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$Boxstarter.RebootOk=$true # Allow reboots?
$Boxstarter.NoPassword=$false # Is this a machine with no login password?
$Boxstarter.AutoLogin=$true # Save my password securely and auto-login after a reboot

Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptEula
Update-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowFileExtensions -EnableShowFullPathInTitleBar
Disable-InternetExplorerESC
Enable-RemoteDesktop

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Remotely Start and Stop Services

Make sure you have the latest version of Subinacl.exe (there is an older version that has a bug where it will not apply the security descriptor).

Documentation for Subinacl.exe is here: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/subinacl.php

If you are not using a domain user, you can create a local user on both servers that have the same user name and password. As long as the local user names and passwords match on both machines, you can remotely manage the services.

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<select id="state" name="state">
  <option value="AL">Alabama</option>
	<option value="AK">Alaska</option>
	<option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
	<option value="AR">Arkansas</option>
	<option value="CA">California</option>
	<option value="CO">Colorado</option>
	<option value="CT">Connecticut</option>
	<option value="DE">Delaware</option>
	<option value="DC">District of Columbia</option>

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# Find a string that starts with bind-address= and replace anything after the = with 0.0.0.0
# For example, in the my.cnf file, this would replace:

# bind-address  =  127.0.0.1
# with
# bind-address  =  0.0.0.0

sed -i 's/^\(bind\-address\s*=\s*\).*$/\10\.0\.0\.0/' /etc/mysql/my.cnf

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// Forked from: http://blog.ashmind.com/2007/09/05/evaluating-javascript-in-watin/
// This helper class adds Eval so that you can obtain the result of a JavaScript
// function. This functionality is not native to WatiN.

/*  
*  Usage: 
*  var browser = new IE();
*  var foo = browser.NativeDocument.Eval<bool>("isFoo()");
*/

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Procedure for Mongodb Logrotate

The default install for Mongodb does not configure log rotation.

In /etc/logrotate.d/mongod

/var/log/mongodb/*.log {
    daily
    rotate 30
    compress

dateext

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Procedure for upgrading a standalone MongoDB

• Upgrade applications to use the latest Mongo Driver and then test applications to make sure they work using the latest version of driver with old database version.

• Shutdown Mongod: > db.shutdownServer()

• Verify that the service actually stopped using: $ sudo service mongodb status

• Create a backup copy of all databases $ sudo cp –vrp /media/data/mongodb /media/data/mongodb-backup

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Resources

http://onabai.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/installing-couchdb-1-2-in-ubuntu-12-04/
http://depth-first.com/articles/2010/01/28/pubcouch-install-couchdb-on-ubuntu-karmic-from-source/
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu
http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/source.html
http://grokbase.com/t/couchdb/user/114m97mzd0/installations-problem-with-couchdb
http://cvee.github.com/blog/2011/11/28/configuring-couchdb-on-ubuntu/

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public static List<SelectListItem> ToSelectList(this Dictionary<string, string> items, string defaultItem, bool insertBlankItem = false)
{
	string[] defaultItems = new[] { defaultItem };
	if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(defaultItem))
	{
		defaultItems = defaultItem.Split(',');
	}

	var i = items.Select(pair => new SelectListItem
	{

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public class JsonNetResult : JsonResult
{
	private readonly static JsonSerializerSettings Settings;
	private readonly static IsoDateTimeConverter _dateTimeConverter;

	static JsonNetResult()
	{
		_dateTimeConverter = new IsoDateTimeConverter();
                // Default for IsoDateTimeConverter is yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.FFFFFFFK
		_dateTimeConverter.DateTimeFormat = "yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.FFFK";