Sat 13 March 2021

I'm helping out Nick with learning to do system admin tasks. To that end, I've done the things I set out for him to do:

1. Set up a system using AWS as a "bare" Centos 8 box
2. Use ansible to configure the web service
3. Use github to store a private repo holding a blog
4. Use github deploy tokens to pull the latest blog and store it on the server
5. Set up letsencrypt for the SSL certificate
6. Monitor the web logs

As I go through all of this I'll add new blog posts with information about how all this works and tips.

Category: Linux Tagged: bash irc linux scripting shell ansible aws

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Tue 12 October 2010

There are a bunch of tools that allow you to lock your desktop automatically (gnome-screensaver or xscreensaver for example), and several scripts and tools to handle locking and unlocking using bluetooth proximity, etc. One thing that always drove me crazy is that there are so many places you have to …

Category: Linux Tagged: audio bash irc linux scripting security shell

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Mon 11 October 2010

How to remotely control xchat from the CLI

Category: Linux Tagged: bash irc linux scripting shell

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