Category Archives: Technology

Hello Centos 9 Stream

Lately Ubuntu has been driving me nuts on my one desktop. Every few weeks LivePatch makes changes to the system and it no longer boots. I’ve tried disabling updates and LivePatch, only to find the system non-bootable a few weeks … Continue reading

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Configure Xwiki as Root Website

Once Xwiki is installed and running, the default URL is http://wiki.petersens.ws/xwiki. Which is ok and works, however I don’t like specifying the application after the website. If I typed http://wiki.petersens.ws, tomcat would display it’s default banner. Instead I really wanted … Continue reading

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Installing XWiki on Centos 7

With Confluence migrating to a full cloud solution and no longer supporting small user deployments, I’ve been pushed into looking at other solutions. In looking around, I liked the support surrounding Xwiki, plus I use Xwiki at work so there … Continue reading

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#@$%!!

One of my boxes got hacked.  Ugh.  Fortunately it was a jump server that had no data. I have 2 servers exposed to the Internet, a jump server and a reverse proxy.  The reverse proxy provides access to the web … Continue reading

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Hard Drive Bites the Dust

On Thursday, March 26th, the 1.5Tb hard drive in my primary development box bit the dust.  Based on the diagnostics and sounds emanating from the drive, I believe I had a head crash. My first thought was “Oh no, when … Continue reading

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Lost and Found My Phone

Last night I discovered my phone was missing.  I knew I had it on the bus coming home.  In the house I realized it was not in the holster.  After searching the car I figured it was somewhere on the … Continue reading

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Virtual Box

I’ve had hit-or-miss experiences with virtual OS’s on my home machine.  When I had an Apple powerbook, Parallels was awesome.  It just simply worked with no hassles. On the Linux platform I have not been impressed with any of the … Continue reading

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Ruby on Rails and SQLite3

After upgrading to Fedora 17, I had to re-install Ruby on Rails.  I’m using Rails 3.2.7 with the news updates.  In the past I’ve always use MySQL server as the database, so I’ve always installed the database, drivers and associated … Continue reading

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Installing Citrix 12.1 on Fedora 17

Instructions for installing Citrix Receiver 12.1 on a 32-bit system running Fedora 17 with the Gnome desktop. The install was completed in essentially 5 steps: Install FFmpeg libraries from RPMFusion Install the Citrix Receiver 12.1 RPM Create & install a … Continue reading

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Reprogramming the Comcast Remote

Comcast swapped out my cable box to resolve an intermittent problem that has been occurring the past few weeks.  They gave us a Cisco/Scientific Atlanta box.  The universal remote that came with the cable box was platinum colored. The universal … Continue reading

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