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VMWare Horizon Load Balancing
Updated:We're in the process of installing a new Horizon 7 infrastructure and as part of the process the vendor added load balancers all over the place. I asked wi

Laravel Routing Returns 302 Redirect
Updated:That was a frustrating few hours. I added a route into my api.php route and every time I visited it it triggered a redirect. I saw nothing in the browser and it was like my controller function wasn't even being called.

Debian Upgrading from an ISO File
Updated:Kind of an unusual situation, but I have a Debian jessie box that has a terrible <2MB Internet connection, no CD/DVD and the USB stick I have I don't want

Java Decompiler
Today I've been working on a problem where properties being loaded into our CRM system from a GIS DTF file are doing some strange updates. It appears that

DBeaver - SQL GUI
I've used a few SQL GUI's over the years, SQuirreL, DBVisualizer, HeidiSQL, MySQL Workbench, but the one that stands out recently is DBeaver . It's got a c

Trusting CA Certificates
Updated:This is something that catches me out regularly. Adding our CA certificate onto a Linux server. Just so it can trust the interactions of LDAP over a secure channel. It's pretty straightforward to do but bites me almost every time. The secret seems to be make sure you CA certificate is in PEM format and named with a .crt extension. A .pem or .cer extensions just doesn't cut it.

ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 Upgrade
Updated:This weekend has turned out to be a challenge. Upgrading our VMware Horizon 7 estate to the latest release involved upgrading all the components from conne

Jira Token Error, Leading to Fisheye + Crucible Failure
Updated:Today Jira fell over. Not sure why, but the result was a token error which refused to let my user or admin accounts ability to login properly. I managed to

Opening another Window with electron-vue
Having entered the world of Electron and mashing it together with Vue.js using electron-vue I needed to figure out how to open another window from Electron

Local Git Repository
Updated:When working on a project at home I don't necessarily want to host my Git repo online and don't feel the need for installing a Gitlab server on my home network, but I do want to backup my projects to my cloud backup.