How I set up a docker private registry with a web front-end
I wanted to set up a docker registry at home for images I build but which I do not want to be publicly available. Running the default docker registry container was one solution. But...
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Updating PHP broke roundcube again; how I fixed it again
A while after I upgraded my server to CentOS 7, WordPress started griping about needing newer PHP in order to install the latest PHP. I knew this caused problems with roundcube in my CentOS...
Login via SSH is slow
Most of us have, at some time, experienced slow logins when connecting to a server via ssh. If you poke around you’ll discover that there are plenty of recommendations for addressing the issue. For...
Disabling the crash kernel (and kdump) in CentOS/RHEL 6
Had a system where the user wanted to disable the crash kernel after a previous admin had enabled it. I found a ton of write-ups showing how to enable and configure kdump, but few...
Installing phpsysinfo on CentOS 7
Quick run-down of what I did to install phpsysinfo on a CentOS 7 box for a client Install httpd, php, php-xml Edit /etc/php.ini safe_mode=Off Download phpsysinfo Unzip tarball Place unzipped folder in /var/www/html/ Browse...
Local Plex Media Server Will Not Allow Login
Went to open my Plex server (running on CentOS 7) and saw that there was only one user listed: me. Seemed odd since I have several users on that installation. Clicked the drop-down by...
SSH sessions seem to freeze after period of inactivity
I was having an issue with my SSH sessions where, after a period of inactivity, they would freeze. They weren’t disconnecting or timing out; they were just frozen. To solve this I made the...
vmware tools install (or vmware-config-tools.pl) hangs after X config
I was updating vmware-tools on some old Linux installations of ours, using a tarball I downloaded from VMware. Once I unzipped the tarball, I ran the installer and told it to take the defaults:...
Changing WordPress permalinks from default to postname
Had an issue on a WordPress site after I changed the permalinks to “%postname%” from the default. Immediately after the change, all my wonderful posts gave 404 when I clicked on them. So I...
What to do when grub2 does not honor the default kernel choice
Recently I updated a Fedora 22 system to kernel 4.2.5 (from 4.1). That broke a few things, because one of my apps needed kernel-specific modules compiled. Something in this kernel version was too out...