Friday, December 10, 2010

Having problems mounting hd. (mount: you must specify the filesystem type)

Having problems mounting hd. (mount: you must specify the filesystem type)

Let me see if I can recall the steps that I took.

1. created vmdk
2. used sudo fdisk -l to see new disk (don't forget the sudo!)
3. sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
4. created a new partion (n was it?)
5. t to specify the type of the partion (chose lvm)
6. pvcreate /dev/sdb1
7. sudo vgcreate fog_images /dev/sdb1
8. sudo lvcreate --size 107.4GB -n fog_images fog_images (size will be wrong and you'll have to use extents): sudo lvcreate -l 25599 -n fog_images fog_images)
9. sudo pvs
10. sudo lvdisplay /dev/fog_images
11. sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/fog_images/fog_images
12. sudo mount /dev/fog_images/fog_images /mnt


Then edit /etc/fstab

/dev/fog_images/fog_images /images ext3 errors=remount-ro

redhat.com | The Linux Logical Volume Manager

redhat.com | The Linux Logical Volume Manager

Increase A VMware Disk Size (VMDK) Formatted As Linux LVM ~ Mattias Geniar

Increase A VMware Disk Size (VMDK) Formatted As Linux LVM ~ Mattias Geniar

Or, just how the heck do you add a second vmdk.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Certificates

Certificates

The *.cer certificate for the CA that was created in windows needs to be moved to the /etc/ssl/certs folder on the linux box. I renamed the *.cer file to *.pem. Not sure if that was necessary.

Documentation Secure LDAP Active Directory environment | User Management Resource Administrator

Documentation Secure LDAP Active Directory environment | User Management Resource Administrator

Finally! Those instructions will create the appropriate certificate and allow for an ssl (tls) connection. My main stumbling block was that I was creating the certificate for ad.colemantech-high.com instead of blade4.ad.colemantech-high.com. The certificate name has to be exactly the same as the resolved host name.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

A Step-by-Step Guide to Advanced Certificate Management

A Step-by-Step Guide to Advanced Certificate Management

For the previous entry that explains how to create a self-signed cert, it tells you to open up the certificate mmc. This is different from the Certification Authority mmc. Run mmc.exe, then add a new console and choose Certificates.

RE: Authenticating with TLS against Active Directory

RE: Authenticating with TLS against Active Directory Self-signed certificate