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/**
 * Apply the new, or modified, service definition to the BIG-IP
 * @param {Object} service_def retireved from GitHub repo
 * 
 * @returns {Object} AS3's declaration processing results
 */
MyWorker.prototype.applyServiceDefinition = function (service_def) {

  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

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About

The F5 iControl LX Framework enables engineers to create custom Nodejs control-plane actions/workflows for the F5 BIG-IP hardware and software appliances.

Put the RPM on the BIG-IP

Copy the RPM using scp (or some SCP capabe GUI tool).

SCP instructions

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Create the Apache Kafka Container for BigStats on AWS

Updated: August 21, 2018

NOTE: This setup is used as an exporter destination for BigStats: https://npearce.github.io

Create the Instance

On the AWS Console:

1. In 'Instances', click 'Luanch Instance'.
2. Select 'Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM), SSD Volume Type'

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// using `type -d` and `type -f` to isolate

// Change all directories to 775, and ignore files
find /home/user -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;

// Change all files to 664, and ignore directories
find /home/user -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;

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//NOTE: the source permissions need to be set appropriately, also.
// npm i --save targz

const targz = require('targz')

targz.compress({
  src: '/tmp/mydirectory',
  dest: 'output/filename.tgz',
  tar: {
    dmode: 0775,  // Directories: rwxrwxr-x

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Install Openwhisk on docker in AWS

1. Get docker and docker-compose running on Amazon Linux 2: https://gist.github.com/npearce/6f3c7826c7499587f00957fee62f8ee9

2. git clone https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-devtools.git

3. cd incubator-openwhisk-devtools/docker-compose

4. make quick-start

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Create the Grafana Dashboard Container for BigStats on AWS

Updated: August 21, 2018

NOTE: This setup is used as an exporter destination for BigStats: https://npearce.github.io

Create the Instance

On the AWS Console:

1. In 'Instances', click 'Luanch Instance'.
2. Select 'Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM), SSD Volume Type'

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This works for my Dell Ultra Wide monitor.

defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2

Credit to Chris Hoffman: https://www.howtogeek.com/358596/how-to-fix-blurry-fonts-on-macos-mojave-with-subpixel-antialiasing/

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Testing Gist naming....

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233.66 + 157.55
// returns: 391.21000000000004

// Because: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/588004/is-floating-point-math-broken/27030789#27030789

// As toFixed() converts to a string, use Math.round()

// 2 decimal places:
Math.round( (233.66 + 157.55)) * 1e2 ) / 1e2