Guides

When I start a new project or get setup to contribute to an existing one, the first thing on my mind is: show me the Dockerfile. Why? One of the main purposes of Docker is packaging an application with its dependencies into a portable image that can be run on most any host, thus simplifying deployments. Yet when it comes to development of these applications, Docker is often not part of the picture.

With my Dell Dimension XPS T450 ready hardware-wise, I needed to get some operating systems installed. My ideal setup is triple-booting Windows 98, NT Workstation 4, and 2000 Professional. This isn’t as straight forward as you’d imagine and it took me more than one total reformat to get it working. This is a tale of many, many failures finally leading to some success.

You’ve got a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and an Active Directory domain. Here’s how you make them play nicely together.

With the Ubiquiti Edgerouter, you can use policy-based routing to send specific devices’ traffic over a VPN.

When running a brew upgrade, it upgraded readline to version 7.0. This broke the Rails console.

Using openssl with the --subject argument allows you to generate certificates without being prompted for any input. This non-interactive mode makes server automation that much easier.