Install a firewalled, streamlined, hardened, up-to-date 64-bit Debian 7 in a RamNode container in under 3 minutes.

by cwadge 10 years ago

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The <strong>RamNode Primer</strong> was initially written when RamNode’s only available Debian image for OpenVZ was quite sloppy out-of-the-box. The situation has improved somewhat since then, but the script still has a lot of practical value. It will do the following when run on a newly-provisioned RamNode OpenVZ host: purge lots of default cruft, add some new mirrors, update system packages, install some common and useful tools, harden the system, and setup a non-root admin user. After which, the system can be used as a light, secure and up-to-date platform for whatever purposes you intend.

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ramnode-bootstrap.sh demonstration 02:35

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You can download this recording in asciicast v2 format, as a .cast file.

Download

Replay in terminal

You can replay the downloaded recording in your terminal using the asciinema play command:

asciinema play 13253.cast

If you don't have asciinema CLI installed then see installation instructions.

Use with stand-alone player on your website

Download asciinema player from the releases page (you only need .js and .css file), then use it like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="asciinema-player.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <div id="player"></div>
  <script src="asciinema-player.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    AsciinemaPlayer.create(
      '/assets/13253.cast',
      document.getElementById('player'),
      { cols: 90, rows: 45 }
    );
  </script>
</body>
</html>

See asciinema player quick-start guide for full usage instructions.

While this site doesn't provide GIF conversion at the moment, you can still do it yourself with the help of asciinema GIF generator utility - agg.

Once you have it installed, generate a GIF with the following command:

agg https://asciinema.org/a/13253 demo.gif

Or, if you already downloaded the recording file:

agg demo.cast demo.gif

Check agg --help for all available options. You can change font family and size, select color theme, adjust speed and more.

See agg manual for full usage instructions.