Using imagick to create logo from text files
Convert a list of names into logos using Imagick's convert.
cPanel hosted sites return Error 404 when using .htaccess basic auth with Apache
Easy fix when Basic Auth on a cPanel server returns an Error 404 page.
cPanel 'Not using downloaded imunify360/repomd.xml because it is older' warnings
Are you still getting this error? Not using downloaded imunify360/repomd.xml because it is older than what we have: Current : Mon Feb 8 15:34:14 2021 Downloaded: Mon Feb 8 15:33:51 2021 This will…
Installing Nagio NRPE on Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04
A short tutorial on moving from Nagios NRPE using apt-get to source installation. We want to first remove all Nagios parts that were installed via apt: sudo apt-get update apt list --installed | grep…
Sending Nagios notifications with AWS SNS
The original mini-tutorial for this post is here. Please be sure to Brooks Garrett's website. A short tutorial to setup SMS messaging for Nagios 4 notifications. This tutorial is for Nagios 4 on…
How to install Subversion on Ubuntu 18.04
This simple how to will walk through installing Subversion on Ubuntu 18.04.
Upgrading Ubuntu 14.04 -> 18.04 - MariaDB issues
This post covers the issues I experienced when upgrading a remote VM on Ubuntu 14.04 to 18.04. Some fine folks online say "Don't do it" and others say "I just upgraded 100 VMs without any issue". If you are going to upgrade, ensure you have a good snapshot and backups. Upgrading is fraught with danger.
Upgrade to PostgreSQL 9.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04
A quick mini-guide to help you upgrade PostgreSQL 9.3 to PostgreSQL 9.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04. As always, be sure you have a backup first!
Laravel Valet usage with special sites
Laravel Valet makes spinning up almost any type of php site on your local Mac a breeze. There are some edge cases where you might not want to run a site within Valet. On macOS, it is really easy to run other local sites using a custom Nginx config files.
Quickly retrieve size of all tables in a MySQL database
A friend ran into an issue with their Wordpress database becoming huge. First step was to figure out which table(s) was causing the issue. Doing an online search came up with this handy little MySQL query which returns the size in MB for all the tables in a database.