Azure hard-codes disk size and it cannot be changed during deployment. Resizing root disk on Azure is often a required task. Here is how a root disk can be resized. I learned this the hard way.
Azure hard-codes disk size and it cannot be changed during deployment. Resizing root disk on Azure is often a required task. Here is how a root disk can be resized. I learned this the hard way.
Ever since I got my Breville 870XL, I’ve read numerous comments about how important it is to get fresh beans. Out of laziness, I usually go to the supermarket to get my coffee. There is a self-service counter in the store where I can pour the amount of beans I desire. The beans were prepared by…
It is possible to use CloudWatch to monitor your disk and memory usage. There are very good information on AWS – http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/DeveloperGuide/mon-scripts-perl.html For the impatient, here is how to get it done.
On Linux, it is possible to power off a USB device using command line. It’s perfect for my USB backup drive. I can power it off after backup every night, and power it on before the job starts. This saves power, reduce heat, and more importantly, prevent accidental or unexpected changes as the device is completely offline.
Redhat has provided a couple of excellent articles describing the upcoming leap second as well as how to handle it. Here, I want to demonstrate the behavior of a server not running NTP.
Adding a bootable ISO image to grub will be very useful for recovering Linux systems. Here we add the systemrescuecd iso to grub2 on Ubuntu 15.04. It’s really easy and I recommend adding it to every Linux systems!
Check out my latest wiki post on installing Oracle 12c Release 1 on Linux.
I recently attended a 4-day training on Microsoft’s cloud platform. Quickly I learned why it should not be used if you’re serious about your business.
This morning I passed by my secondary school campus. It has changed a lot with 2 brand new buildings. I started to learn programing in that school, where they taught me about palindrome and some very basic programming lessons. I don’t even remember what language was used back then. Probably basic. Then I remember learning about OO…
My venture with VULTR ended prematurely, time to move onto a more popular platform – Digital Ocean. It’s one of the first to offer an all-ssd cloud offering. Its ability to provide HTML5-based machine consoles is very interesting. For what I know, this feature does not exist on more advanced platforms like AWS / Azure.