When something simple goes wrong, frustration is never proportionate to the anticipated ease. On Ubuntu 16.04 on a Fresh install, I came across this cracker. [crayon-5cbf187a20834867570013/] Ok. Must be a typo. After spending twenty seconds or so on this, which is still way too long to be looking for typos on something so simple, it isn’t a typo. This … [Read more...]
NFS For Network Engineers
Without beating the ‘old drum’ without reason, sometimes you have to ask does the drum still need beating. Quick 5 minute articles like this one are always worth asking that question. As system administrators make the journey to SREs or ‘Site Reliability Engineers’, network engineers are also on the same trajectory. We might start from an expected Liam … [Read more...]
Linux Systemd & Golang Services using Kardianos Service
This week I have done something new, but I found myself dealing with a ‘zero knowledge’ situation or something I like to call ZKS. This is one of those ones where it’s fun, but it also feels a bit stressy as there was enough rope to hang myself with. That something new is Systemd, which is a Linux operating system thing that manages the initialisation of … [Read more...]
