Tag: Linux
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The Power of Sphinx
Updated:I've only really used Sphinx as part of a home project with MySQL. But today found that searching for text in 28 million rows in a PostgreSQL table needs s
vi - Visual Mode
Updated:I'm sure when using a mouse in a text terminal the visual mode of vi/vim is useful, but I can never figure it out. In fact it prevents me from copying from
Google Home and Kodi
Updated:I thought I'd take the opportunity to add a Google Home to my gadget collection. After all it's on a £50 off same this week, so comes in at £79 delivered.
PHP7.2 and MSSQL Drivers
I upgraded to PHP v7.2 on my Debian Buster/Sid today. Not a problem until I realised I'd broken my Microsoft SQL Drivers.
Mysql Broken After Apt Upgrade
Updated:My local install of mysql-community-server decided to fail today after applying some updates. I'm running Debian buster/sid so these kind of things are to be expected. But this was a totally new one to me.
Mobility Printing from a Guest Network
Updated:oday I have been mostly fumbling around in DNS trying to get untrusted devices on our Guest network to print to our PaperCut Pull Printing system using NAT.
VMware Remote Console for Linux
Updated:This has frustrated me for as long as I can remember. How do I manage our VMware vSphere estate when the tools provided don't work reliably on Linux? First
vSphere SSH failed to connect to host
Updated:When trying to apply patches to one of our ESXi 6.0 hosts I found I couldn't connect to it using ssh. Stopping and starting SSH from vCenter didn't work. Neither did disabling/enabling from the DCUI.
Horizon View Client v4.6.0
Updated:I decided to upgrade my VMware Horizon View client today. It still has the same kind of issues as detailed here: https://warlord0blog.wordpress.com/2016/10
Java Keystore Management
Updated:In the process of getting a new queue management system installed I discovered they're using HTTP and not HTTPS. As part of out security process I had to r