Deploying a Gitlab Runner on AWS with Packer
IntroductionThis post was originally published on the 56k.cloud blog. Gitlab.com allows its users to run their own, self-hosted, Gitlab Runners as part of their Gitlab CI feature. This comes in handy
Deploying static sites with GitHub Actions and Netlify
…and a hack to turn that PHP site into a static oneBackgroundFor the last few months,56k.cloud has been going through a rebranding process, that included a brand-new website developed by the
Writing reusable Terraform modules
IntroductionOne of the standard infrastructure architectural patterns for web applications - that I also apply for most of my projects - is to split the infrastructure into multiple logical environments. The most common
Func Puppet plugin
Although I am not a big fan of Func and especially its syntax, it has proven to be a very useful tool in our infrastructure, especially because of its modularity. It’s dead
Sending messages to Growl from the command line
At home I am using a self-built mediacenter that also acts as a NAS and torrent box. The torrent client on it is transmission. Things are running smoothly and Transmission’s option to
KVM in bridge mode networking and PXE boot issues
Today I encountered a quirky issue with running KVM guests in bridged networking mode on the host and I thought it might be useful to share it, as someone else might find it
Configure MPD for last.fm streaming
The Music Player Daemon is a powerful way of listening and playing music remotely. Not to mention the daemon itself is lightweight and the server / client compatibility across different operating systems is pretty
Pushing to two git remote origins from one repository
Let’s assume that you are using github for version control of some projects you want to make public. But you also want to push your repository to a second repository, maybe a
KVM guest not responding to virsh commands
I use KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) to run tens of virtual machines for a development environment. What makes life easier when it comes to managing all these machines is the virsh tool. It’
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Using the Magic SysRq keys
One of the less known functionalities implemented in the Linux kernel is the Magic SysRq key. Initially implemented as a debugging feature for kernel development it has also made its way into system
Boxee Plymouth theme
For a while now I have been using at home a media center based on Ubuntu and Boxee, a setup which I find amazing in so many ways. Recently looking to customize things