How #IoT will challenge the #telco industry https://t.co/b0iqO9hvfL pic.twitter.com/qBXcuPJNmq

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 20, 2017

What will @HPE_Labs reveal at #HPEDiscover in Las Vegas this June

What will @HPE_Labs reveal at #HPEDiscover in Las Vegas this June https://t.co/hxhMkAfyl1 pic.twitter.com/DcS6fAwkVz

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) May 5, 2017

How manufacturers could be funding #IoT innovation #TaxDay https://t.co/6uzfbRTzVO pic.twitter.com/OorvvKb6Pb

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 19, 2017

From @dataeconomy: Shifts in the #tape storage market and digital preservation up to exabytes of critical data https://t.co/a046ZLip49 pic.twitter.com/U0z2gPo2gc

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 19, 2017

#BigData helps archaeologists preserve India's past #WorldHeritageDay https://t.co/mTdz3JoosD pic.twitter.com/iKFHBp6fVE

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 19, 2017

For company networks, BYOD is expected to become the majority during the next 2 years. #DigitalWorkplace https://t.co/yjj0bXl3Hf pic.twitter.com/gfSWRK7hfI

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 19, 2017

Cyber attacks 'hit one in five UK firms' - BBC News https://t.co/PgGCrBcVKN pic.twitter.com/140SSDwADt

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 18, 2017

Rise of the machines – The future of robotics and automation https://t.co/MkKdAg3RG4 pic.twitter.com/uBEmkdpXw8

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 18, 2017

Telepathic typewriter: Scientists create mind-reading device for people who can't communicate https://t.co/TviyTAsb6t pic.twitter.com/xxmI05KXm7

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 18, 2017

5 steps to defining the ROI for your #digitaltransformation project by @freecloud on @enterprisenxt https://t.co/QcY2IsFCFB pic.twitter.com/4sMrCqe5XU

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 18, 2017

#MachineLearning could help doctors detect heart disease https://t.co/oedwn2XKZm pic.twitter.com/tTD2at9RvN

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 18, 2017

Customization can help #IoT address environmental crises https://t.co/pMLliKSXmj pic.twitter.com/uilg66HWWX

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 18, 2017

Adding services to VMware firewall

These are some of the notes i'd collected from vmware kb site

Creating custom firewall rules in VMware ESXi 5.x

There is a defined set of firewall rules for ESXi 5.x for Incoming and Outgoing connections on either TCP, UDP, or both.

You may be required to open the firewall for the defined port on TCP or UDP that is not defined by default in Firewall Properties under Configuration > Security Profile on the vSphere Client.

This article provides instructions on creating custom firewall rules in ESXi 5.x via the command line.

Note: Custom firewall rules can be created only for those ports that are defined by default in the Firewall Properties under Security Profile on the vSphere Client.

By default, there is a set of predefined firewall rules that can be enabled/disabled for the ESXi host from the vSphere Client.

These firewall services can be enabled/disabled for the defined ports (UDP/TCP) from the vSphere Client. However, if you need to enable the service on a protocol that is not defined, you must create new firewall rules from the command line.

For example, the DNS Client service can be enabled/disabled only on UDP port 53.

To enable DNS for TCP:
1. Open an SSH connection to the host.
2. List the firewall rules by running the command:

# esxcli network firewall ruleset list

Name            Enabled
--------------  -----------------
sshServer       true
sshClient       false
nfsClient       true
dhcp            true
dns             true
snmp            true
ntpClient       false
CIMHttpServer   true
CIMHttpsServer  true
CIMSLP          true
iSCSI           true

Note: On the vSphere Client, the DNS service is open on port 53 for UDP only.

To enable the DNS service on port 53 for TCP:

1. Back up the /etc/vmware/firewall/service.xml file by running the command:

# cp /etc/vmware/firewall/service.xml /etc/vmware/firewall/service.xml.bak

2. Modify the access permissions of the service.xml file to allow writes by running the chmod command:

To allow writes:

# chmod 644 /etc/vmware/firewall/service.xml

To toggle the sticky bit flag:

# chmod +t /etc/vmware/firewall/service.xml

3. Open the service.xml file in a text editor.
4. Add this rule to the service.xml file:

<service id="0032">
<id>DNSTCPOut</id>
<rule id='0000'>
<direction>outbound</direction>
<protocol>tcp</protocol>
<porttype>dst</porttype>
<port>53</port>
</rule>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<required>false</required>
</service>

Rule set configuration file example:

<ConfigRoot>
<service id='0000'>
<id>serviceName</id>
<rule id = '0000'>
<direction>inbound</direction>
<protocol>tcp</protocol>
<porttype>dst</porttype>
<port>80</port>
</rule>
<rule id='0001'>
<direction>inbound</direction>
<protocol>tcp</protocol>
<porttype>src</porttype>
<port>
<begin>1020</begin>
<end>1050</end>
</port>
</rule>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<required>false</required>
</service>
</ConfigRoot>


5. Revert the access permissions of the service.xml file to the read-only default by running the command:

# chmod 444 /etc/vmware/firewall/service.xml

6. Refresh the firewall rules for the changes to take effect by running the command:

# esxcli network firewall refresh

or

# localcli network firewall refresh

With ESXi 5.1.x, changes to the existing service.xml file is persistent after reboot.

7. List the rules again to confirm by running the command:

# esxcli network firewall ruleset list

Name            Enabled
--------------  -----------------
sshServer       true
sshClient       false
nfsClient       true
dhcp            true
dns             true
snmp            true
ntpClient       false
CIMHttpServer   true
CIMHttpsServer  true
CIMSLP          true
iSCSI           true
DNSTCPOut       true
Notes:
• The new DNSTCPOut firewall rule allows outgoing connections on TCP port 53. New firewall rules and services are also viewable under the Host Configuration section in Security Profile using the vSphere Client.
• ESXi 5.0 Update 1 (build 623860) has a built-in outbound DNS Client running on port 53 (TCP/UDP), which is enabled by default. No action is required to configure DNS client if you are using ESXi 5.0 Update 1.

Extra resources from VMware kb site:

Using ESXi Shell in ESXi 5.0 and 6.0 (2004746)

vSphere 5.0 Security Guide

Changing the port used by SSH on an ESXi 5.0 host (2011818)

~Sujith Emmanuel

Cloud increasingly part of the job for storage professionals https://t.co/SmsI7oPW4V pic.twitter.com/HgN2fyEwkx

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

90% of all data created was in the last few years. By 2025, 180 zettabytes of data annually. Are enterprises ready? https://t.co/wKaRwSsiP3 pic.twitter.com/bYLHbuRnPX

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

Disabling vmware firewall

~ # esxcli network firewall get

   Default Action: DROP

   Enabled: true

   Loaded: true

~ # esxcli network firewall set --enabled false

~ # esxcli network firewall get

   Default Action: DROP

   Enabled: false

   Loaded: true

~ # esxcli network firewall unload

~ # esxcli network firewall get

   Default Action: PASS

   Enabled: false

   Loaded: false

~ #

~Sujith Emmanuel

AI and data are the key to creating the best customer moments https://t.co/qWF9SL7CN1 pic.twitter.com/lbKEGkKvyf

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

#IoT Challenges Require a New Approach to Data Management and #Analytics | [report] https://t.co/xNOSefrBbj pic.twitter.com/D2UP6eOw0C

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

Installing SSLyze

Ideally SSLyze should install without much issues.

Command:

pip3 install sslyze

If you get errors regarding cryptography or some certificate errors, try the following

Error: fatal error: openssl/opensslv.h: No such file or directory

pip3 uninstall sslyze

pip3 uninstall cyptography

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

pip3 install sslyze

Now sslyze commands should work fine if the errors were the ones above.

~Sujith Emmanuel

A business pro's guide to #TheMachine: https://t.co/pBUMRxr2Ay pic.twitter.com/OhrngX7qoT

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

13 skills that are dying out because of modern technology pic.twitter.com/LYqKO9lMHo

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

Curl with proxy

How to use curl with proxy:

1. Method 1:
1. Use export to set the env variable:
2. export http_proxy=http://your.proxy.server:port/
3. export https_proxy=https://your.proxy.server:port/
4. Now curl should take the proxy from env variable
2. Method 2:
1. Use command line option
2. -x, --proxy <[protocol://][user:password@]proxyhost[:port]>
3. "-x, --proxy" means that either one can be used
4. Example: curl -x http://proxy_server:proxy_port --proxy-user username:password -L http://url

~Sujith Emmanuel

The growing difficulty of protecting data on the move https://t.co/GR7nDDgBfx pic.twitter.com/jgaEFCX8gm

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

Economy Of The Future https://t.co/AyXY4crohc pic.twitter.com/EyqJtInt34

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

5 Latest trends in Tech innovations and how it influences Entrepreneurs https://t.co/ziW6QBedF3 pic.twitter.com/3rulVO4g7g

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

Working with influencers: monetizing social dialogue https://t.co/uF0dRd370U pic.twitter.com/Sft8AwwVYF

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

Disaster recovery 101: What you need to know by @wrash on @enterprisenxt https://t.co/5uxMzn0Gi5 pic.twitter.com/TCjFv1gJly

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 17, 2017

Automation: building the future of business https://t.co/gUl4Q4hJbR pic.twitter.com/lS17accalt

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 16, 2017

India moving to the centre stage of global energy market: IEA https://t.co/us3tR6ek2c pic.twitter.com/KEaWIQNY7G

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 16, 2017

Engage customers with location-aware mobile apps from @ArubaNetworks. https://t.co/Bl9v27pBSI pic.twitter.com/lcClJBG4TL

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 16, 2017

Weather simulations and #HPC are improving the speed and accuracy of forecasts https://t.co/4BmBrgT09B pic.twitter.com/Gk856gujUI

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 16, 2017

@HPE introduced the world's largest single-memory computer, the latest milestone in #TheMachine research project https://t.co/3WgI1WWwwv

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) May 18, 2017

A robot being trained to shoot guns is ‘not a Terminator’, insists Russia's deputy PM https://t.co/klt4TMTHGq pic.twitter.com/RBljEsCTTZ

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 16, 2017

A nice video on The Machine from HPE!

The next phase in compute!

HPE Unveils Computer Built for the Era of Big Data https://t.co/gOwJqkcctq

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) May 18, 2017

#MachineLearning is changing the way engineers view networks https://t.co/KECwwiJs7o pic.twitter.com/H4ukPKaAJe

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 16, 2017

Deduplication helps IT pros do more with less https://t.co/ul2qc1E0nt pic.twitter.com/Ro5Kq36qkJ

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 14, 2017

Constructing the largest single-memory computer system ever built https://t.co/PhOmxtM9PG pic.twitter.com/PIA7SQCnum

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) May 17, 2017

Embrace the benefits of container #tech https://t.co/AKKOHBVLbC pic.twitter.com/9rDbE2tseD

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 14, 2017

A new era of #digital business requires an internal culture shift. See the top 5 areas impacted: https://t.co/s6aPVz6U5N pic.twitter.com/cFoYTCzKSw

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 13, 2017

“When you connect the unconnected… incredible things happen” @JordanTechPro on opportunities of #IoT & the #edge https://t.co/rARunb7xB5 pic.twitter.com/vemmHWn97i

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 13, 2017

Autonomous security robots could work as a team https://t.co/xos2TJfH0e pic.twitter.com/5hLbdGOt7l

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 13, 2017

.@slfisher on why #datacenters are moving processing power to the edge https://t.co/LR7dPt0SFd pic.twitter.com/15WQ9Sbfua

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 13, 2017

#BigData analysis can reduce food waste https://t.co/VTNFGRdDhL pic.twitter.com/SJw3TQtEDZ

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 13, 2017

Moving past Moore's Law to accelerate hardware innovation. https://t.co/pLyIoPZDcA pic.twitter.com/BAnxUP0fkL

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 13, 2017

How will virtual reality transform workplace training? #behpe https://t.co/85bw2jJfiX pic.twitter.com/z2QOzwVCic

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 12, 2017

Meet the paleontologist who is building interactive #3D dinosaur holograms #VR-assic Park https://t.co/ySKfgwNhiD pic.twitter.com/nQweYOab09

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) May 4, 2017

Retailers will use #IoT to improve the customer experience https://t.co/ZheMpP28kR pic.twitter.com/8qqNZ60J0t

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 12, 2017

#AI won’t change companies without great UX https://t.co/RAGEUX7ITd pic.twitter.com/JeGmBdFMAw

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 12, 2017

Ensuring regulatory compliance in cloud computing deployments https://t.co/XxaQyQk5Gs pic.twitter.com/otkiUqYRc9

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 12, 2017

Big-in-Japan AI code 'Chainer' shows how Intel will gun for GPUs https://t.co/tdqDyqjWNd pic.twitter.com/WjIOevpBT4

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 11, 2017

Your machine used to crunch numbers. Now it can chew over what they mean, too https://t.co/Nxx1javEaT pic.twitter.com/KQdBLOjAA7

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 11, 2017

5 benefits of using containers in hybrid IT environments: https://t.co/eSHSNHEIlM pic.twitter.com/Als8Awpou8

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 11, 2017

#Mobile Experience uses #HPE @ArubaNetworks location services to enrich the museum experience #HPECustomerStories https://t.co/Rxyhpod93U pic.twitter.com/niVeCoOHvB

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 10, 2017

#ArtificialIntelligence and #DeepLearning were 2 key themes at this year’s HPC on Wall Street show https://t.co/JfgWxWeMav pic.twitter.com/cUAdTHKria

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 10, 2017

The goal of @HPE_Labs' research with #TheMachine https://t.co/g6uB0kDFeB pic.twitter.com/QB4b2Xo1Jk

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 9, 2017

6 bits of tech that just disappeared https://t.co/r6dlOJwQ8i pic.twitter.com/x17mj6sONJ

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 9, 2017

Converged #IoT systems—Bringing the data center to the edge of everything @HPE_ConvergedDI #HPECustomerStories https://t.co/G2HGQvEyxa pic.twitter.com/CMBcETA2R4

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 7, 2017

.@blockchain is the next evolution of secure transactions. #Fintech will spend over $1bil on #blockchain in 2017 https://t.co/7OLWhh5xrB pic.twitter.com/IRJVWkfuJX

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 7, 2017

What #IoT usage means for ethics in #healthcare https://t.co/QK6gJovZIy pic.twitter.com/fUG4E8FfnZ

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 7, 2017

A documentary that follows three teams competing to launch startups #SEEDtoScale https://t.co/fl2UAnxhAm pic.twitter.com/O1CeANPsa6

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 7, 2017

How #MachineLearning is used on daily basis https://t.co/gFMAIqu1gg pic.twitter.com/G6o0PwfRf7

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 6, 2017

It's not science fiction, it's automation #HybridIT https://t.co/fpKykPmZ2G pic.twitter.com/hdYZ0aEs7p

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 6, 2017

New ways to cut your data center's energy bill https://t.co/rQNe9cbXVn pic.twitter.com/lw1mje8fPe

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 4, 2017

#DeepLearning can help Enterprises process unstructured datasets to extract insight https://t.co/6dtRo7Whc1 pic.twitter.com/ru99x120X2

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 4, 2017

#Blockchain could reshape the entertainment industry and help artists make money https://t.co/CMWoyIgJ9O pic.twitter.com/7pyhib3ipg

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 3, 2017

How people can kill a data strategy https://t.co/XSJ74kiyFL pic.twitter.com/chGHZ7gMS2

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 3, 2017

Data is the foundation stone of the digital economy https://t.co/atASal1AQI pic.twitter.com/1VKlGK1VcD

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 2, 2017

Updating #IoT strategy for the next billion and their mobile devices https://t.co/YLCIm3WsQb pic.twitter.com/ji5s4EwmqG

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) April 1, 2017

AI computer shown brain MRIs and told 'act like this' | TheINQUIRER https://t.co/drOZ319fCO pic.twitter.com/BFJpOG36K5

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) March 31, 2017

AI vs Humans? It’s not a competition, it’s a love affair #behpe https://t.co/fGVKON8rPO pic.twitter.com/YiGo4CfUX9

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) March 30, 2017

Get to know 3 #container orchestration tools #Kubernetes #Docker #Mesosphere by @sjvn on @enterprisenxt https://t.co/nvdM9B2ZM4 pic.twitter.com/677RYzhE4Y

— Sujith Emmanuel (@sujithemmanuel) March 30, 2017