This article tries to supplement the nginx documentations regarding the auth_request module and how to configure it. In my opinion, that documentation is a bit incomplete.
The documentation for this module says, it implements client authorization based on the result of a subrequest.
This …
This is the least you need to know to get to use a Python virtual environment.
At its core, the main purpose of Python virtual environments is to create an isolated environment for Python projects. This means that each project can have its own dependencies …
This article is about erasing disc drives securely. Specially for SSD drives, writing zeros or random data to discs is not good enough and counterproductive.
One way to do secure erase (for disposal) is to begin with an encrypted disc. However, after the fact the following options are possible:
I am running void-linux at home with musl as the standard
C library.
While most things work well, there is a number of programs that
do not and must be using glibc counterparts.
To enable this I followed this guide here: Live switching Void Linux from glibc to musl.
To …
To calculate the availability of redundant systems you can use this formula:
total_avail = 1-(1 - single_avail) ^ (number_of_nodes)
The other day I needed to copy a bunch of files between to servers
in my home network. Because of the volume I wanted to copy the files
without having to go through ssh's encryption overhead. So I
figured I could use netcat for the data transport.
To do …
I am currently using libvirt for managing my VMs. For virtual discs
I am using LVM2 volumes. On a regular basis I need to resize
these virtual discs, but not that often that I can do this from
memory. This is a short procedure to do this:
ls -l /dev …I couldn't find any to the point documentation on how to do this, so I am writing this.
The way I understand Z-Wave associations work is that once devices are in the same Z-Wave network, a device can directly send a command to another device without intervention of the Hub …
The point of this recipe is to create a encrypted file sytem so that when the disc is disposed, it does not need to be securely erased. This is particularly important for SSD devices since because of block remapping (for wear levelling) data can't be overwritten consistently.
The idea is …
I made the switch to void linux. Except for compatibility
issues around glibc, it works quite well. Most compatibility
I have worked around with a combination of Flatpaks, chroots and
namespaces.
The high lights of void linux:
systemd …In general we try to be similar to MS-Windows shortcuts.
Default bindings (in MATE)
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Alt + F4 | Close the active item, or exit the active program |
| Alt + Tab | Switch between open items |
| Ctrl + Alt + Tab | Use the arrow keys to switch between open items |
| Alt + Esc | Cycle through items … |
Common Window Management Shortcuts
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Alt + F4 | Close the active item, or exit the active program |
| Alt + Tab | Switch between open items |
| Ctrl + Alt + Tab | Use the arrow keys to switch between open items |
| Alt + Esc | Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened |
| Ctrl + Esc … |
An inventory of simplenote clients:
SimpleNote clients:
Current plan is to use a webapp wrapper for the actual
simplenote web site.