Perl - Connect using SSH with Perl & CPAN module

It has been weeks since the last time blogging about Perl. My day to day job has been tying most of my free time and blah blah blah excuses ... :p

My job deals with FreeBSD server, 90% of my time. Daily routines includes checking server health status. FreeBSD has these periodic scripts that will report server health status to sysadm daily, but the emails are always being "ignore" as the info in it are too vast. So, i decided to cough out a simple Perl script that will use SSH to connect to the servers and pull some health status report. This post will talk about using cpan module's, NET::SSH::Perl, to execute commands then print out the results.

Purpose of this script :

• connect to server using ssh
• authenticate only using public key
• run a command and print out the result

Perl modules used :

1. Perl::Critic = perl's best practice
2. Net::SSH::Perl = the basic of using ssh in perl
3. Net::SSH::Perl::Key::RSA = authenticate using public key
4. Class::ErrorHandler = needed by Net::SSH::Perl::Key::RSA module

To reduce the hiccups, install the modules listed above by using CPAN client.

Here is the script :

Ubuntu - How to change default menu for Net Book Remix

Net Book Remix is another spin off of Ubuntu. It's strength is to make Ubuntu to run on Netbook, miniature laptop which target for internet applications users. Typically, the screen size are small (from 9" - 12"), thus it is light (0.8kg - 1.5kg) and runs on Atom processor. The kernel and programs on NBR (Net Book Remix) are tune to run leaner, to accommodate the limited processor speed. The limited processor is in fact a good thing, less heat generated and generally, NBR are quite "cool".

The most notable difference about NBR and the usual Ubuntu linux distribution is, it's menu. The "Ubuntu NetBook Desktop" is the menu that covers the whole desktop with menu items. But people like me, still prefer the "Classic Desktop", with the menu panel on top and windows panel at bottom. Most desirably is the desktop are visible with the frequent access files and programs in it.

So, how do we change the "Ubuntu NetBook Desktop" to the usual "Classic Desktop"? Here is how to do it :

FreeBSD - For the love of all

For the love of the world, please do this.

Step 1 :

cd /usr/src

Step 2 :

make love

Enjoy the output :)

World Peace !!!