Author Archives: mbe7

Rename ZFS Storage Appliance (ZFSSA) Network Device Names

In a recently installed ZS5-2 (ZFSSA) it was necessary to exchange one of the Infiniband Network Cards with a 10 Gbit Dual Port Fibre Channel Card. After the replacement there was a mismatch in the device naming of the new interfaces. On the first storage head it showed up as ixgbe2 and ixgbe3 and on… Read More »

Create a secure Password-Store with Ansible Vault

Recently I came across the fact that I need to encrypt passwords stored in Ansible YML files, as the scripts are published in a git repository which is synced to a Gitlab instance. Therefore it was necessary to check the web for resources on ansible and encryption. I came across Ansible Vault which is quite… Read More »