IPv6 and the Zyxel VMG1312-B10D
This is a short and very specific post which I'm primarily making in the hopes that it shows up in search results for the next person who encounters this problem. I…
Migrating from Bytemark legacy VM to BigV
For the best part of a decade I've been happily hosting personal and business servers on the virtual machine platform at Bytemark. Whilst the legacy platform is still in use for…
LetsEncrypt DNS challenges with djbdns
Over the past few months I've been gradually rolling out TLS to the various domains and services that I run for myself and clients using the free certificate service LetsEncrypt.…
MySQL CREATE TABLE syntax from existing table
A short MySQL tip: SHOW CREATE TABLE [table_name] in MySQL will give you the SQL to create table_name is another database, including all indexes.
MySQL client display results vertically
If you are selecting a single row with a large number of columns in MySQL (a common use case for me at least), here's a handy tip: you can display…
PHP Developer is now using encrypted connections
If you are a regular visitor, you may have noticed that there is (or should be!) a small green padlock in your browser's address bar, signifying that I've got round…
Charging for training notes?
Earlier this year I delivered a half-day workshop entitled Configuration Management with Ansible and Git. I spent a lot of time preparing the notes for the workshop, and as a result…
FLOSS UK newsletter build process
A couple of weeks ago, I sent the latest copy of the FLOSS UK newsletter (my last as editor) to the office for printing and distribution. When I became editor…
Low Cost Computing with Linux
Today I gave a talk entitled Low Cost Computing with Linux at the Manchester Linux Users' Group, which I've been attending for more years than I care to remember. The turnout…
Upcoming talk: Low Cost Computing with Linux
On Saturday 14th May I will be giving a talk entitled Low Cost Computing with Linux at the Manchester Linux Users' Group, hosted by MadLab. The meeting starts at 2pm and runs…