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Create Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (PV) OpenVPN Access Server on AWS

February 7, 2015 Leave a comment

Create AWS Instance

Inbound Security Group Rules

Custom UDP Rule
UDP
943
0.0.0.0/0
SSH
TCP
22
0.0.0.0/0
Custom UDP Rule
UDP
1194
0.0.0.0/0
HTTPS
TCP
443
0.0.0.0/0
Custom UDP Rule
UDP
443
0.0.0.0/0
Custom TCP Rule
TCP
943
0.0.0.0/0

Use PuTTYGen to convert pem to ppk.  Add passphrase to the key.

Assign IP

Update DNS

SSH to host DNS name to verify proper name resolution.  Login as ubuntu.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

The download page for OpenVPN Access Server.

https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-server/download-openvpn-as-sw/113.html?osfamily=Ubuntu

Right click the link and select ‘Copy link address’

From PuTTY download the deb

wget [right click]

Install the deb

sudo dpkg -i openvpn[tab]

Give user openvpn a password

sudo passed openvpn

It appears Ubuntu will open the ports, but I should figure out what is going on.

Open browser to admin page and log in as openvpn

https://%5Burl%5D:943/admin/

Configure server.  Be sure to properly add the server DNS name in Server Network Settings

Open browser to login page

https://%5Burl%5D:943/

Select “Login”

log in as openvpn

Download and install OpenVPN Connect for Window

Connect to VPN and verify server IP via ‘whats my ip’

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Install VMware Tools on Debian 7

February 7, 2015 Leave a comment

Before the tools are installed, you must install make and gcc

sudo apt-get install gcc make

VMware tools requires the Linux Kernel headers

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Insert the CD.  Player -> Manage -> Install VMware tools…

Mount the CD

mount /media/cdrom

Extract tool to home

cd ~

tar -zxvf /media/cdrom/VMware[tab]

Execute the installer

cd vmware-tools-distrib

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

Reboot

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A Beer Game

January 22, 2015 Leave a comment

I am drinking Left Handed Nitro Milk Stout.  This is an amazing beer.

I have a new set of NPR pint glasses.

I try pouring a beer as hard as I can into a glass, such that it will foam and head over, but I cannot accomplish my task.

Try.

Mike

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Fix Windows Update Corruption

December 17, 2014 Leave a comment

From:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_update/update-wont-in-install-code-80242007-and-code-652/60d44184-13cd-472c-91ff-06146d1d4523

You can try the following methods

Method 1:

I would suggest you to run the windows update troubleshooter

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Windows-Update-troubleshooter

Method 2:

Put the computer in ‘Clean boot’ and then try to update.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: When the troubleshooting is over do not forget to reset the computer to normal startup. Follow the step 7 in the above article.

Method 3:

How do I reset Windows Update components?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058

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Batch Build Web Deploy

May 27, 2014 Leave a comment

Source

 

 

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Local RSYNC NAS Backup

March 22, 2014 Leave a comment

rsync -rtvu /mnt/data/ /mnt/backup/Skywarp/

Note the trailing ‘/’ in the path.

 

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Move User Data Folder via mklink

March 7, 2013 Leave a comment

Works very well.

How To:

http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-move-user-data-folder-to-non-system-partition-in-windows-7vista/

As you know,windows 7/vista put all system data and user data on the same partition,normally it’s drive C.Under this condition we must backup our user data every time we re-install our windows 7/vista.From windows vista ,Microsoft supply us a toolmklink which can create a symbolic link under windows 7 or vista just as the command ln under unix/linux.Below is an example about how to put user data on non-system using mklink in windows 7.
1.Enable administrator account and set a password for it.You can refer How to enable or disable administrator account in windows 7

2.Logoff and login with administrator account

3.Relocate your user data to other non-system partion,for example from C:\users\J  to D:\users\J,then REMOVE the old profile folder

robocopy /MIR /XJ   C:\Users\J  D:\Users\J

4.Use mklink to create a symbolic link from C:\users\J to D:\users\J

mklink /J C:\Users\J  D:\users\J

5.Re-login use your own account,you will find nothing changed,but in fact your physical user data is on drive D.

6.Done.The next time you re-install your OS ,just use the same user name, remove  C:\users\J then run the command of step 3 again then your user data is back.

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Why it’s a Directory Junction and not a Directory Symbolic link:

http://superuser.com/questions/343074/directory-junction-vs-directory-symbolic-link

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Client OpenVPN as NAT Gateway Router to Local Network

February 19, 2013 Leave a comment

An OpenVPN server exists on the Internet. This is how an individual client will expose to all other clients of the VPN its private network.

The private network is 192.168.99.0/24. Create a ubuntu server installation.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install openvpn

Go to the VPN server and login admin. Configure your user profile as Admin/Auto-login and:

openvpn-client-gateway

(not sure Admin is that important, need to remove and test)

The VPN server will now tell all clients that it will handle traffic for 192.168.99.0/24. Your client profile is now configured as a gateway for 99.0/24, so the server will NAT all traffic down the VPN to your client. However, your shiny new ubuntu client must then NAT the server traffic onto 99.0/24.

From http://codeghar.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/ubuntu-12-04-ipv4-nat-gateway-and-dhcp-server.

Everything up to Install DHCP server. Basically just enable routing and add the NAT iptables rules.

I like this post for creating your iptables https://wiki.debian.org/iptables

Log into the http openvpn server (LOGIN not CONNECT). Download your autologin profile, rename to .txt, open with WordPad (not Notepad).

Place the contents of this file in /etc/openvpn/client.conf on the ubuntu client.

Start OpenVPN client:

cd /etc/openvpn/
sudo openvpn client.conf

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Fun with SSH

February 13, 2013 Leave a comment

The more I use SSH the more I like it.

This post is along the same lines as my previous Git post regarding SSH tunneling to access a Git repository while behind a firewall.

I want remote access to my home ESXi server, and all it’s running instances. To do this, I will achieve RDC to a Win7 instance running on the server, install vSphere Client, and SSH to any Linux instances.

To achieve RDC I configured my ADSL modem to DMZ my DD-WRT router. I connected externally to DD-WRT via the web interface. So far so good. I then created a RDP port forward rule to my Win7 instance. Trying to connect failed.

When attempting this from work I ran into the same issue that the corporate firewall does not allow outbound connections on 3389 (RDP). Therefore my RDC client will never hit the port forward rule on dd-wrt, it can’t even get to the Internet.

I only have a few outbound ports to work with, 80 (http), 443 (https), and maybe 22 (ssh)????

Back on the DD-WRT web interface I enabled the SSH server. From my remote computer I successfully accessed my router via SSH. GREAT, I have the mechanism to poke an outbound hole in the corporate firewall.

A little research, including my previous Git/SSH post and this http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Telnet/SSH_and_the_Command_Line

Essentially I used my local SSH client (PuTTY) to connect to the DD-WRT SSH Server. This connection, then creates a Local ssh tunnel, from my local port 1234 to the destination Win7:3389.

It’s important to use the word Destination instead of Remote, because there is a difference between Local port forwarding to a Destination and Remote port forwarding. The above dd-wrt-com link has a good explanation of the two.

So once I configured PuTTY properly and opened the SSH session, I then fired up RDC and connected to localhost:1234. This connection looked like this:

[work]->[corp firewall]->[Internet]->[DSL Router]->[dd-wrt]->[Win7]
or
[localhost:1234]->[ssh tunnel]->[Win7:3389]

The forwarded port in PuTTY was configured as such:

PuTTY.SSH.RDP

4L1234 192.168.2.200:3389

This essentially says:

4 – IPv4
L – Local forward
1234 – Local port that will be forwarded

192.168.2.200:3389 – The forward Destination. Where the SSH Server will forward this tunnel to.

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Lambda IQueryable – ‘statement lambda’ vs ‘expression lambda’

January 23, 2013 Leave a comment

Great article http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/47887/C-Delegates-Anonymous-Methods-and-Lambda-Expressio

There is an important difference between using braces and not using them. When you use them, you are creating a ‘statement lambda’, otherwise it is ‘expression lambda’. Statement lambdas can execute multiple statements (hence the need for braces) and can not create expression trees. You will probably only run into this problem when working with the IQueryable interface. The example below shows the problem.

List<string> list = new List<string>(); 
IQueryable<string> query = list.AsQueryable(); 
list.Add("one"); 
list.Add("two"); 
list.Add("three"); 
 
string foo = list.First(x => x.EndsWith("o")); 
string bar = query.First(x => x.EndsWith("o")); 
// foo and bar are now both 'two' as expected 
foo = list.First(x => { return x.EndsWith("e"); }); //no error 
bar = query.First(x => { return x.EndsWith("e"); }); //error 
bar = query.First((Func<string,bool>)(x => { return x.EndsWith("e"); })); //no error

The second assignment of bar fails at compile time. This is because IQueryable.First expects an expression as a parameter whereas the extension method List.First expects a delegate. You can force the lambda to evaluate to a delegate (and use the First’s method overload) by making a cast as I did in the third assignment to bar.

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