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A post for 2011
So hey there LJ. Been a bit impersonal lately, what with only blog reposts and whatnot hitting up this space. No hard feelings, I hope ( Read more... ) -
High Availability Clustering and Heartbreak.
Originally published at ScummBlog. You can comment here or there.
Recently a couple of Linode VMs were acquired by my employer. It was decided that these would host OpenVPN, OpenLDAP, PostgreSQL and a couple more services in a HA cluster. This seemed like a great idea, and much congratulating occurred.
Little did we know what awaited us.
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Learn from my mistakes, or LDAP clients made slightly less difficult.
Originally published at ScummBlog. You can comment here or there.
I am here, people, to save you from LDAP. Unless you have to use it, in which case you are already lost. Like me. But here are some pro tips to make connecting clients a bit easier!
1) TLS in Ubuntu is seriously broken. Like, terribly broken. GnuTLS looks like it’s to blame, and from ( Read more... ) -
Exciting changes!
Originally published at ScummBlog. You can comment here or there.
So thanks to a friend’s awesomeness, I have access to a proper Linux VM kicking it in a real datacenter! This means I can finally move the content off of my home server!
So Bung (the VM) will now serve my static content for the various sites I host, and Pants (local server) will be ( Read more... ) -
Korpiklanni
It was almost exactly like this:
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Here is one picture from camping, as I can't be arsed to paw through all the crap shots I took right now.
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New services, new addictions and new video hardware
Originally published at ScummBlog. You can comment here or there.
As hinted in the last post, Scummbox.org is running some new services.
To facilitate remote access to my network, OpenVPN has been installed. It was a cinch to install, and through some trial and error I have gotten additional routes passed through to access my home network range from ( Read more... ) -
Now that's a deal!
For any Monty Python fans out there: Munro's Books has the complete Monty Python's Flying Circus on DVD (21 DVDs) for $49.99! HMV.ca is currently selling it for $119, and other places as high as $200! Even with Express shipping ($10 within Canada) it's ridiculously cheap!
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Stuff for grabs.
Anyone interested in a 19" LG Flatron LCD monitor? I have an extra now, and no use for it.
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