Multiple random crashes in Firefox under Linux, when started in a docker container with errors of the kind: The chances to stop these multiple random…
Using xtrabackup to make fast MySQL backups – backup and restore
Percona provides a really interesting tool for MySQL backups! It works on a live running MySQL server by copying the MySQL binary files from the…
gitlab in podman cannot create unix sockets in glusterfs because of SELinux
Installing gitlab-ee (and gitlab-ce) under CentOS 7 with enabled SELinux (i.e. enforcing mode) looped endlessly the container in restarting the installation process! There were multiple…
gpg list key and display key details from a file (without importing the key)
Files with GPG keys – public or private. Here is how to get more information without importing the keys. GPG cli could give enough information…
syslog – UDP local to syslog-ng and send remote. Forward syslog to remote server.
After writing an article for the rsyslog daemon about forwarding local UDP logging to a remote server using TCP – UDP local to rsyslog and…
CentOS 8 add a storage driver (megaraid_sas) when booting the installation disk
Installing CentOS 8 in relatively old hardware maybe a real challenge because of an old hardware device like storage, network, or both. This article shows…
storcli with multiple disks from different enclosures
Creating a Virtual device with the AVAGO storcli command-line tool under Linux. Two examples are included: All disks are from one of the enclosure. All…
aptly delete a mirror and remove all files
Executing drop command on a mirror will only remove the meta information for the mirror and it will not remove the package files occupying space…
Upgrading Ubuntu 18 to Ubuntu 20 – software versions upgrade table – head to head
In the following article a comparison between two LTS versions of Ubuntu is presented – Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic) versus Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal). The…
edit mysql options in docker (or docker-compose) mysql
Modifying the default options for the docker (podman) MySQL server is essential. The default MySQL options are too conservative and even for simple (automation?) tests…