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Mar/19

Cloud Desktop

Filed Under Linux at 4th March 2019 0:01 by

Overview Having a persistent cloud environment means no more standby or shutting when you’re moving or leaving the computer. Leveraging cloud computing, it could be as cheap to run or as powerful as you want configure it. Install Gnome Install … Continue reading →

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Feb/19

Install Gnome Shell Extensions System Monitor on Ubuntu 18.04

Filed Under Linux at 4th February 2019 0:01 by

Overview With Ubuntu 18.04 LTS switching back to Gnome as the desktop manager from Unity, it means it can take advantage of Gnomes features that replaced unities such as system monitor in the dock. Minimum Install Open the gnome terminal … Continue reading →

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Dec/18

Boot From Grub

Filed Under Linux at 3rd December 2018 0:01 by
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Overview When you get the grub command prompt: grub > It means something went wrong with the grub boot leader whether it was not installed properly or it cannot find your hard drive to boot into the OS. From this … Continue reading →

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Sep/18

HAProxy Redirect Unknown Subdomains

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Software at 3rd September 2018 0:01 by

Overview It’s possible to redirect non configured sub domains to a different error message rather than a default or error 503 which is a server side error. Edit /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg and add the following to the default frontend: default_backend no-match Then … Continue reading →

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Jun/18

Securing HAProxy Headers

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Web Server at 4th June 2018 0:01 by

Overview https://securityheaders.io will give a score of how well placed the HTTP headers are on a site ranging from A+ to F (not sure what the R rating is for). Headers are a powerful meta (invisible to the naked eye) … Continue reading →

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Apr/18

Upgrading HAProxy On Ubuntu

Filed Under Infrastructure, Linux, Networking at 2nd April 2018 0:01 by

Overview Following my earlier post using Vbernat’s PPA to install the latest Haproxy on Ubuntu, there have been several minor versions since the original post. The steps below will show you how to upgrade to any version offered by Vbernat’s … Continue reading →

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Jun/16

Ubuntu 16.04 Migration Update

Filed Under Infrastructure, Linux at 18th June 2016 14:45 by

A quick update to my migration process. I had all the servers running 16.04 and it was OK except for the stability. Setting up and moving things were simple enough. I did encounter issues with my symlinked .bashrc which I … Continue reading →

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Apr/16

Dockerising WordPress

Filed Under Container, Infrastructure, Linux at 4th April 2016 0:01 by

Overview Container software has really picked up in popularity in part thanks to Docker and the concept is great. So much so I wanted to try it on my blog. Topology My setup consisted of a single instance on DigitalOcean … Continue reading →