A different approach to log rotation
Logrotation is a key for running a stable server, but removing log files is often an anathema to security, traceability, and server history. In reality, you want a perfect rotation setup in order to...
View ArticleThreat intelligence: Sharing is caring
In today’s threat landscape, with botnets, ransomware, and unpatched and unprotected IoT toasters and garbage bins in every home, the ability to quickly and easily identify suspicious activities and...
View ArticleInvestigating performance problems through snapshot logging
So, the database is slow - why? There can be several reasons for this. Perhaps a few very heavy queries are bogging down the database. In this case, you’d typically set up slow query logging and find...
View Article12 days of Varnish
While Varnish is most famous for its speedy caching capabilities, it is also a general swiss army knife of web serving. In the spirit of Christmas, here’s Twelve Days of Varnish Cache, or at least,...
View ArticleS2I hooks
S2I, Source-To-Image, is a toolkit for building Docker images with minimum effort. The S2I project description describes itself like this: Source-to-Image (S2I) is a toolkit and workflow for building...
View ArticleMaking it right all the time - or that time I disagreed with a distro package...
Distro packages are a blessing that most of us take for granted (thank you and sorry package maintainers everywhere!). They make installation, maintenance and even removal of both simple and complex...
View ArticleTiny virtual firewalls with IncludeOS
Sometimes you need just a little something on your network to do a simple task. Perhaps you need a small router, a firewall or load balancer. Currently, the most popular option is to deploy a little...
View ArticleVagrant for the lazies
Personally, I consider the script parameter in a Vagrantfile to be a feature that is not abused enough. It’s got a lot of potential - every script can have a parameter (or several). Modifying your...
View ArticleUsing Ansible for system updates
As mentioned in the previous ansible post, we use ansible quite a lot for day to day operations. While we prefer Puppet for configuration management, ansible is excellent for automation of maintenance...
View ArticleThank you for visiting our SysAdvent Blog!
We hope you have enjoyed the articles in our third SysAdvent season! This is the last post in this years sysadvent. If you want to read more, we have other blog entries at our main site, our techblog,...
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