clifferson

Problem: You want to access Futon on a remote server but do not want port 5984 to listen for outside connections.

Solution: Tunnel through a local port using SSH. [1]

Example: 

  ssh -L5984:127.0.0.1:5984 ssh.example.com

Access:

clifferson

# http://twistedmind.com/bundle-exec-bash-shortcut
bundle_commands=( rake spec rspec cucumber cap watchr rails rackup )
function run_bundler_cmd () {
    if [ -e ./Gemfile ]; then
        echo "bundle exec $@"
        bundle exec $@
    else
        echo "$@"
        $@
    fi

clifferson

execute "chown tomcat" do
    command "chown -R #{node[:tomcat][:config][:user]} #{node[:tomcat][:config][:home]}"
    action :nothing
end

ruby_block "delay chown tomcat" do
    block {}
    notifies :run, resources(:execute => "chown tomcat")
end

clifferson

  ruby_block "configure #{p} module" do
    block do
      require 'chef/util/file_edit'
      nc = Chef::Util::FileEdit.new("/etc/reconnoiter/noit.conf")
      nc.insert_line_after_match(/lua.*noit.module.smtp/, "<module loader=\"lua\" name=\"#{p}\" object=\"noit.module.#{p}\"/>")
      nc.write_file
      Chef::Log.info "Inserted module config for #{p}"
    end

http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-78?focusedCommentId=10781&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-10781

clifferson

#!/bin/sh
die () {
    echo >&2 "$@"
    exit 1
}

available_configs () {
    echo "Available configs:"
    ls -A ~ | grep .chef- | sed 's/.chef-//'
}

clifferson

#!/bin/sh

##
# This is a script with usefull tips taken from:
#   https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
#
# Run in interactive mode with:
#   $ sh -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh)"
#
# or run it without prompt questions:

clifferson

# a useful addition to anyone's .bashrc
#
# Note, you don't want this function in effect on the remote host side of the scp transfer,
# so make sure to only define it for interactive shells, e.g.: wrap with: if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]

function scp() {
    if echo "$@" | grep -q ':'
    then
        /usr/bin/scp "$@"
    else