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Switching UnixTutorial.org to Jekyll
Technical Exam Success – Mindmap
I'm writing an e-book on my approach to taking technical exams and obtaining relevant certifications. There's going to be two versions of the book: Technical Exam Success - Checklist - mobile friendly, brief summary of improving your chances … [Continue reading] about Technical Exam Success – Mindmap
Linux Mint Debian Edition – LMDE 4 Debbie
Cool! I didn't even know Linux Mint have a Debian Edition, so LMDE 4 Debbie released last Friday is a great opportunity to explore this. I will try it in VirtualBox first, and expect to reinstall my Dell XPS 9380 laptop - right after I complete … [Continue reading] about Linux Mint Debian Edition – LMDE 4 Debbie
Jeff Geerling's Ansible Books Free until April
Hi everyone, think by now most of us are settling into long-term working from home routine as part of COVID-19 social distancing. Hope you and your familiy are healthy and safe. If you're looking for a technical book or two to read, Jeff Geerling … [Continue reading] about Jeff Geerling's Ansible Books Free until April
How To: Filter RSyslog Messages by String
I think I'm pretty much done with the Centralised RSyslog server project - it's finally in the stage I'm happy enough with. One of the final touches I needed on the server side was to filter more important messages into a separate file, so that I can … [Continue reading] about How To: Filter RSyslog Messages by String
Project: Migrate WordPress Blog to Jekyll 4
I've finally decided to try running Unix Tutorial RU, copy of this blog in Russian, in Jekyll 4 CMS instead of Wordpress. Motivation for this Project There's a few reasons that make migration to Jekyll a very interesting project for me. … [Continue reading] about Project: Migrate WordPress Blog to Jekyll 4
Interesting Links #2
Here are the articles and news I read in the past week or two - will roll them into the monthly Unix Tutorial Digest next time. You can't do GitOps until you can git add - article on getting started with managing your infrastructure as a codeBasic … [Continue reading] about Interesting Links #2
rsyslog parent startup failure: error reading "fork pipe"
I've been configuring my OpenMediaVault NAS server for RSyslog shipping logs to my centralised RSyslog setver, when I experienced a cryptic error: rsyslog startup failure: error reading "fork pipe": No such file or directory rsyslog didn't … [Continue reading] about rsyslog parent startup failure: error reading "fork pipe"
Migrate iptables to nftables in CentOS 8
Although Ansible provides support for managing firewall rules via module, I still find initial setup is best done with a tested batch of firewall rules instead of adding them one-by-one. Since I'm migrating CentOS 7 servers to CentOS 8 now, I decided … [Continue reading] about Migrate iptables to nftables in CentOS 8
How To Check SSL Connection with OpenSSL
I'm tidying up Centralised RSyslog setup on the newly reinstalled becky Raspberry Pi system. One of the tasks at hand was to configure TLS based encrypted log shipping from my dedicated servers to home RSyslog server, this post shows the command and … [Continue reading] about How To Check SSL Connection with OpenSSL