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Install Nextcloud with Docker on Debian 10 Buster

Apr 23, 2019 by Grzegorz Juszczak 14 Comments docker nextcloud deployment debian, install dockerized nextcloud, launch nextcloud docker container, nextcloud containerization debian buster, nextcloud docker container debian, nextcloud docker debian 10, nextcloud docker debian buster, nextcloud docker installation, nextcloud docker port forwarding

Nextcloud is a lightweight, open-source StaaS (Storage as a Service) platform, written i PHP and JavaScript, which provides file sync, file sharing and creative collaboration services. The software can be installed on local hardware as a perfect alternative for commercial StaaS solutions like Dropbox, OneDrive, Hightail, etc…
Nextcloud is a typical LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) software, but instead of ardous and problematic LAMP environment installation and file sharing platform implementation, we can deploy a turnkey Nextcloud platform in just a few minutes, using Docker containers, preferably with docker-compose.

In this article I am launching Nextcloud platform in two Docker containers: nextcloud and mariadb which use local Docker volumes as a file and database storage. This solution will enable us to quickly and painlessly upgrade our Nextcloud to a newer versions in future.
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Linux, Virtualization

Enable UEFI for QEMU KVM on Fedora

May 31, 2018 by Grzegorz Juszczak 0 Comments edk2-ovmf kvm qemu fedora, enable edk2-ovmf fedora 25 kvm, enable ovmf rpm fedora 25, enable uefi qemu kvm fedora, install edk2-ovmf rpm fedora, install ovmf fedora 25 rpm, install uefi rpm fedora 25, open virtual machine firmware fedora, uefi qemu kvm fedora 25, using uefi qemu kvm fedora

UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) has become a successfull successor of an outworn and obsolete BIOS firmware. Emulating UEFI based hardware on KVM/QEMU Virtual Machine is possible thanks to so called OVMF (Open Virtual Machine Firmware), which comes from EDK2 (EFI Development Kit), UEFI reference implementation. OVMF is available as an RPM package for RPM based distros (CentOS, Fedora, Red Hat). In case of Fedora release all we need is edk2-ovmf RPM package.
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Linux, Virtualization

How to configure Docker Proxy on CentOS 7, RHEL 7

May 25, 2018 by Grzegorz Juszczak 1 Comments configure proxy docker centos 7, docker http proxy centos 7, docker http proxy rhel 7, docker https proxy centos 7, docker https proxy rhel 7, docker no_proxy centos 7, docker no_proxy rhel 7, docker proxy authentication centos 7, docker proxy authentication rhel 7, enable docker proxy authentication, enable proxy docker rhel 7

How to enable Proxy for Docker engine with or without authentication on CentOS 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7?

Cloud Computing, Virtualization

OpenStack Pike VLAN and Flat network based installation using Packstack

Dec 30, 2017 by Grzegorz Juszczak 5 Comments easy openstack pike installation, openstack pike 3 nodes centos, openstack pike packstack centos 7, openstack pike packstack deployment, openstack pike packstack installation, openstack pike packstack kvm deployment, openstack pike packstack kvm installation, openstack pike three centos nodes, openstack pike vlan flat network, quick openstack pike deployment

In previous articles regarding OpenStack RDO installations we presented OpenStack deployments using Packstack automated installer script, which still required some post-installation networking configuration to be performed in order to accomplish whole deployment. This time we will try to prepare Packstack configuration file (answers.txt) in such way, that it does all the magic and no post-installation configuration is required. We will make full bridge:interface mapping so, that no further bridge setup is needed and the environment should be ready to use immediately after Packstack deployment.
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Cloud Computing, Virtualization

How to find qbr,qvo interfaces of the particular Instance in OpenStack

Nov 20, 2017 by Grzegorz Juszczak 0 Comments find gbr qvo instance openstack, find instance interface openstack, openstack instance connectivity issues, openstack instance connectivity problem, openstack instance kvm mapping, openstack instance network connectivity, openstack instance traffic analyze, troubleshooting instance network openstack, troubleshooting networking instance openstack

OpenStack networking topology is pretty complicated structure, even with it’s, let’s say, default configuration based on OVS (OpenVSwitch), not even mentioning about additional overlays, like OpenDaylight or Nuage.
If you are troubleshooting network issues in regard to a particular Instance (VM), it’s good to locate network overlay interfaces (qbr, qvo) assigned to that Instance to have a starting point to begin your network analysis from. You can then analyze inbound/outbound traffic on those interfaces using network protocol analyzers, like tcpdump/wireshark.

Below you can find few steps, how to locate qbr,qvo interfaces belonging to a particular Instance:
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Linux, Virtualization

How to Install VirtualBox 5.1 on Fedora 23 from RPMs

Nov 17, 2016 by Grzegorz Juszczak 0 Comments install virtualbox 5.1 fedora, install virtualbox on fedora, virtualbox 5.1 fedora 23, virtualbox installation on fedora, virtualbox rpm repository fedora

Oracle VM VirtualBox is a flexible open-source hypervisor for x86 computers from Oracle Corporation initially developed by Innotek GmbH. It runs on many platforms including: Linux, Windows, Solaris, providing great virtualization environment to run multiple VMs at a time.

In this tutorial we present how to install VirtualBox 5.1 on Fedora 23 from RPMs in few simple steps.
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Linux, Virtualization

Install and Configure KVM (Bridge Net Interface) on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Jul 1, 2016 by Grzegorz Juszczak 29 Comments centos 7 redhat 7 kvm, configure linux bridge, install configure kvm centos, kvm bridged network centos, kvm installation centos 7, kvm installation rhel 7, kvm linux bridge centos, setup kvm bridge centos, setup kvm bridge rhel

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux which requires a processor with hardware virtualization extension to be able to host guest sytems. KVM is convenient solution to test and try different operating systems if you don’t have a possibility to purchase expensive and power consuming physical hardware.

The below tutorial presents KVM (QEMU) installation and setup along with Linux Bridge configuration on CentOS7 / RedHat7 operating system.
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Cloud Computing, Virtualization

How to shrink OpenStack qcow2 image using qemu-img

May 24, 2016 by Grzegorz Juszczak 0 Comments compress kvm openstack qcow2 image, decrease kvm qcow2 size, decrease openstack qcow2 size, shrink kvm qcow2 image, shrink openstack image qemu-img, shrink openstack qcow2 image, shrink qcow2 using qemu-img

If you transfer qcow2 images very frequently across OpenStack Clouds or between KVM and Openstack environments, they can quickly grow larger. Luckily qcow2 image size can be decreased to reasonable values using qemu-img tool. During image conversion the empty sectors are detected and suppressed from the destination image. Below we present how to shrink Openstack/KVM qcow2 image.
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Linux, Virtualization

virt-what: Check if your remote server runs in virtual environment

May 13, 2016 by Grzegorz Juszczak 0 Comments check if server virtual, check if virtual machine, check vps with virt-what, detect if virtual machine, verify if server virtual, virt-what check bare metal, virt-what check virtualization type

Have you ever wondered if the server you bought at the hosting provider is in fact a dedicated server or just a VPS and what is the underlying virtualization environment your server runs on?
virt-what provides us the ability to detect if we are running in a virtual machine or on bare-metal (real hrdware). virt-what detects common types of virtualization: hyperv, kvm, openvz, qemu, virtualbox, vmware, xen, etc…
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Cloud Computing, Virtualization

Configure OpenStack Instance at boot using cloud-init and user data

May 3, 2016 by Grzegorz Juszczak 3 Comments cloud init cloud.cfg openstack, openstack cloud-init cloud.cfg, openstack cloud-init user data, openstack configure cloud init, openstack configure instance boot, openstack instance boot parameters, openstack meta data services, openstack metadata service, openstack modify instance parameters

The administration of the large-scale production cloud environments requires the management of dozens of customer’s virtual servers (OpenStack Instances) in the cloud on the daily basis. Manual configuration of the multiple newly created Instances in the OpenStack cloud at a time would be problematic for cloud administrators. Luckily, OpenStack is equipped with metadata service cooperating with the so-called cloud-init script, which together do the magic of automated Instances’ mass configuration.

Metadata service runs usually on Controller node in multi-node environment and is accessible by the Instances running on Compute nodes to let them retrieve instance-specific data, like IP address or hostname. Instances access metadata service at http://169.254.169.254. The HTTP request from Instance either hits the router or DHCP namespace depending on the route in the Instance. The metadata proxy service adds Instance IP address and Router ID information to the request. The metadata proxy service sends this request to neutron-metadata-agent. The neutron-metadata-agent service forwards the request to the nova-api-metadata server, by adding some new headers, i.e. Instance ID, to the request. The metadata service supports two sets of APIs: an OpenStack metadata API and an EC2-compatible API.

Category: Virtualization