Tag: Linux
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Gnome Keyring and ssh-agent
Updated:Every time I fire up a zsh shell terminal in gnome-shell I can't add my ssh key to an existing ssh-agent instance. $ ssh-add Could not open a connection to
OpenSSL Ciphers
Updated:OpenSSL is a very handy tool. Both on Linux and Windows. On both you can do all kinds of conversions and creations, but equally of use you can view cipher
Filesystem Synchronisation
I need a repeatable process for handling synchronising files between systems. Something modular and stable. A couple of Docker containers using lsyncd and
OpenSSH keys and known_hosts
As I've been working on Docker containers I've been having to use local containerised versions of ssh key pairs and known_hosts . I need to be able to carr
Docker Health Checks
When wanting to monitor the condition of your containers using Nagios there are some really nice features you can enable to check that your containers are
Saltstack on Debian 10
Following the installation guide caused a few quirks and failures on my Debian 10 install. There are a few missing packages and the bootstrap version of th
Cephfs
Updated:https://ceph.io/ Ceph uniquely delivers object, block, and file storage in one unified system .
Ignore Comments in Files
Updated:A very handy grep that you can use to cat your files without the hash (#) comments: $ grep '^[^#]' /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf Produces only the lines that
dnsmasq CNAME problem
Updated:Today a chunk of the network CNAME resolutions failed. We looked at the config file /etc/dsmasq.d/dns-cname.conf and everything looked in order. A test of
Adding a Gnome Favourite
Updated:I was trying to add the Postman app to my Gnome favourite bar, but right clicking it doesn't give me the option to add it as a favourite. Apparently if you