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A UNIX Christmas Song

  • Jonathan E. Ross
    Jonathan E. Ross
1 min read
Linux

AWS CloudFront SSL Install

Using the Amazon CoudFront as a CDN is a great way to accelerate your website. If you run with HTTPS enabled, you will also want to reference the files you have hosted on

  • Jonathan E. Ross
    Jonathan E. Ross
1 min read
Linux

Clearing UNC Hard Disk Errors

One of the advantages of running a Linux RAID configuration is that it simplifies clearing of UNC errors on your hard disks. If you have such a setup, you may follow the process

  • Jonathan E. Ross
    Jonathan E. Ross
1 min read
Tech Guides

CUPS Command Reference

Show Printing System Status lpstat -t Show Queue Status lpq -Plaser101 Create a PostScript Laser Printer Queue lpadmin -p office-printer-1 -v lpd://office-printer-1/lp -m postscript.ppd.gz -E Create a JetDirect Socket

  • Jonathan E. Ross
    Jonathan E. Ross
1 min read
Linux

Generate a Self-Signed SSL Certificate

First, determine the name to be used for the key. For a webserver, use the fully qualified domain name. For a more general key (*.mydomain.com), just use the domain. The following example

  • Jonathan E. Ross
    Jonathan E. Ross
1 min read
Linux

SSH Server Security Guide

Although SSH is itself a secure protocol, the standard password based login mechanism is weak. Allowing password based logins via SSH poses severe security concerns, mainly from brute-force login attempts. To combat this

  • Jonathan E. Ross
    Jonathan E. Ross
4 min read
Linux

Linux Raid Guide

The following is a guide I have assembled detailing the creation and management of a RAID 5 array running on Linux. This is software RAID I’m talking about as opposed to hardware

  • Jonathan E. Ross
    Jonathan E. Ross
6 min read
Linux

Rename a Linux MD Device

Often it may be necessary to change the name of an MD device in Linux. For example, say you are migrating from one RAID array to another. At one point you may have

  • Jonathan E. Ross
    Jonathan E. Ross
1 min read
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