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Using HTTP/2 with Apache and Nginx

Published:  22/09/2022 11:00
HTTP/2 appeared somewhere around 2015. It's both young and old depending on your frame of reference but many embedded web servers now offer it by default. Let's see how to enable it on Apache and Nginx.

Configuring log rotation on Linux with logrotate

Published:  12/07/2022 09:50
When doing any kind of custom logging, you'll need custom log rotation to make sure all of your storage space isn't being used up by tons of old logging data, here's how to do it

Dissecting the "find" utility (Linux, MacOS)

Published:  02/05/2022 15:30
When searching for files and directories on a Linux (or MacOS) box, the most reliable way is to use a program called "find". However very few people (including myself some time ago) really know how to use it to its fullest. Let's learn more about the command's anatomy and some practical recipes along with it.

Practical tmux copy pasting

Published:  11/02/2022 17:25
Following up on our introduction to tmux, here's a quick practical note on copy pasting and issues you may encounter doing that.

Combining containers into pods with Podman

Published:  14/12/2021 17:20
Podman is able to emulate the concept of pod borrowed from the Kubernetes world, let's explore how it goes.

Increasing container services security with Podman

Published:  18/09/2021 14:30
Podman is getting more and more attention as a lighter and arguably safer alternative to Docker and it's incredibly easy to install as a drop in replacement on a Linux system.