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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Thu 21 April 2011

I use a script I wrote called 'lockit' to lock my screen (see http://blog.woofbit.com/2010/10/12/locking-your-desktop-elegantly/) and realized I was missing something: Set pidgin/finch back to their original status state once it comes back from AFK. So I modified them soi

# When locking:
if …

Category: Linux Tagged: bash linux pidgin purple scripting shell status

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Wed 13 October 2010

You may know about scp, the copy-over-ssh program, or sftp, the ftp-like remote client. You may even know about sshfs, which provides a FUSE module to mount a remote filesystem over SSH. Nifty! But, what happens if you have something generating a bunch of data and want to send it …

Category: Linux Tagged: disk imaging scripting security shell ssh

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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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Mon 11 October 2010

I have a bad habit of accidentally deleting things. I also am extremely paranoid about my laptop getting lost/broken/stolen and losing what is pretty much my entire work dataset. To combat that, I run a daily backup, originally using duplicity. Duplicity is fantastic, but when it needs to …

Category: Linux Tagged: backup bash linux scripting shell

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Mon 11 October 2010

If you've used a debian-based distribution and delved into the network setup, you've probably seen something called 'resolvconf'. This is a tool that manages the local dnsmasq cache and /etc/resolv.conf file so that it stays sane when NetworkManager and other tools change the network configuration. NetworkManager handles /etc …

Category: Linux Tagged: dns linux network networkmanager

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