Category Archives: Automation

Zabbix API shell script to show maintenance association

Posted on April 14, 2023 by morsing

Just a quick note to show how you can get a server to show which Zabbix maintenance group it is in upon login.

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Using Ansible command return code

Posted on December 21, 2022 by morsing

I was using the command module in Ansible but the command I was calling at the other end would cause the module to fail even on informational message. I believe this was partly due to the ‘rc’ value in the … Continue reading →

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Maya and Houdini headless install

Posted on April 12, 2022 by morsing

Starting a job in the animation industry, I looked into automating the tools Maya and Houdini, Maya apparently being a must for most people (No, I’d never heard of either). Maya consists of an RPM for the application plus three … Continue reading →

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