Inhibit Sleep on a Linux Desktop
Here’s a quick script to keep your desktop awake when it’s doing something that requires it to not sleep (network backup, etc.): To use it,… Read More »Inhibit Sleep on a Linux Desktop
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Keeping youtube-dl Updated with Puppet
The youtube-dl project is a swiss-army knife of video production tools. While the developers do a great job keeping the project updated, package maintainers aren’t… Read More »Keeping youtube-dl Updated with Puppet
Tools we use: WP CLI for managing WordPress from the command line
We run a bunch of WordPress sites. One of the best finds for managing them has been WP CLI (Command Line Interface). When we first… Read More »Tools we use: WP CLI for managing WordPress from the command line
xz: Your next default compression tool
The xz compression program, run with defaults, can be so slow that you might wonder why anybody uses it. But on a modern machine, xz… Read More »xz: Your next default compression tool
rsnapshot-parallel
Today we released rsnapshot-parallel to Github. While we’ve used rsnapshot for years, recently with the proliferation of virtual machines we’ve noticed our backups running much… Read More »rsnapshot-parallel
Multi-Port Port Knocking with IPTables
Maybe you’re tired of all the fail2ban log messages about attempts to crack your ssh passwords. Maybe you have developers who need to access a… Read More »Multi-Port Port Knocking with IPTables
Puppetizing EL6 & EL7
Some tips and tricks for dealing with multiple OS releases with the current version of Puppet in EPEL6/7.
ZFS Pools on md Devices Considered Dangerous
I’ll revise this post later, but just for now – because in the past I’ve mentioned encrypted zpools over linux md devices for backups –… Read More »ZFS Pools on md Devices Considered Dangerous
Updating CyanogenMod 11 (KitKat) Milestones on Encrypted Devices
Instructions for how to update a KitKat version of CyanogenMod’s Android distribution with adb on a computer and TWRP on the phone.
Fixing Chromium “your profile could not be opened”
A script to rebuild the sqlite files that Chromium/Chrome depend on.