here's some bz ranting (no, the guy isn't me, but could be!) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643763 At least it looks like it'll be in deprecated mode in Fedora for a few versions so one is not forced to change immediately. Ubuntu users may not be so lucky. As for now, my box had the networks come up just fine as usual when I upgraded, and I don't even have the NM rpms installed at all. But the migration will have to come sooner rather than later... ifup enp5s0.4 WARN : [ifup] You are using 'ifup' script provided by 'network-scripts', which are now deprecated. WARN : [ifup] 'network-scripts' will be removed from distribution in near future. WARN : [ifup] It is advised to switch to 'NetworkManager' instead - it provides 'ifup/ifdown' scripts as well.

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Disturbing things happening at the CRTC
by Kat 08 Dec '18

08 Dec '18

They are ramming though pro-corporate policy. Proper public "consultation" periods are so short as to be impossible. Now several consumer interest groups are boycotting the process and calling them out publicly. Commissioner Miner (@fanCRTCProfling) tweeted at 4:11 PM on Fri, Nov 30, 2018: .@doctorow, Interesting thing happening at the Canadian Telecom Regulator (CRTC). A first. There is a boycott from most all the major Canadian consumer and public interest groups going on. Background below: (https://twitter.com/fanCRTCProfling/status/1068628565544058880?s=03) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=13

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MUUG Meeting, Dec 11, 7:30pm -- RTFM: time, Round-table, Mingling and Munchies
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 11. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: RTFM: time A short demonstration of the Unix time(1) command by Wyatt Zacharias. Time is used to determine the duration of execution of a particular command. Round-table, Mingling and Munchies As 2018 draws to a close, MUUG will continue our recent tradition of turning the December meeting into more of a social event. *Bring your favourite gadget!* We will have the usual round-table session, followed by the RTFM presentation (see above), then a gadget show & tell, and finally, some time for mingling, eating, and drinking. *This will be a pot-luck snack event.* Cookies and pop will be provided by MUUG, but members are encouraged to bring their own finger food to sample and share. Feel free to bring your own drink as well if you want something particular - just remember that we don't have a liquor license! Winnipeg Harvest Food Drive Also as in previous years, we will combine our pot luck with a food drive for Winnipeg Harvest. Cash donations are preferred this year as every $1 Winnipeg Harvest receives, they are able to pick up and deliver $20 worth of groceries. *Any member who donates at least $1 or brings at least 1 food item will be given an entry into the door prize draw!* Winnipeg Harvest has information about what they're looking for on their website: http://winnipegharvest.org/donate-food/ The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ******************************************************************* Please note our new meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ******************************************************************* For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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