Changing the timezone in Debian Buster
I recently spun up a couple of virtual servers with the Mythic Beasts provisioner, which didn't give me the option of selecting my timezone. As a result the servers were…
From Debian to Ubuntu on servers
Over the past few months, all the new servers I've set up have been running Ubuntu, rather than Debian. The three killer reasons for me are: Package versions: Debian is…
Reinstate logging after upgrading to Debian Wheezy
Recently I noticed that Postfix had stopped logging information about emails which I sent through my VM (I run mutt locally over SSH in a screen session). On closer inspection, it turned…
Debian Packaging Tutorial
On Saturday I gave a tutorial on Debian packaging at the Manchester Linux Users Group, using Twig as the example package. For anyone who didn't manage to make the session, or…
Overriding default PHP settings in Debian and Ubuntu
For most PHP sites the default settings in php.ini will be sufficient. However, in some circumstances you may find yourself needing to override the defaults -- for example if you…