A Technical I.T./DevOps Blog
Problem scenario
When you are using GitLab, you receive various 500 errors. The web UI is not working correctly. What should you do?
Possible solution #1
1. Go to the back-end of the GitLab server. Run this: sudo gitlab-ctl tail
2. Reproduce the web UI problems that you are having. Examine the output.
Possible solution #2
You may want to install Fiddler on your desktop to get more details about the front-end.
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Problem scenario
You have a Python program that works, but you get an error when you run it. You get a message like this: “NameError: global name ‘var2’ is not defined”
Here is your source code:
def fun1(var1):
print(“this is how it works”)
var1 = var2
return var2
b = fun1(“check it out”)
print(b)
What should you do about this error?
Solution
A variable inside a function must be defined.
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Problem scenario
You do not want to copy a branch to create a new one. How do you create a branch of a repository that has no branches?
Solution
You must know the relevant organization name of the Git repository and the name of the repository itself. Do these changes:
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Problem scenario
You are trying to run your Java program from a .jar file. You get an error like this:
Error: Could not find or load main class target.contint-0.1.0.jar
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: target.contint-0.1.0.jar
What should you do?
Solution
Examine the mainClass stanza. The word to the left of the period should be the name of the package. You should have a .java program that will have a line such as package foobar.
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Problem scenario
You want to present multiple lines in an “alert” message in JavaScript. How do you have new lines with text in JavaScript?
Possible Solution #1 (less preferred)
Use syntax like this:
var y = `
line1
line2
line3
`;
Possible Solution #2 (preferred)
var z = [
line1,
line2,
line3
].join(“\n”);
You could use this stand-alone file multiline.html:
<!DOCTYPE html<html<body<h2This demonstrates a multi-line variable in JavaScript</h2<p id=”demo”</p<scriptline1 = “aaa”
line2 = “bbb”
line3 = “ccc”
var z = [
line1, …
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Problem scenario
You want to retrieve VPC peering connection info and other VPC info via Boto3. With Python 3 you tried to run this Python 2 (and Boto 2.x) program:
import boto.vpc
c = boto.vpc.connect_to_region(‘us-east-1’)
vpcs = c.get_all_vpcs()
vpc_peering_connection = c.create_vpc_peering_connection(vpcs[0].id, vpcs[1].id)
(It was written by the person who developed Boto 2.x here.)
You have a variety or problems with the syntax not working.
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Problem scenario
You want to install pip on an Ubuntu/Debian Linux server. What do you do?
Solution
Run this command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pip
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Problem scenario
You want to create a function in JavaScript. This way you can use code over-and-over. How do you use a function in JavaScript?
Solution
Call this file contint.html
<!DOCTYPE html<html<body<h2This demonstrates accepting input and using a function in JavaScript</h2<p id=”demo”</p<scriptx = 5
var foo = prompt(“Please enter a number”);
function contintFunction(p1, p2) {
return p1 * p2; …
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Problem scneario
You use the mailq command. You see several emails have timed out. These emails are essentially in an “outbox” and a future delivery attempt is in the near future. How do you cancel the sending of these emails?
Solution
If you use the mailq command, each email will have a queue ID. It will be an alphanumeric value on the left hand column.
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Problem scenario
The book Expert Python Programming (page 278) says 12 Factor app recommends that the application should not be aware of the format of the logs. JSON format for logs can be beneficial for various purposes. You want Nginx’s access logs — but not error logs — to be in JSON format. What do you do?
Solution
Use a file like this for your nginx.conf.
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