Category Archives: General

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vRA Code Stream – Preserving files and artifacts created in a CI Task

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Whilst creating a pipeline and using CI Tasks to run some CLI tools, I needed to save the outputted files from the container used for the CI Task so I could use them once the pipeline is completed.

Code Stream has a feature for CI Tasks called “Preserve Artifacts” to enable this, where by files in your working directory are saved to the “/sharedPath” folder location of the Docker Host where your container runs.

Below I’m going to show you how to use this feature.

  • First on your pipeline configure a Working Directory

Code Stream - Preserve Artifacts - Pipeline - Workspace - Working Directory Continue reading vRA Code Stream – Preserving files and artifacts created in a CI Task →

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Postman – Logging in results in losing my offline work

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The Issue

When working with Postman in an offline mode or not signed in, then choosing to sign in, you lose access to your Collections and Environments you have worked on previously.

The Cause

In later versions, Postman introduce the Scratchpad. This is an offline area where your data is saved to.

When you create a new account in the app, you should be presented an option to move your data from your scratchpad.

If you already have an account to log into, you do not seem to get this option.

The Fix
  • Within Postman application > Click the Settings Cog > Select “Scratch Pad”

Postman - Scratch Pad

So now you should be able to see your offline data. If you can, you need to manually export your data then change back to your workspace and import the data.

Postman - export collection

If you are still unable to find your data. I recommend you follow this article from the Postman support site on “how to recover my data”. I did not personally have much success with this method.

Regards

Dean Lewis
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Getting the GitHub Verified commit badge when using Visual Code on Mac OS X

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The Issue

Recently I’ve started to use Visual Code as my editor on Mac OS X, and using it with my GitHub Repos. It’s pretty cool! However I noticed that when I submit a commit via code, I do not see the verified badge.

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The Cause

When I look at my global git config on my Mac OS X machine, I can see that I’ve configured the settings so that my user details are passed to GitHub as an author of the repository.

git config --global --list

git config --global --list

The Fix

We need to setup a GPG public key to be used by git on our machine when interacting with GitHub. Continue reading Getting the GitHub Verified commit badge when using Visual Code on Mac OS X →

VMware CMTY Podcast Appearance – Discussing Tanzu Mission Control and vROPs

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Thanks to this blog post, I was delighted to be invited as a guest on the VMware CMTY Podcast (YouTube Page) hosted by Eric Nielsen and Matt Langguth. 

Originally I was going to discuss the out of the box vROPs dashboards such as finding out how long a VM has been powered off for, however Eric threw a curve ball at me 5 minutes before the podcast asking if I would discuss my more recent blog posts on Tanzu Mission Control, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and then wrap up with vROPs.

It was a fun session!

Find this on your favourite podcast platform under “VMware CMTY Podcast” such as the below:

Regards

Dean Lewis

Ubuntu – apt-get update fails “The repository no longer has a Release file”

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The Issue

Running sudo apt-get update or sudo apt update fails with the following or similar errors:

Hit:1 http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt eoan-pgdg InRelease
Ign:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease
Ign:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease
Ign:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security InRelease
Err:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
The Cause

Older releases of Ubuntu are moved to an archive server, so you need to update your repo lists.

The Fix
# backup your sources file
cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak 

# replace the links with the archive address
sudo sed -i -re 's/([a-z]{2}.)?archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

# run update again
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Regards

Dean Lewis