A Technical I.T./DevOps Blog
Problem scenario
From the Python command prompt or when running a Python program, you receive this message “ImportError: No module named ‘google'”. What should you do?
Solution
Possible Solution #1
Try to run the program as sudo: sudo python nameOfProg.py
Possible Solution #2
Prerequisite
This assumes that pip has been installed.
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Problem scenario
You want to use the same command for encryption and compression. You want to avoid installing other packages. What should you do?
Solution
Use zip. The tar command by itself does NOT do compression (according to this external posting).
One advantage of zip is that it is usually pre-installed on most Linux servers. The user and group of the files thus compressed will be retained automatically.
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This is a list of I.T. Security books.
Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C
Building Secure and Reliable Systems: SRE and Security Best Practices
Defend I.T.: Security by Example
Hack I.T. – Security Through Penetration Testing
Hacking Exposed Web Applications, Third Edition
Hacking Web Apps: Detecting and Preventing Web Application Security Problems
Hadoop Security: Protecting Your Big Data Platform
Hands-On Security in DevOps: Ensure continuous security,
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Problem scenario
You want to use the built-in exception handling in your Python program. You know some part or parts of the code may throw an error. How do you use the “except” keyword?
Solution
Use the “try” key word. Here is an example of a program that throws an error:
commandthatdoesnotexist
x = 1 + 1
print(x)
python3 progwitherror.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “progwitherror.py”,
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Problem scenarios
One of the following apply to you.
Problem #1
You run an HBase command but it hangs indefinitely, and there is no error. What could be the problem?
Problem #2
You run an HBase command but you see this:
“ERROR: KeeperErrorCode = ConnectionLoss for /hbase/master”
Solution
Has Zookeeper been started?
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Problem scenario
You want to try out he Kibana web UI. You are using Linux. How do you get Kibana to work?
Solution
Prerequisites
Install the ElasticStack. If you need assistance, see “How Do You Install the Elastic Stack on Any Type of Linux?“
Procedures
1. Install nginx.
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Problem scenario
You are using an Aurora or RDS MySQL database. You have a Linux server that you want to run MySQL commands from (rather than install a SQL front-end). What should you do?
Solution
1. Install a MySQL client. If you need assistance with this, see this posting.
2. Make sure the Security Group governing the Aurora or RDS region allows for incoming connections from one of the following:
a) if you are using an EC-2 server in the same region,
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Problem scenario
You are using Debian or Ubuntu Linux. You want to compile Java programs. What do you do?
Solution
Run these commands:
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install default-jdk …
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Problem scenario
You want Linux to send out an email with a alias email address in the “From” field. You are using the mail command on a Linux server. You want to customize the “from” address in the emails that you send. What do you do to choose your own “from” email address (e.g., jdoe@myowndomain.com) in the email that is sent out?
Solution
Prerequisites
You need to have mailx installed.
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Problem scenario
You want to list the statuses of each EC-2 instance in AWS using Python. How do you do this for a given region in AWS (e.g., us-west-1)?
Solution
Prerequisites
This assumes you have installed Boto3. If you do not know how, see this posting “How do you install Boto 3 on a RHEL server in AWS?
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