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May 1st, 2012
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Linux Bare Metal Disaster Recovery on USB
RELAX-AND-RECOVER (ReaR) LINUX BARE METAL DISASTER RECOVERY
As an added layer to successful backup and recovery planning, USBs play a meaningul role in my strategy. So does Relax-and-Recover (ReaR), a modular and extensible (bash, and open source) Linux bare-metal disaster recovery solution that sits near the center of the most useful tools I deploy as "stock & standard". The main purpose of ReaR is to create bootable images from what is currently installed on a Linux host that can partition disks and retrieve a backup of the system. Options exist for where to save the bootable image and what to do with it after it has been created (the bootable image can be a USB device, an ISO file or a number of other options).
This is easily one of the most useful tools in my entire kit, but let me first provide a little clarity as to ReaR's core functionality. In using ReaR and recommending it to colleagues and clients, a misconception I often encounter is the expectation that ReaR is a backup tool - it can perform that function, but that is not a primary and is dependent upon your configuration. ReaR focuses on Disaster Recovery, not backups, by instead providing tight integration with common backup softwares (including, but not limited to: internal backup methods like tar and rsync, in addition to a fantastic number of 3rd party backup solutions like CommVault Galaxy, Bareos, Bacula, Duplicity, EMC Networker (Legato), Symantec Netbackup, HP DataProtector and IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)).
Just as important as its integration and interoperability, ReaR is fantastically easy to install and use immediately within your Disaster Recovery strategy. In my opinion, ReaR provides such a wealth of applicational use across my portfolio of backup and restore tools/applicatons, coupled with its simplicity in ease-of-use, that it would be a shame for you not to use it in applying your own strategy. Basically, ReaR is a centrifugal force in my Disaster Recovery strategy, allowing me to deploy a range of options to mitigate risk against permanent data loss and ability to quickly recover from hardware failures.
As you might suspect, you can find more information in the man page (man rear), but since I fear most readers will not peruse (or follow the convenient, direct links I typically provide) I am literally going to enlist verbatim from the ReaR website here. I think it's worth repeating, word for word, and belaboring the point as to what ReaR brings to the table. How's that for gonging you over the head to get you to use this tool?! To follow is a healthy enlistment of features that show why I keep ReaR front and center within my overall disaster recovery tools, and you should too:
Bare metal recovery on dissimilar hardware
support for physical-to-virtual (P2V), virtual-to-physical (V2P)
support for physical-to-physical (P2P) and virtual-to-virtual (V2V)
various virtualization technologies supported (KVM, Xen, Vmware)
Support for various integrated boot media types, including:
OBDR/bootable tape
Support for various transport methods, including:
Extensive disk layout implementation, including:
HWRAID (HP SmartArray)
LUKS (encrypted partitions and filesystems)
Two phase disk layout recovery, allows for reconfiguration before recovery, e.g.
migrations from e.g. SWRAID to HWRAID, or unencrypted to encrypted partitions
HWRAID reconfigurations
migration from partitions to LVM
Various techniques to help troubleshooting:
structured log files and guided menus
log files are moved to recovery image, and to recovered system (available in every step for debugging)
advanced debugging options to help trace scripts or develop new functionality
Integration with monitoring (e.g., Nagios/Opsview)
Integration with schedulers (e.g., let cron recreate and transfer your images upon disk layout changes)
Various best practices to assist recovery
integrates with local bootloader (in case it is still possible, you can restore from local disk through Grub)
automatic network and ssh configuration (for remote recovery)
automatic serial console support (useful for recovery through iLO or KVM serial console)
shell history-stuffing (stuff shell history with useful commands at every step)
automatic recovery when possible, guided recovery when needed
There. Are these enough reason to be keeping ReaR front and center in your arsenal for Disaster Recovery? Yes, yes they are.
The Dreaded Disaster Recovery Scenario
Backup tools are great at backups. Restoring? Not so much. All to familiar is this type of dreaded discovery recovery scenario: a file system corruption has rendered a server or individual workstation caput. Not to worry, because you take scheduled backups of your system. But what's next for you here? A way is needed in getting that backup data back onto disk. Anyone that has been down this path knows and can relate (and, if you by chance haven't you will - everyone eventually gets their turn here!) - most backups from traditional backup applications and mechanisms simply do not restore full systems, but instead rebuild them if something goes horribly wrong with the operating system. While there is some value in this approach, it unfortunately and unrealistically relies on you knowing what the state of the system was. Par example:
- What configuration changes have been made since the installation?
- What additional software has been installed?
- What scripts have been put in place?
That list could actually expand and go on for quite a bit. While possible that you are such a diligent and highly proactive sysadmin you are able to manage all that, this is getting into that forbidden territory for me of spending way too much time with something when there exists a more secure and efficient way of going about it. This is a problem that won't solve itself; if you haven't manually maintained the details of all the customizations then wouldn't it be really nice to be able to run a command to pull back the contents of all your local file systems as they were at the point of the last backup, allowing you to simply reboot and be back in business? Keeping ReaR front and center in your Disaster Recovery will do that for you!
The wow-factor for me in use of ReaR really comes in exploring all the flexibility it affords within an overall Disaster Recovery strategy, complementing my chosen backup solutions and output media (e.g., fitting in perfectly with my favored use of Duplicity for backups and iPXE network booting with ISO images, or using CommVault, or using Bareos, or using tar and USBs or... the important piece here is the "or"). However, our singular focus here is on bootable USBs (a more explorative article on ReaR within network booting scenarios is absolutely worth it, and forthcoming). If you create a bootable image on a USB device then wouldn't it be nice to create a backup of your system on the same device? Yes, ReaR does that, too. Here's how I've used ReaR to create both backup of my full system and bootable restore image all on the same media for Ubuntu and RHEL.
ReaR depends upon syslinux, but I highly recommend the modernized extlinux boot loaders. Install via Software Center.
The current, time-of-this-writing package for ReaR is rear_1.16.1_all.deb. Download for your distribution and install using the Gdebi Package Installer (I typically prefer this for .deb installs over Software Center as, imho, Gdebi resolves dependencies much better).
Firstly, we need to Format our USB using ReaR. This will rename the USB to REAR-000. And yes, you acknowledge that this will destroy all data currently on the USB :)
sudo /usr/sbin/rear format /dev/sdc1
With a properly formatted USB, we are now ready to create a bootable restore with a backup of the current system, applications and settings/preferences all saved onto to the USB.
Our parameters are setup using /etc/rear/local.conf; this file by default is empty of commands so I'm not going to back it up prior to edits. Using my handy SumoSudo custom launcher I open gEdit with elevated privileges and set params as:
You can find here a list of scenarios and output parameters we could use for ReaR.
To execute ReaR (with verbose output) to create a bootable USB restore from backup saved to our USB, based on the above params we set in local.conf:
sudo /usr/sbin/rear -v mkbackup
You can find here a list of scenarios and output parameters we could use for ReaR.
What now? With your new ReaR USB we can boot the system from rescue media, restore the disk layout (create partitions, RAID configuration and LVM; create and configure file systems), restore the backup data, restore the boot loader, inspect and reboot!
ALWAYS TEST the USB to make sure you can boot and recover!!!
Let's do the same then for our Red Hat Enterprise Linux system(s). Our trusty EPEL Repository provides us with safe accessibiltiy to the ReaR rpms, but as with Ubuntu we first need to ensure we are using the more modern extlinux:
From and through PackageKit, we then install ReaR (Relax-and-Recover):
Also just as we did within Ubuntu, let's now create a bootable backup of our RHEL system to USB. Format your USB as we did above as REAR-000, and set the correct params in local.conf.
From Terminal, kick off a backup onto USB:
Here's a sample of the ReaR Workflow output based on our input paramaters above:
Do I really need to repeat and reiterate to Test the USB to ensure you can boot and recover? Throw up a test VM and boot and recover to make sure this is working, before you have to use this for real and find out something is amiss!
Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) Demo Video
♠ If you found the above useful, you might also find to be of interest:
Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) Project Page
SUSE Disaster Recovery with ReaR
IT3 Consultants ReaR Project Support
There are tools I love and then there are tools I really, really love. ReaR is one of the latter. And what I love about ReaR is that it fits my Disaster Recovery strategy almost no matter what approach and combination I'm taking: from backup mechanism, to backup location, to starting the rescue image, ReaR not only fits into, but complements almost any Disaster Recovery plan and tools I use to execute it, and let's face it - any good DR plan is one that is constantly being assessed and evolving to best-fit your environment and requirements. What is really needed here is a more in-depth breakout of what ReaR brings to a full DR implementation (to sate, here is a sample DR scenario); but for now, this is how to create a bootable USB with ReaR for bare metal disaster recovery.More ...
iPXE Booting for Diskless Desktop Dancing
Booting Linux Over the Network
iPXE BOOTING FOR DISKLESS DESKTOP DANCING
Now, that sounded dirty, didn't it?! Keeping my hands clean from manually managing hardware is what we are about in this blog post, so let's get down and dirty with iPXE booting over the network for diskless workstations. As most of you are likely tired of hearing, I really detest hardware overhead;
I much prefer doing actual work for clients instead of wrangling with internal system maintenance, dealing with hardware and repetitively doing the same for the software needed for each instance. None of that is making me any money; instead, it's sifting it out of me one desktop at a time.
All that being said, and coming down off the old soapbox, I do of course have some physical equipment localized and vital to day-to-day business operations, performing test evaluations for clients, etc. Within my testing and analytics hackspace, my machines are purely purpose-built, in-house. For desktops only needing general applicational use, I've been employing iPXE to boot over the network for diskless workstations.
Don't Disk Me (Because I'm Diskless)
Ironically, I do admit to drooling over the latest cloud-enhancing chipsets with multiplying cores, slick and sleek motherboards, gpu cards that rival NSA computational power (just kidding) and often obsess over local drive storage speeds, specifications and swap space. Hardware stuff. It's fun. And, well, there's admittedly some pretty cool stuff happening across hardware these days in compute, networking and storage. But, it certainly didn't take long in dealing with my small network of machines before coming to what should have already been an obvious and foregone conclusion: if the primary applications needed for these desktops are basically web browsers and e-mail clients mixed in with some other tools inherent in Linux, if I didn't need to use any other proprietary or commercial applications (of course, and always, deploying Linux and open-source platforms) let alone having better things to do with my business day than manage machines? Then there was really no need for full blown desktop deployments. The functional application and use-case for these machines is ideal for diskless workstations.
Booting Over the Network
It isn't hard to imagine dealing with desktops over a large, ever-scaling network of clients, since we have all lived it, every day and for years, and some continue to do so. Nope, not me; given my reluctance for burdensome hardware to begin with? I don't even want to think about it... booting over the network is just the dance card I was looking for - nothing new here, but the environment that makes this accomplishable is the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE). PXE is an environment for booting a computer using a network interface independently of any local data storage devices. In simplistic terms, when PXE is used a computer will look for a configuration to boot from a remote server rather than a local hard disk (a DHCP server points to a TFTP server and specified a pxelinux.0 file to load from where we can opt to install various distributions). You can do this with as few as 2 computers (1 server, 1 client) or with as many as you can get your hands on. The client PXE code is directly included within the NIC's own firmware and also as part of the UEFI firmware on UEFI hardware.
Pay specific distro attention and note to PXE Booting under EFI/UEFI: Ubuntu UEFI PXE netboot/install procedure and RHEL Configuring PXE Boot for EFI.
While PXE is a well-known and relative standard here, interesting variants have emerged with enhanced feature sets. As our working title indicates, I've been leveraging the open source derivative project iPXE and its highly expanded features, but we'll get to talking iPXE specifically in a few as it does build itself off standard PXE.
At the end of the day, I'm resulted with the ability to deploy workstations without need of local drives, an OS or IT oversight coupled with security and compliance advantages. Diskless Workstations are but one, albeit essential, piece to my consultancy, so how does that work and what are the benefits?
In my environment, the entire operating system is loaded via a compressed disk image over a Gigabit LAN, authentication is done via SSH, and home directories are mounted via NFS (although I do have one or more at a given time over iSCSI). All applications are run locally and are very fast – it is nearly unnoticeable that the machine is running entirely over the network. Behind the scenes there are two powerful servers in a hot-standby configuration that serve these diskless clients.
TCO + Headless IT Administration
¤ Cost of Ownership: The TCO of this solution is absurdly low. Generic cost advantages: cost of ssd/hdd, cost of sata, cost of ata, cost of operating system (if proprietary or under support licensing), all canceled out. Even within a relatively small hackspace network of 11 computers (1 server, 10 clients) we could potentially save (10 X (cost of hard drive)) + (10 X (cost of operating system)). Compare this to the cost of managing any other OS configuration and it just blows everything else away.
¤ Headless IT: Outside of my upfront + upgrade and ongoing maintenance costs for hard/software, far more advantageous with PXE-based booting is that I can have all of my configurations stored on one machine. This means I spend less time running around to resolve software and hardware issues. If you regularly install tens/hundreds/thousands of PC's, you can start the installer on all those machines at once without needing to have individual boot/install media for each machine (heck, you can even use Linux PXE for starting Microsoft Windows network installers and tools).
If you've ever seen my analytics and testing lab and the machine builds done by my own hands, you know and realize I do love tinkering with hardware (the "cool stuff"). But doing so is a calculated measure towards highly purpose-built machines for very specific use-cases; hardware overheard only enters my fold to address an absolute and imperative necessity. Otherwise, this type of IT admin function would be better relegated to more of a weekend, garage-based hobby - in the throws of driving meaningful business operations managing hardware/software really only means I'd be losing money; the "cool factor" is a "cost factor". Even when necessitated towards securing physical hardware and software to exercise it, having this setup affords my consultancy a "headless IT" model and promotes tighter security around devices and data.
Benefits of Diskless Workstations:
- Secure: eliminates virus and malware threats
- Compliant: no sensitive information is ever stored on local disks
- Readily Accessible: all the great software needed to work and be entertained (mostly, Spotify!) is easily available
- Reduced Downtime: hardware failures are a non-issue
- Headless IT: support costs and IT support time is near zero
- TCO: purchase/raw hardware costs for diskless machines is minimal (additionally, see "Headless IT", above)
The negatives? Well, at times I've found ISO images slow to load over TFTP (an issue with TFTP, not my network or NIC cards/hardware, thank your very little). Other than some things to work through in the initial setup, this is really about the only negative I have, a minimal one at best. Enter (finally) iPXE, which allows for much faster booting / loading of ISO images; iPXE resolves this issue as it can work over HTTP / iSCSI and other protocols - even wireless! For some, the initial iPXE setup may be a little daunting, but the rewards have been many on my end.
It's worth mentioning here a highly useful PXE deployment utility: ERPXE. I've used this for network booting and to resolve a range of issues as one of my "stock & standard" server installs. ERPXE is a complete PXE solution featuring a broad range of recovery tools and various OS installations in one box, with a primary goal to make the PXE experience less "painful" for IT admins everywhere. ERPXE can do quite a lot, actually (all from its network location), more than I'm capable of adequately trying to deal with here in a post that is already long in the tooth... errr, mouth. I recommend taking the time to discover and apply ERPXE - quite handy and borrowing from CBS Golf commentary, "useful!" Version 2.0 of ERPXE will be released soon as a tar.gz file and as a Virtual Machine Template. The ERPXE project projects 2.0 will bring a big change to the way PXE is used!
You will first need a DHCP server with PXE capabilities or using Dnsmasq to add PXE options to your current router. You can use DD-WRT or a Linux/Windows DHCP Server, they all support PXE. If you want to use your Router DHCP and add PXE settings then you can ADD Dnsmasq to your network. You can also use Dnsmasq as your primary DHCP server - turning off the Router DHCP service. There is no difference in the PXE boot process between DHCPd and DNSMASQ. Both will allow you to boot using pxelinux.0/gpxe/ipxe.
ERPXE provides a handsome bevy of Plugins: Cloning and Deployment; Hardware Diagnostics; Operating System Installation; Linux Live; Recovery Tools; System Diagnostics; Windows PE. That's Awesome Sauce!
ERPXE Advanced Scripts - several small bash scripts are developed to help you maintain your ERPXE system. Nice!
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iPXE FOR VERSATILE NETWORK BOOT LOADING
PXE booting with the mentioned advantages should certainly give you happy feet, dancing around the data center. It does me, but I've enhanced this model by employing the more rich open source project iPXE. I prefer iPXE because of its ability to perform tasks beyond the scope of a legacy PXE ROM: tasks such as booting via HTTP or iSCSI, controlling the boot process with a script, DNS, FCoE, creating dynamic menus, etc.
iPXE is developed by the persons who originally developed gPXE (which evolved from Etherboot), and is gPXE's official replacement. iPXE is the leading open source network boot firmware licensed under the GNU GPL (with some portions under GPL-compatible licences) and is included in products from several network card manufacturers and OEMs. It provides a full PXE implementation enhanced with additional features that allow booting from a web server via HTTP, from an iSCSI SAN, from a Fibre Channel SAN via FCoE, from an AoE SAN, from a wireless network, from a wide-area network, or from an Infiniband network. Much to like!
NOTE: iPXE supports the EFI and UEFI environments, as well as the standard PC BIOS but do your diligence here - although developing with priority, I'm not entirely confident UEFI support can be taken as stable.
Unlike a traditional PXE ROM, iPXE is able to boot over a wide area network such as the Internet and can be used on any platform that can boot an ISO image. This includes many cloud providers and physical hardware. Its approach is procedural with scripts, which gives you a benefit that you can react better to errors and make more runtime choices. You can use iPXE to replace the existing PXE ROM on your network card, or you can chainload into iPXE to obtain the features of iPXE without the hassle of reflashing.
iPXE - The Versatile Boot Loader
Dirty Dancing: The Requisite Stuff
Here's the basic requirements for iPXE Network Boots on Diskless Workstations:
Make sure you are running the latest pxelinux
Avoid issues by setting SELinux to Passive mode, and check your firewall settings configured properly to allow the required traffic and services communications
Configuring Linux Server to PXE boot / configure your Linux network to support PXE images (or validating it already does)
Hardware/client that supports PXE boot, with a minimum 2GB RAM
Hash-verified ISO of your chosen distro
A fast network; diskless booting is only useful if your network can transfer data quickly
While iPXE can be flashed to network cards – this seemed overkill for my environment and I prefer leaving the NIC ROM untouched, as provided by the OEM. In my case it was easier and preferred to 'chainload' iPXE from the normal PXE (Network Boot) process.
Do You Wanna Dance? Go Diskless!
Whether you use the extra features of iPXE or stick with standard PXE, you will need to build a PXE server to boot from image over the network. To get started building your PXE server, most Linux distros provide clear and concise directions (and don't forget ERPXE - easy!):
PXE MultiDistro Install (this is old, but provides a starting point for Ubuntu MultiDistro PXE boot)
A Few Vids For Your Reference:
iPXE Installation of Ubuntu Server
Boot Ubuntu (live) over iPXE and NFS
♠ If you found this information useful or of interest, you might also find worth exploring:
NetworkBoot: A Place Where Beginners Can Learn the Fundamentals of Network Booting
Examples of Complete Solutions Built Around iPXE
Diskless Workstations Homepage
It's finally the Weekend, and in spite of still working that automatically puts me into a good mood. I could just go with The Ramones "Do You Wanna Dance?" here and leave it at that, but -
you knew it was coming... the obligatory "Dirty Dancing" film reference and insert...More ...
SumoSudo: Custom Launcher to Run Graphical Commands as Root
Sometimes it's handy to have a utility when you run GUI programs that require root privileges (e.g. the network configuration applet). Linux-law is to "Know Thy Terminal" commands, but if I can deploy something else that keeps me from having to slow down to do so? I know, six-and-one-half-dozen of the other here (but seriously, typing into terminal is a waste of time = FACT). But, should you have the need for this type of thing (or, just want one), here's the How-To on it by speaking out of both sides of my mouth for Ubuntu and RHEL.
While sudo is our go-to for safer root priv executions, you should never use normal sudo to start graphical applications as Root. If you've ever done this, whether mistakenly or purposefully, you've learned the hard way why not to! Instead, use gksudo, a frontend to sudo (that simply links to the gksu command). Gksudo's primary purpose is to run graphical commands that need root without the need to run an X terminal emulator and using su directly; this obviously prevents files in your home directory becoming owned by Root. I'm not going to service the pros and cons argument here for doing this in the first place, nor am i going to enjoin the banter for pkexec versus what is now the admittedly deprecated gksudo. My Ubuntu system (14.014 LTS) already has gksudo, so I'm going to use it for my purposes here; this is just as easy to accomplish in RHEL (6.5) - those options are further provided, below; ENJOY!
SumoSudo Application Launcher in Ubuntu
Our goal here is to make a custom application launcher that runs gksudo, allowing us to then execute GUI applications with root privileges. That's some #sumosudo! To create this launcher in Ubuntu with Unity desktop, we have to set this up manually. Grab yourself a licensed-to-use .png icon for your launcher (or simply make one of your own) - the launcher icon needs to be porportionate across x-y axis (128x128 seems to work nicely for me, named in my example "sumosudo.png").
To get the icon image in a proper directory, we need to open Nautilus with elevated privileges (something our new custom launcher intends to help us do going forward):
$ sudo nautilus
browse to: >computer >user >share >icons and drag & drop/cut & paste your new icon there (or to any other logical permanent directory where you can easily drill down on it)
Let's find the application we need (gksudo) for our new launcher - this should be found located under /usr/bin/ - just remember this location for now as we will need it later in creating our launcher...
Now create a working desktop file by opening gedit with elevated privileges and encode the below text into the new file:
$ sudo gedit
Encode the new file with the following lines:
- [Desktop Entry]
- Name=YourNewApplicationName [enter a name for your new application launcher; in this example mine is "SumoSudo"]
- Comment=Utility for Running Applications as Root [enter a descriptive comment as to what the launcher is for/does]
- Exec=/usr/bin/gksudo [enter the location from earlier where we found our gksudo application]
- Icon=/usr/share/icons/sumosudo.png [enter the location and name of your icon for this application launcher; in this example mine is "sumosudo.png"]
- Terminal=false [specifies whether the application should run in a terminal window or not; set to "false", as this is not a Terminal application]
- Type=Application [specifies the type of the launcher file; this will be an "Application"]
- Categories=Developer [the category you would like to designate the launcher for Unity filtering - categorize any way you prefer, multiple categories are acceptable - separate Categories by semi-colon for multiples]
Save this file named as "yourapplicationname.desktop" (in my example, "sumosudo.desktop") and to directory: usr/share/applications. Your saved .desktop file should look as follows:
Test and make sure our new application launcher is there, is accessible and is functioning as expected: search for it, open it and in my case I add this to the Unity Launcher for easier access. In order to add your launcher to the Unity Launcher on the left, you select and drag it onto the Launcher panel. Here's my new SumoSudo launcher!
Running the application now from the Unity Launcher by dbl-clicking our application icon results in:
Now you can simply type the application you want to run under gksudo!
Applications Launcher Under Root in RHEL
The complimentary approach to what we've done above in Ubuntu is accomplishable in RHEL via BEESU, a graphical wrapper for su in Fedora-based distros. Install via PackageKit and configure beesu to your own liking; it comes with some handy scripts for Nautilus and plugins for gEdit.
♠ If you found the above useful, you may also find the following to be of interest:
Unity Launchers and Desktop Files
How to Add a Launcher in Ubuntu
Cool 4 Code: I Really Don't Tek No (Mouthful of Diamonds)
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yumyum yellowdog update selinux
Upgrades and Updates to Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
SECURITY-ENHANCED LINUX (SELinux)
Firstly, let's just agree that there is likely going to be some disagreement here. Lots of technology topics will "top-off" people over the craziest things... this doesn't qualify as one of the bigger ones I can think of,
# yum update selinux
Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a project (initially developed by the NSA, fwiw) to implement mandatory access control (MAC) under Linux, executed in the kernel. A security context, or security "label", is the mechanism used by SELinux to classify resources (e.g., processes and files) on a SELinux-enabled system. This context allows SELinux to enforce rules for how and by whom a given resource should be accessed.
On occassion, we may have need (I will leave out desire) to directly manage these security contexts. Red Hat Global Support Services recommends disabling SELinux permanently only if you are certain you will never want to run SELinux in the future. Per the Red Hat KB "How Do I Turn SELinux Off In Red Hat Enterprise Linux?, "files created with SELinux disabled will not have the information necessary to function when SELinux is enabled; changing this requires a "relabel" of the filesystems, which can be a very time consuming operation."
That's good enough reasoning for me; if you start with SELinux enabled (as is by default in RHEL6), do not toggle it on and off again unecessarily! Our raison d'être here, however, is that there may be occassion where SELinux issues need to be looked into, and potentially addressed. This a rather broad and fairly elusive topic, so this attempt is mainly in providing you with some SELinux Management Tools to get you started.
NOTE: It is highly advisable that you conduct your own study in this area as much as possible prior to making any changes in SELinux. Please reference the provided industry articles at the end of this post for a more complete reference of SELinux!
What if we attempt to install or execute a program and receive a SELinux Unsupported error that looks like this? If you want this addressed, you will need to manage SELinux!
Let's take a look at how to Modify and Manage SELinux in a Real World Example:
Ye Olde Terminal
While attempting to install linux antivirus software, I ran into a "SELinux not supported" error that kept me from executing the installer. To complete, we first have to temporarily disable SELinux. How to do that, and why? Initially, I went about dealing with this via command-line by temporarily changing SELinux mode to "Permissive". I will get into why you will want to do that a little bit later; for now we just want to make the appropriate changes so that I can finish the antivirus install.
Run the following command to check if SELinux is running (returns Enforcing, Permissive or Disabled):
# getenforce
You can then effectively disable into Permissive mode by running:
# setenforce 0
When you have completed whatever tasks necessitated putting SELinux into "Permissive" in the first place, be certain to re-enable:
# setenforce 1
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SELinux Management Tools
From just the initial foray into understanding what SELinux actually is and how best to use and manage, it was clear I would be spending time with SELinux and its policies often enough to need to be efficient and effective in those dealings. My personal preference with all of this is to employ some handy tools already found in our available repos:
system-config-selinux; these are part of the
policycoreutils-guipackage providing GUI utilities for managing the SELinux environment. Install all of these through PackageKit:
This also gives us access to the SELinux Management and SELinux Policy Generation Tools:
Now we can use our SELinux Management GUI to change SELinux mode to Permissive via System »Administration »SELinux Management:
SELinux is now temporarily disabled, while still logging access errors. While in Permissive mode, I can complete the install my antivirus application. We also now have available our SELinux Policy Generation Tool via Applications »System Tools »SELinux Policy Generation Tool:
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In my case, I needed to make SELinux changes to install software, but it wasn't without some trepidation. Fiddling with SELinux settings requires some dedication and persistence in understanding what SELinux is and does, and how best to manage it. Unless you are already experienced and knowlegeable here, my recommendation is to make use of the security ehnancements SELinux provides (by staying in the default of "Enforce"), and always utilize "Permissive" mode should you really need to disable it. Review your access/error logs as habit.
Permission to be Permissive
Instead of disabling SELinux, it is more advisable to put SELinux in "Permissive" mode. In this mode:
The SELinux policies will remain loaded,
Access attempts that violate the configured SELinux policy will still be logged, but
Access attempts that violate the configured SELinux policy will not be denied, thus disabling the protections offered by SELinux.
Here's how to review your Access Logs to see what policies were logging while in Permissive -
Search for auditd (the Linux Auditing System) and install if necessary - the audit RPM should be installed by default on most Red Hat Enterprise systems:
Next, check for the setools-gui pkg, and install - this will provide a collection of graphical and command-line tools to efficiently address SELinux policy analysis:
Once installed, run your seaudit gui to access and review your logs (Applications »System Tools »SELinux Audit Log Analysis):
We also now have several other SELinux tools available for use - SELinux Policy Analysis (examine, search and relate policy components and rules) and SELinux Policy Difference (allows you to compare two policy files):
Lend Me Your Thoughts & Advice... How are You Handling SELinux in RHEL?
My own approach and advice is to employ the default "Enforce" of SELinux and its policies, entering "Permissive" mode temporarily and only when entirely necessary, and habitually reviewing access logs for errors while doing so. That being said, there certainly exists strong opinion that it takes more in managing SELinux than rewarded ultimately in security concerns. I have yet to encounter any issues, and consider SELinux as a welcome, albeit additional, security layer versus online content and application bugs - my fear in looking into SELinux, is that if and when I do ever encounter any SELinux related issues? I could have more trouble than it's worth on my hands. Let's hope I didn't just jinx myself... opinions differ on SELinux, some of it strongly:
stopdisablinglinux - from "Seriously, stop disabling SELinux"
SELinux Fails Again - excerpts from a frustrated SELinux user
Having generically delved into SELinux making minor adjustments, it was clear from colleagues and my own hands-on experience I really need to learn a lot more about it. Even for Desktop services, I would recommend employing SELinux as Red Hat provides, but haven't found any harm thus far in the occassional disabling in Permissive mode. Frankly, I really wouldn't want to have to tackle SELinux Policies/Policy Management but, should situations dicatate otherwise I feel pretty good I have the tools now to help drill down on resolving those changes fairly quickly.
There does seem to be differences in opinion about using SELinux and/or its inherent complexity. Stay tuned; there's quite a bit more I need to understand here before being more comfortable with applying policy changes and mods within SELinux. For now, in RHEL I am managing SELinux policies with the above SELinux Management and Policy Generation Tools, while expecting SELinux to be of greater value being Enforced and only occassionally Permissive, over ever being entirely Disabled. #yumyumyellowdog
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Upgrades and Updates to Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Recently, I've been putting ESET Antivirus Business Edition for Linux Desktop on Ubuntu laptops.
# yum update eset
INSTALLING ESET ANTIVIRUS (Business Edition for Linux Desktop)
Having previously installed a Free Trial Version of ESET Home Desktop for Linux on this Red Hat machine, I will need to perform an uninstall first. You can obviously run Terminal here, but I'd like to see how ESET's Uninstaller handles itself.
From »Applications »System Tools locate and execute the "ESET NOD32 Antivirus Uninstaller".
As discussed in a prior post, the root password is required for ESET to Install/Uninstall:
Run through the uninstaller with your options (if any other than default) until done; a system restart will be needed now so get yourself rebooted:
For the ESET Antivirus Business Edition for Linux software we now want to install, you will first need a Username/Password from ESET to secure the download and rip an install:
Post obligatory sign up/info forms, ESET will send you a Username and Password via email with your license files/keys - I went ahead and purchased a minimum 5 user license, but you can certainly opt for the Free Business Trial instead.
In the interest of time and clarity, all you really need to do here is follow the download and installation KB ESET has provided. Installation is as easy as it gets, aside from a minor issue with SELinux, described separately below.
With your newly received credentials and license files, simply download the ESETsoftware correctly to match your architecture and follow the installation guide; for me this will be 64-bit: http://download.eset.com/download/unix/eavbe/ueavbe.x86_64.en.linux
NOTE: I was missing a library - yum install glibc.i686; keep an eye out for additional libraries that your system may require.
Post-installation and restart you should be all set, with ESET!
SELinux is an enhanced security implementation that allows system admins to define how applications and users can access different resources such as files, devices, networks and inter-process communication. As with ESET, some installers and programs will require root access to execute; as you should have encountered, this will cause a conflict and an unsupported error ("SELinux not supported") when attempting to run the installer:
The ESET KB Installation Guide takes the position of disabling SELinux. I'm still exploring the security advantages of SELinux and prefer to have this functionality "always on", so for the time being I utilize SELinux Management to temporarily allow for Permissive mode.
Interestingly, take note on the Permissions tab of an option for "SELinux Context" while changing the installer's file permissions, as shown in the ESET KB installation instructions article. "Not knowing, I hesitate to answer" is an applicable old saying here: not knowing what these values mean, or repurcussions for changing them, I left this item at its default "User data" setting.
REFERENCE: For ways to manage SELinux in RHEL, please see "yumyum yellowdog update selinux".
The ESET Remote Administrator (ERA) is but one of the reasons I chose ESET for linux antivirus protection; a singular console to remotely install and administer antivirus software across my entire network was highly appealing over other open source and proprietary linux antivirus offerings I looked into. No network, and all of the devices the comprise it, is completely immune to digital threats; appropriately protecting your linux devices, systems and networks is essential. This post serves for your reference as one method for installing ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Linux Desktop, in RHEL. I will absolutely post back similar once I've installed the ESET Remote Administrator. #yumyumyellowdog
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After recently installing ESET Antivirus for Linux in the home desktop flavor, I wanted to make use of ESET's Remote Administrator available in their Linux Business Desktop edition to better manage network security from a single location. Cross-platform security with unified management sounds really good to me. Delving into the ERA (ESET Remote Administrator) is going to call for its own separate blog post(s), however; here we are just doing a straight install of the Linux Business Desktop Edition of the antivirus onto one machine. A rather old Alienware m9750 running 64bit Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop is what we're working with to try this out, so here goes some #sumosudo
sudo apt-get update eset
To upgrade to the Business Desktop Edition, we will first need to uninstall the pre-existing ESET Home Desktop. If you are coming into this without an existing ESET installation, just take this jumper to the "section" for a fresh install.
Locate ESET via the Unity Dash, and execute the "ESET NOD32 Antivirus Uninstaller".
As discussed in a prior post, the root password is required for ESET to Install/Uninstall, something we don't normally want to do in Ubuntu - I purposefully left my root password enabled from before so nothing to do here but enter it.
Please reference "sudo apt-get update eset home desktop" if you are needing to set a root password.
Run through the uninstaller with your options (if any other than default) until done; a system restart will be needed now so get yourself rebooted.
For the ESET Antivirus Business Edition for Linux software we want to upgrade to, you are first going to need a Username/Password from ESET to secure the download and rip an install.
Post obligatory sign up/info forms, ESET will send you a Username and Password via email with your license files/keys - I went ahead and purchased a minimum 5 user license, but you can certainly opt for the Free Business Trial instead.
From here, this is essentially a repeat of the steps from my prior blog post, "sudo apt-get update eset home desktop".
In the interest of time and clarity, all you really need to do here is follow the download and installation KB ESET has provided. With your newly received credentials and license files, download the ESET software correctly to match your architecture and follow the installation guide; for me this will be 64-bit: http://download.eset.com/download/unix/eavbe/ueavbe.x86_64.en.linux
Interestingly, I note on the Permissions tab an option for "SELinux Context", as shown in the above kb article. SELinux isn't an issue for Ubuntu-based installs; Debian packaged Linux kernels have SELinux support compiled in, but disabled by default. This did not appear during my Properties change as I'm in Debian/Ubuntu here; if you are interested in this item please reference "yumyum yellowdog update selinux" for enhanced details of SELinux.
Post-installation and restart you should be all set, with ESET!
Optional, but I typically like to ensure newly installed applications that weren't handled through Software Center are showing correctly from within the Dash. From the Unity interface quick launch bar, Search the Dash Applications for ESET just to make sure it is there:
ESETAntivirus Business Edition for Linux Desktop prevents malware through detection of multi-platform threats, regardless of what system is being targeted - Windows®, Linux or Mac® OS. Now that's some #sumosudo! Lend me your thoughts on this approach, as well as functional alternatives.
According to ESET, both the Home Desktop and Business Desktop for Linux distros are exactly the same antivirus offering. The differentiator is in the ESET Remote Administrator that you get with the Business Edition for Desktop Linux. The ERA is one of the reasons I chose ESET for linux antivirus protection; a singular console to remotely install and administer antivirus software across my entire network was highly appealing over other open source and proprietary linux antivirus offerings I looked into. No network, and all of the devices the comprise it, is completely immune to digital threats; appropriately protecting your linux devices, systems and networks is essential. This post serves for your reference as one method for installing ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Linux Desktop, in Ubuntu. I will absolutely post back similar once I've installed the ESET Remote Administrator. #sumosudo
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I have used OT for crafts. We bought the snowman pillow kit. I made sure I got it in way before I needed it, so in case there was something wrong, there was time to exchange it. I was glad I did, not that there was a problem, but the stuffing included in each pillow kit was so very little, it gave me time to go to the fabric store and buy a bag of stuffing on sale, so the girls could stuff their pillows bigger. I made sure I had enough kits for each girl plus one I could make beforehand, as a sample.
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I've also used them for group crafts... but also, I choose to get them way ahead of time. Most things have turned out fine. Once I bought plastic letter bead things for bracelets and it turned out that there were not enough of the regular letters like A and R, but there were WAY too many Q's. So, I called and told them that I think I got an end of the line bag or something since the mix of letters was WAY off and they sent me another entire set and didn't want the first back. It turned out that this bag was also really weird in the mix of letters- like 5 Q's to each A. But I got what I needed for each girl to be able to spell her name and it was a pretty cheap craft, so I didn't pursue a refund or anything.
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I've got a $1000+ 46" Samsung LCD in the family room. It's nice, real nice.
Just this week I installed an Optoma HD20. Picked it up for $650 (my thread). All I can say is wow. Having to view something on my 46" LCD is now a drag. 120" of 1080P simply cannot be compared to a regular HDTV.
I've used the Optoma for playing MW3 and it was amazing and immersive (my entire field of view is the screen). We watched Ghost Protocol on it a few nights ago and it was amazing - not seeing any justification to spend $12/ticket at a theater ever again. Seriously, if you have the space and the right conditions (we have a dedicated home theater room) then a projector is the only way to go.
As for being on the way out ... yeah right. You can easily pump the picture to 200" on many of these projectors. I'm guessing that more and more folks are building spaces big enough to accommodate much larger screen sizes. I'm already dreaming of my next custom house.
As for this projector - looks like a good deal. If you want to save $350 I would recommend checking out the thread on the HD20.
Art had the Panasonic PT-AR100U as the top pick for a low cost 2D so I asked him how it compared to this projector. Here is his response:
That is one interesting question. Off the top of my head, I really am not sure. The only way I can answer 50 emails a week, is by sticking to one rule. Everything from memory. When I go to start confirming this fact, or that opinion, a 3 minute answer becomes 10-15...
So, I really liked the LG for the brightness. Regarding blacks neither is close to being ultra high contrast. You'd have to look at that Acer H9500BD, for a few hundred more (and DLP).
But, despite the brightness of the LG, the Panny must be even brighter. It has more zoom range if that's important. I don't recall if the LG has lens shift (it has vertical lens shift), the Panny does (it has vertical and horizontal lens shift).
I don't know. If you need the lumens, the Panny's likely the better choice. I'd really have to re-read the LG review, and look at some images to see which has the better blacks, and other things. For gaming - my money would be on the Panny. Both, if I recall correctly calibrate well.
Panny's warranty is a year, but then, I think the LG is too, but it might be longer...
At this point, off the top of my head, perhaps one strength of the LG (for some buyers) is that it is not the Panasonic, that is, it's not the projector everyone else has... The Panny is probably the #2 selling home projector out there, that old Optoma HD20 probably still outsells it, then a couple of Epsons... The LG has very minimal distribution, and I know nothing about their support.
I have had excellent customer support from Epson, having at one point owned both the Epson 8350 and the 8700ub. At this price point the Epson 8350 is also a good pick. But then again I have not seen the pic quality from this projector. And unfortunately comparing the specs like contrast ratio from one projector (especially different brands) is dumb, even the lumens number.
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I suggested Jeremy Maclin and DeSean Jackson would have their way with Charles Tillman and Tim Jennings. It was the other way around. The Bears' coaches challenged their corners to play press coverages on the Eagles' speedy wideouts and they were rewarded for it.
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CodexNovus Ropes in AMG LASSO: In-Depth Metadata Available for Cutting Edge Media Players
CodexNovus Partners with All Media Guide (AMG) to Provide the Most In-Depth Music and DVD Recognition
CHAMPAIGN, IL _ January 12, 2007 _ CodexNovus, the innovator in stand-alone and networked media server products, is proud to announce its partnership with All Media Guide (AMG). Utilizing AMG's LASSO media recognition system, CodexNovus' HDcodex media servers are now capable of organizing users' libraries with all of the metadata–artist, album, genre, and style information–for a more heightened media experience right at their fingertips.
"Users of an HDcodex media server can benefit from LASSO's music database, containing more than 850,000 albums and 7 million tracks. It is rich in content and includes categories such as reviews, biographies, rankings, photographs, titles and credits," said Hugo Feugen, president of CodexNovus. "Combine that with video playback, SD and HD video at resolutions of up to 1080p and multi-channel 5.1 and 7.1 high-resolution digital audio capabilities, and it creates the most advanced media server available."
"HDcodex represents the next generation in content management systems." said Andrew Stess, Vice President of Consumer Electronics for AMG "Keeping all that metadata in an HDcodex media server organized just got a lot easier, now that it has access to the most comprehensive information databases for music and DVDs."
The HDcodex line of entertainment products have been designed to integrate all types of digital entertainment media while delivering remarkable and memorable home entertainment experiences on demand. These versatile media servers were designed to fit a variety applications and budgets. Companies that utilize HDcodex for commercial usage will now have the competitive edge over other media servers because they will be able to access any of their metadata from a complete and organized database thanks to the CodexNovus and AMG partnership.
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TerraTherm is a worldwide leader in the development and implementation of in situ thermal remediation of organic contaminants in subsurface source zones. We advise on, design, build, and operate thermal remediation projects from concept to closure. We offer the broadest array of thermal remediation technologies in the industry, allowing us to tailor project designs to ...
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As part of the Royal Eijkelkamp Earth Sampling Group, Eijkelkamp Agrisearch Equipment contributes to the following mission and vision.MissionRoyal Eijkelkamp is able to make a continuous contribution to a safe and healthy living environment thanks to more than 100 years' experience and expertise in soil and water research.VisionRoyal Eijkelkamp wants to become the world's ...
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Finished in 1755, this sober baroque church was the first building completed in La Barceloneta. Built low so that the cannon in the then Ciutadella fort could fire over it if necessary, it bears images of St Michael (Miquel) and two other saints considered protectors of the Catalan fishing fleet: Sant Elm and Santa Maria de Cervelló.
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Preparing for a Knockout Class
Ignite: Use this boxing-themed warm-up to get students ready for crosses, jabs, hooks and upper cuts.
Do you fondly recall when hand wraps, focus mitts and challenging combinations ruled the fitness scene? Boxing and kickboxing classes never really went away, and they are still popular in many fitness facilities across the country. Whether you're already teaching this style of class or hope to in the near future, you'll want to have a solid warm-up planned for students.
The first thing to consider is the demographic typically attracted to boxing classes. Participants tend to be fitness enthusiasts who prefer a more athletic style of workout. With this in mind, craft an athletic warm-up. Also make it dynamic and easy to follow. Active-range-of-motion movements will provide critical preparation for the exercises to come. Since boxing-themed classes usually include an extensive series of punches, pay special attention to warming up the shoulders and preparing the spine for rotation. The warm-up is the perfect time to go heavy on technique while staying light on power, so go ahead and throw in some rehearsal movements, being careful to cue safety and precision.
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Scene Set For Hollywood Remake
The Hollywood Theater marquee in La Crosse was lighted up this morning...a possible sign of things to come in the old movie house.
The Hollywood's new owner, Phil Addis, took reporters on a tour through the empty theater today. There's no screen, and all the seats were taken out, and there's damage to the walls and ceilings. Addis says restoring it could be a major task, but he thinks it's worth the effort.
The Hollywood used to seat up to one thousand people, when it had movies and live concerts. The building was shut down eight years ago.
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They knew about it since the Winter......but couldn't say anything at all. Rachael Pierce of Children of the Heart explains how the La Crosse group that deals with Downs Syndrome were picked as the charity of choice for the upcoming Green Bay Packers tailgate tour.
The tailgate tour stops by the La Crosse Oktoberfest Southside Festgrounds on May 15th from 5:00 - 8:30 pm. Tailgate Party Tickets are $30 and General Admission is $5.00. Tickets are on sale at Festival Foods.....Onalaska and Village locations only. Scheduled to appear.......Mark Murphy...Jordy Nelson...Mason Crosby...William Henderson...Marco Rivera and Larry McCarren.
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Tomah's Mayor will retain that title...though a recount there yesterday made things real interesting. John Rusch defeated challenger Shannon Hough by just five votes last Tuesday. Hough requested a recount, which was done Wednesday. After the recount Rusch defeated Hough by only 3 votes. Rusch says it's now business as usual as he is working to develop city council committee assignments. He says he looks forward to continuing his work to help Tomah provide quality public services at a low cost.
Hough says she plans to run for mayor again in the next election two years from now.
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Birnbaum says Olson will continue to challenge the misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, hoping to get that count dismissed as well.
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Real Madrid have offered Manchester United the chance to sign winger Angel Di Maria for £40m, according to the Daily Star.
Talks over a new and improved contract for Di Maria at the Bernabeu have stalled, reportedly because Real Madrid are unwilling to meet his high wage demands. They are now testing the market for the Argentine, but Man Utd value him closer to £30m and so could be reluctant to meeting the European champions' asking price.
Di Maria is said to be unsure about moving to a club which will not be competing in the Champions League next season, but Real Madrid believe that a deal could take place, with agent Jorge Mendes now negotiating a deal.
The money would allow Real Madrid to launch a big-money offer for Monaco and Colombia star James Rodriguez, who is currently the leading scorer at this summer's World Cup. Man Utd are now the favourites to sign Di Maria, despite interest from Arsenal, Juventus and Paris St. Germain.
Man Utd have already spent a combined total of almost £60m for two summer signings, with Ander Herrera and Luke Shaw arriving from Athletic Bilbao and Southampton respectively.
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Miracles. I do believe. It is primarily a matter of where we look. A matter of "how" we look. It is often deemed by me as a construct of belaboring the thoughts. Sorting out if you would - the positive from the negative. Remembering from where we've come, the challenges we've battled. Those things that have 'made us stronger.' Some speak of attitude - and this is one form of the desifering, the struggle we all face. In the land of "not so Oz."... Where there is no "yellow brick road." The fairytales we're taught - and continue to teach - that inform us that there's "no place like home."
My postulation is, where is home? Is it in our minds, our hearts, in our souls? How is it that we are taught to decipher such matters, and alas, where is the rule book? If we are to daily restart the generator, and forever be 'positive'... shouldn't someone, somewhere give us a guide of just how to do this? Particularly in this, this world of difficulties. This world where there isn't enough money, there isn't enough spouses, people loose loved ones, and people do evil things. People you think you can trust, turn on you, each and every day -- in this endless human characteristic we are all supposed to have called "trust." Keep moving, keep going, keep paying, keep trusting.... all for the sake of what, I say? To trust another untrustworthy individual? Yet, as I told you in the beginning, I DO believe in miracles. I believe in a supreme being - not to offend, as I intend to make this public - but His name is Jesus. However, I am not supernatural. I am human. I struggle. I believe others struggle too. I know that I am not alone in my thoughts.
Depression is a horrible disease, if you will. Chronic pain is another unrelenting madness. I have both. Yet, I will not let it defeat me, nor will I surrender to its endeavor to disable my life completely. If I have nothing left but a voice, I have a voice.
Miracles are possible. I've seen them take place in my life. I've seen them take place in others lives. God can do anything. Life is difficult, this is a great truth. Yet, we must forge onward. I will do something for another person today. I will stretch myself. I will live despite what my mind tells me - and get on with the matter of living. I hope (and pray) that whatever might be troubling you - we muster some honor, dignity, and grace and do what the day asks of us.