Move to AWS
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:
- Set up a system using AWS as a "bare" Centos 8 box
- Use ansible to configure the web service
- Use github to store a private repo holding a blog
- Use github deploy tokens to pull the latest blog and store it on the server
- Set up letsencrypt for the SSL certificate
- 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.
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Remote control with pidgin/purple
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
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Locking Your Desktop Elegantly
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 …
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xchat command line remote control
How to remotely control xchat from the CLI
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Hourly and daily rotating directory snapshots
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 …
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Bash History Fun!
If you're one to have lots of terminals open at once, and ALSO have a
mind like a steel sieve, it's nice to have more information from the
bash history command and \~/.bash_history file. Here are several ways
to increase their power:
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Timestamps
By setting a bash environment variable, you …
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