Ansible - Getting a list of IP addresses for a specific group

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Elite Dangerous needs UDP 19364 outbound!

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This is a problem i've been having more and more as my collection of keys and \~/.ssh.config grows. Sometimes you just need to log in with a password but ssh will try all of your keys and then the server prevents you from trying a password challenge because you've …

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I was not entirely happy with the documentation for this here:
While correct, It gives me no idea how to check the current configuration or how to turn anonymous binds back on again, or how to test my changes

Here is my approach:

Check the current config with this ldap …

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My very first post on this blog was how to build Python from source.  In 2015 it turns out that this is a bit harder that it should be, and having wasted most of the morning working it out I'm posting the solution for future reference.

Building Python in the …

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Here are my notes on Xbox one firewall ports with ScreenOS.

Contrary to what is posted online, I've found that not all ports need to be opened and certainly in my experience only 2 need be "port forwarded" - I used a VIP for this as I have only one public …

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Introduction

In this post a simple playbook is demonstrated to provision a pseudo DC in Rackspace.

Following on from the previous post, a parametrised playbook is created to:

-  Install a keypair from a file - Create a management network - Create a domain name

This playbook will likely only be run once …

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Introduction

The easiest way to play with an ansible module is from the command line.  This post demonstrates some of the Rackspace modules.

Setup

I started by creating my credentials file and setting the environmental RAX_CREDS_FILE to point to it.  As I was running pyrax from a Python virtual environment …

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