Posts By: jonny

Improving the Munin Layout

Munin Alternative Template

Following on from Fran Diéguez’s post about Munin Layout I found that the layout didn’t work for me – there appeared to be a few broken links – or maybe I hadn’t deleted the style.css file. In any case I decided to fiddle with the template styles from Fran’s download and I have uploaded the… Read more »

Rostrevor to Warrenpoint Swim

Rostrevor to Warrenpoint 3.5km swim 59 mins 56 secs in choppy waters – pleased with that! 13th position and only a few minutes behind Padraig Mallon who swam the English channel a few weeks ago.

DriveReady SeekComplete Error

On some CentOS VMs running on VMWare I was seeing the following errors in the syslog: Jul 19 09:35:08 hostname kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Jul 19 09:35:08 hostname kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } Jul 19 09:35:08 hostname kernel: ide: failed opcode was: 0xec Looks like while installing munin-node a plugin… Read more »

Fabric: Getting Started Tutorial

Hopefully this may help someone else out there who is looking for a good excuse to use Fabric in anger. I install Fabric on my local Ubuntu desktop using: sudo apt-get install fabric With Fabric installed I created a new directory for playing around and inside that folder created a file named fabfile.py as follows:… Read more »

Installing node.js and the Less Compiler on Ubuntu

I’m on Ubuntu 13.04 on trying to install the less compiler via NPM was troublesome. I was getting an old version of node (0.6.x) when I needed 0.8+ for using NPM. So when I tried the following: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nodejs npm sudo npm install -g less I had… Read more »

Top of the Tops 2013

A revised list of my favourite ‘tops’ htop htop can provide a little more info than the traditional ‘top’ – I like how it shows the amount of memory usage minus the cache. iftop To check network connectivity use iftop: iptraf Like iftop but with more options and even the ability to show traffic by… Read more »

Cisco Router Emulation with GNS3

GNS3 Create Router

I followed the GNS3 instructions for installation and simple topology. GNS3 can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre (below) or from the command line with: sudo apt-get install gns3 After installation GNS3 was available from the Education sub-menu. On first run the Setup Wizard appears. I clicked the big ‘1’ button to and from… Read more »

Very Cheap Wildcard SSL Certificate

At $59 per year this has to be the cheapest Wildcard SSL cert ever – my only deliberation is will they still be around for the year? https://www.ssl2buy.com/alphassl-wildcard.php

Chicken and Leek Pie with Creamy Gravy

This is an adapted version of a Jamie Oliver Turkey & Leek Pie and I will usually hunt the fridge for veg to add and sometimes include mushrooms or broccoli. The remainder of the creme fraiche tub is useful for carbonara. Ingredients: Left-over chicken, turkey, ham 1-2 leeks washed, trimmed & chopped into chunks 1-2… Read more »