HP seems to have set up a package repository for Ubuntu 12.04, which is an improvement since I last checked a few years ago. To use the repo, add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://downloads.linux.hp.com/downloads/ManagementComponentPack/ubuntu precise current/non-free …

To get a virtual serial console, you need to enable the iLO virtual serial port. I had mine set up like this:

• iLO 2 Virtual Serial Port: COM2 0x2F8 IRQ 3

I also enabled ssh access in the iLO web interface. This way I can ssh into the iLO and …

I downloaded the firmware from HP site. It was named CP019022.scexe. I tried uploading it in the iLO2 web interface, but it was rejected. Next, I copied it to the server, gave it execute permissions and ran it:

root@host:~# ./CP019022.scexe
./CP019022.scexe: 153: ./CP019022.scexe: pushd: not …

First, make sure you can use public key authentication or similar means to connect to ssh servers without typing in your password all the time.

Install sshfs for mounting remote filesystems over ssh, and afuse for automounting FUSE filesystems (sshfs uses fuse).

sudo apt-get install sshfs afuse

For dead connection …

In this article, I will discuss sending messages from server to web browser using RabbitMQ-Web-Stomp as the backend, and a simple JavaScript library to handle the web browser side. SockJS is used as the browser WebSockets library. This setup enables you to directly push messages in realtime from the RabbitMQ …