- <p>If there are responses to the ping, it means the DNS is working. If
- there are no responses, check the instructions in the above DNS option
- section.</p>
- <p>Once the DNS is working, one can try browsing to the site at:
- http://greatsite.cakelampvm.com or http://greatsite.tv (depending on the
- DNS option chosen).</p>
- <p>If the site is not showing up properly, try examining the apache logs for
- error messages that can be corrected. The log files are stored in
- /var/log/apache2 and are generally named after the website.</p>
+ <p>If there are responses to the ping *and* the answer is 10.28.42.20, then
+ it means the DNS is working. If there are no responses or it's some
+ other IP address talking back, check the instructions in the above DNS
+ sections.</p>
+ <p>Once the DNS is working, try browsing to the site at "http://excalibur.tv".
+ That should at least bring up the configured site storage path, even if
+ nothing is being served from that folder yet.</p>
+ <p>If the new site is not showing up properly, try examining the apache logs
+ for error messages that can be corrected. The log files are stored
+ in "/var/log/apache2" and are named after the website (if configured as
+ shown above).</p>
+ <h2>Handy Techniques</h2>
+ <h3>Assorted Guides and Cheat-Sheets</h3>
+ <p>Cheat sheet for Vim: <a title="vim commands" href="https://vim.rtorr.com/">https://vim.rtorr.com/</a></p>
+ <p>Git branching model that seems to work well: <a title="release and patch process"
+ href="http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/">http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/</a></p>
+ <h3>Get the network address on the guest vm</h3>
+ <p>Run this command: ifconfig</p>
+ <p>In the results, look for "inet addr". There may be more than one,
+ if there are multiple network interfaces.</p>
+ <h3>How to cleanly reboot or shut down the guest VM</h3>
+ <p>When you've got the DNS and everything integrated, these commands will
+ manage the vm's state:</p>
+ <p>First, log into the guest VM: ssh developer@cakelampvm.com</p>
+ <p>Then, reboot the guest VM: sudo reboot</p>
+ <p>Or, halt the guest VM: sudo shutdown -h now</p>
+ <p>Using these commands is better than just cycling the power from the
+ virtualbox control panel.</p>
+ <p><br>
+ </p>
+ <p><br>
+ </p>
+ <p><br>
+ </p>
+ <h1>Gritty Details</h1>
+ <p>This is the lowest level of plumbing for your VM. Hopefully you
+ will not need to engage with this section. The most useful area here
+ is the one below about the "virtualbox guest additions", which you will
+ probably need at some future point. Oracle releases updates to the
+ guest additions fairly regularly.</p>