Category Archives: deployment

automate installing tripwire using expect

tripwire is a handy part of an intrusion detection system. It’s a nice piece of software but the installer is interactive which makes it a pain to install automatically (e.g. when using PoolParty/EC2). Below is a simple expect script I whipped up to solve the make install problem. Hopefully this will save someone two or [...]
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PoolParty s3fs Plugin

Goal A new plugin install and mount s3fs volume on an instance using PoolParty. Getting it git clone git://github.com/jashmenn/poolparty-s3fs-plugin.git Usage NOTICE You must have already created your S3 bucket. This plugin will not create it for you. cloud(:app) ... s3fs(:bucket => "my-fun-bucket") ... end This will be mounted at /mnt/my-fun-bucket You can mount multiple buckets and/or change the mount point: s3fs do [...]
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PoolParty MRTG Plugin

I’ve created a PoolParty plugin that makes it dead-simple to install
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