jclulow

So, to get something like /etc/rc.local you can use the custom SMF import facility. (See the source for more information about how this actually works.)

/opt is mounted out of zones/opt by default. You can create a directory /opt/custom/smf and populate it with SMF manifests. Any manifests you put in there will be imported by SmartOS when it boots. Below is an example SMF manifest that simply starts /opt/custom/bin/postboot, a self-explanatory shell script that you can use like /etc/rc.local.

Note that it would likely be better to customise and respin your own images, as putting a bunch of platform state in the zones pool undoes some of the benefits of the ramdisk platform architecture that SmartOS has.

KartikTalwar

The fastest remote directory rsync over ssh archival I can muster (40MB/s over 1gb NICs)

This creates an archive that does the following:

rsync (Everyone seems to like -z, but it is much slower for me)

• a: archive mode - rescursive, preserves owner, preserves permissions, preserves modification times, preserves group, copies symlinks as symlinks, preserves device files.
• H: preserves hard-links
• A: preserves ACLs

chrisboulton

config_files = Dir.glob("#{ENV['HOME']}/Library/Application Support/Viscosity/OpenVPN/*/config.conf")
config_files.each do |file|
  certificate_files = ['ca', 'cert', 'key', 'tls-auth']
  config_dir        = File.dirname(file)
  connection_name   = nil
  new_config        = []

  File.read(file).each do |line|
    line.strip!

trishnaguha

[tguha@localhost docker-remote-access]$ ls
ansible.cfg  inventory  remote-access.yml  role-secure-docker-daemon
[tguha@dhcp193-190 docker-remote-access]$ cat ansible.cfg 
[defaults]
inventory=inventory
[tguha@dhcp193-190 docker-remote-access]$ cat inventory 
[daemonhost]
'IP_OF_DAEMON_HOST' ansible_ssh_private_key_file='PRIVATE_KEY_FILE'
[tguha@dhcp193-190 docker-remote-access]$ cat remote-access.yml 
---

Erreinion

Setting up xrdp on Kali Linux 2016.2 on AWS

AWS has an AMI for Kali 2016.2, but being remote, you need VNC or RDP to access the graphical tools.

VNC is easy to set up but very restrictive. RDP is harder to set up, but easier to use. These are the instructions I use to set up xrdp.

I use this config so that I connect to the Kali VM through an Apache Guacamole RDP proxy. This keeps Kali behind the firewall and in my pentesting lab. Guacamole also allows me to access the Kali box on SSH or RDP via a web interface from anywhere and any device. 

OS: Kali Linux 2016.2
AMI: Updated 19 Oct 2016