BowerStudios.com

For an additional 7200rpm and 5400rpm drive in a system with the os installed on an SSD

# Create partition for entire drive in Gparted

# setup crypt volume
sudo cryptsetup -v luksFormat /dev/sdc1
sudo cryptsetup -v luksFormat /dev/sda1

# open the crypt volume manually
sudo cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sdc1 sdc1_crypt
sudo cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda1 sda1_crypt

# Create the physical drive
sudo pvcreate /dev/mapper/sda1_crypt
sudo pvcreate /dev/mapper/sdc1_crypt

# Now it shows up below
# View uuids and devices
sudo blkid

# View lvm physical devices
sudo pvs

# View lvm logical devices
sudo lvs

# Create Logical Group
sudo vgcreate allegro /dev/mapper/sdc1_crypt
sudo vgcreate moderato /dev/mapper/sda1_crypt

# Create Logical Volume
sudo lvcreate -L 600G allegro -n allegroVol
sudo lvcreate -L 900G moderato -n moderatoVol

sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/allegro-allegroVol
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/moderato-moderatoVol

# add to /etc/crypttab
sda1_crypt UUID=MY_UUID_NUM_FROM_blkid none luks,discard
sdc1_crypt UUID=MY_UUID_NUM_FROM_blkid none luks,discard

# Add to /etc/fstab
/dev/mapper/allegro-allegroVol /data/allegro ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/moderato-moderatoVol /data/moderato ext4 defaults 0 2

References:

• Lvm - Ubuntu
• Encrypting a non-root file system
• Encryption options for luks mode
• Lvm on Luks

Results in:
Val is 50
(50 =- 50) is equal to -50
(50 -= 50) is equal to 0

Val is 25
(50 =- 25) is equal to -25
(50 -= 25) is equal to 25

Val is 5
(50 =- 5) is equal to -5
(50 -= 5) is equal to 45

Val is 0
(50 =- 0) is equal to 0
(50 -= 0) is equal to 50

Val is -5
(50 =- -5) is equal to 5
(50 -= -5) is equal to 55

Val is -25
(50 =- -25) is equal to 25
(50 -= -25) is equal to 75

Val is 50
(50 =- 50) is equal to -50
(50 -= 50) is equal to 0

Output:
Zero ( 0 ) is false
Negative decimal ( -1.5 ) is true
Negative whole number ( -1 ) is true
One ( 1 ) is true
Positive decimal ( 1.5 ) is true
Empty string ( ) is false
Empty list ( [] ) is false
Empty hash ( [:] ) is false
Lower character ( a ) is true
Upper character ( A ) is true
Null ( null ) is false

Interesting Metrics Libraries:

• Grails Yammer Metrics
• Yammer on Javacodegeeks.com
• Yammer metrics docs
• Grails Melody plugin
• Java Melody Monitoring

• Grails Worst Practices - Burt Beckwith
• Grails Transactions - Burt Beckwith
• Grails Transactions - Burt Beckwith
• Gorm Performance, Customization and Monitoring - Burt Beckwith
• Tuning Your Grails Applications - Peter Ledbrook
• Grails Plugin Best Practices - Burt Beckwith
• Using Spring in Grails - Burt Beckwith
• Application Architectures with Grails - Peter Ledbrook

• LinuxBsDos.com
• EFF.org
• Encrypted File Systems

Due to the Heartbleed bug in OpenSsl, I wanted to regenerate my ssl keys.
I did so in the normal fashion by using:
openssl genrsa -des3 -out bowerstudios.com.key 2048
Next I created the csr:
openssl req -new -key bowerstudios.com.key -out bowerstudios.com.csr

I verified they matched with:
openssl req -noout -modulus -in bowerstudios.com.csr | openssl md5
openssl rsa -noout -modulus -in bowerstudios.com.key | openssl md5

I created the reissue request and approved it through the rapid ssl flow.

When I received the new cert, Apache failed to startup. Checking the md5 of the new cert showed it did not match.
openssl x509 -noout -modulus -in bowerstudios.com.cert | openssl md5

Thinking I mistyped something, I went through the entire process again, and encountered the same error.

However, I noticed the md5 of the certificate from the second attempt, matched the md5 of the priv key and csr from the first attempt. When I matched the 3 with the same md5 from both attempts, my server started up successfully.

Finally, you should check into revoking the other certs.

I like VirtualBox and think its a great tool, however, this was necessary for me because of work.

Installation

Installing Vmware Workstation 10 on Ubuntu 12 (Works for Ubuntu 13 as well)

Conversion

You can convert VirtualBox images to Vmware ones with the following process:

1. Export the machine from VirtualBox as a standard ova
2. Import to Vmware, which will fail right away, until you hit "Retry" whereupon it will work just fine
3. Look at the settings and remove anything that looks unnecessary (Floppy controller, sound card if it's a server)
4. Start the vm, you may have to resolve a hardware issue (ide mounted in wrong location or some such)
5. Install the vmware tools
6. Optionally, uninstall virtualbox-tools

Vmware Fusion network settings

If you want to match an apple wielding colleagues vmware fusion network settings, you can find your colleagues network setting on their mac at: /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion

Windows Guest Display Resolution

If you are running a Windows Guest, you can set any resolution of the Desktop by using VMwareResolutionSet.exe
I have two scripts that I can run on a windows Host based upon if I want a full size screen or a half-sized (width):
full:
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareResolutionSet.exe" 0 1 , 0 0 1900 970
half:
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareResolutionSet.exe" 0 1 , 0 0 940 970

Ubuntu Key mapping restoration after exiting a vm

If you are having difficulties with the Ctrl/OS/Alt keys after coming out of a vm, you might be experiencing this issue. You can restore some functionality by entering the following command in the terminal:
setxkbmap

References:

• howtogeek.com
• Networks in Vmware Fusion
• VMwareResolutionSet.exe

I needed to bring in some legacy templates, but got this crazy error:

2014-03-31 11:51:01,762 [task-scheduler-3] INFO grails.app.services.com.infinum.App.mail.AppMessageService Failed to send Message 00bee7d7-a0f9-4a47-914f-23336a4cea0f
org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'get' in class com.infinum.app.Message threw exception org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateSystemException: Provided id of the wrong type for class com.infinum.app.Message. Expected: class java.util.UUID, got class java.lang.String; nested exception is org.hibernate.TypeMismatchException: Provided id of the wrong type for class com.infinum.app.Message. Expected: class java.util.UUID, got class java.lang.String at 76390f25-7827-46fb-b9ee-2634ab7246f4-b[line 49, column 11]
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIdentifier.execute(ASTIdentifier.java:223)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:280)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:369)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:356)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:260)
at org.apache.velocity.Template$merge.call(Unknown Source)
at com.infinum.app.mail.VelocityService.generateContentFromTemplate(VelocityService.groovy:64)
...
Caused by: org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateSystemException: Provided id of the wrong type for class com.infinum.app.Message. Expected: class java.util.UUID, got class java.lang.String; nested exception is org.hibernate.TypeMismatchException: Provided id of the wrong type for class com.infinum.app.Message. Expected: class java.util.UUID, got class java.lang.String
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.SessionFactoryUtils.convertHibernateAccessException(SessionFactoryUtils.java:690)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateAccessor.convertHibernateAccessException(HibernateAccessor.java:412)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.doExecute(HibernateTemplate.java:411)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.executeWithNativeSession(HibernateTemplate.java:374)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.get(HibernateTemplate.java:512)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.get(HibernateTemplate.java:506)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateOperations$get.call(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.HibernateGormStaticApi.get(HibernateGormEnhancer.groovy:182)
at com.infinum.app.Message.get(Message.groovy)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.springsource.loaded.ri.ReflectiveInterceptor.jlrMethodInvoke(ReflectiveInterceptor.java:1259)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.GetExecutor.execute(GetExecutor.java:117)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelGetterImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:539)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIdentifier.execute(ASTIdentifier.java:198)
... 46 more
Caused by: org.hibernate.TypeMismatchException: Provided id of the wrong type for class com.infinum.app.Message. Expected: class java.util.UUID, got class java.lang.String
at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultLoadEventListener.onLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:135)
at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.fireLoad(SessionImpl.java:1090)
at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.get(SessionImpl.java:1005)
at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.get(SessionImpl.java:998)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate$1.doInHibernate(HibernateTemplate.java:519)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.doExecute(HibernateTemplate.java:406)
... 60 more


I received the error message twice. What it boiled down to was my having another property in the Message class that was named the same as the old system, but returned a different type in one instance. In another instance, the other property was not present at all in my new class. The takeaway is that in both cases, the error was not with the "id" column, but another altogether.

• Apache Commons Config
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• MutablePropertySources Api
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• Grails Environment Source
• EnumerablePropertySource Api