Mattias Geniar: Rebuilding the yum RPM database
Yum uses an internal database to keep track of the packages that are installed. On rare occasions, this database can get corrupted -- usually when a yum update crashes halfway through. There's a way to...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Drupal 7.33 performance penalty
An interesting post on a performance hit that occurred on Drupal 7.33 where the symptoms are CPU's running at 100%. After deployment to live, we got some reports that the site was responding slow. ......
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Devuan, the Debian Fork
Some more systemd drama. As many of you might know already, the Init GR Debian vote promoted by Ian Jackson wasn't useful to protect Debian's legacy and its users from the systemd avalanche. This...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: The Next-Generation PHP Server Stack For 2015
The server stack surrounding PHP hasn't change much in the last few years. It's still roughly the same as every year, give or take a few minor tweaks here and there. But 2015 may be the year where some...
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Thomas Vander Stichele: 23 years
(This post is only about music – for people not from Belgium, Luc de Vos, singer of Gorki, passed away yesterday at 52)I am 15. I hear a song on the radio, and I don’t understand the lyrics. Why would...
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Frank Goossens: Verder sleutelen aan mijn m.deredactie.be-alternatief
Dat ze daar aan de Reyerslaan niet stilzitten; http://m.deredactie.be/ is nu ook bruikbaar op een JavaScript-loze browser! Dat klinkt misschien onbelangrijk, maar zo een basis-versie die werkt,...
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Les Jeudis du Libre: Mons, le 18 décembre : l’open hardware dans...
Ce jeudi 18 décembre 2014 à 19h se déroulera la 34ème séance montoise des Jeudis du Libre de Belgique.Le sujet de cette séance : L’open hardware dans l’électronique (et au delà…)Thématique : open...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Business model innovation beats technical innovation
Topic: DrupalBusinessOpinionStartup lessonsBusiness model innovation is usually more powerful than technical innovation; it is more disruptive and harder to copy than technical innovation. And yet, so...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Docker’s New Rival: Rocket
Docker just got a new rival, from an unexpected corner. CoreOS, the Linux Distribution that grew large because of Docker, announced a new container platform they call Rocket. The reason? Docker's...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: On Timing Attacks in PHP
An interesting post by @ircmaxell on timing attacks in PHP. If you try different user names, it [the PHP code] will take a different amount of time depending on if the username is there or not. If...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Your Daily Read in December: Sysadvent
It's that time of the year again. One article for each day of December, ending on the 25th article. With the goals of of sharing, openness, and mentoring, we aim to provide great articles about systems...
View ArticleWim Coekaerts: SAP certification for Oracle's Virtual Compute Appliance X4-2...
We have been working with SAP to certify their products, based on SAP NetWeaver 7.x (specifically on the following OS versions : Oracle Linux 5, Oracle Linux 6, Oracle Solaris 10, Oracle Solaris 11),...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Automating the Unknown
While Config Management isn't new as a concept, it is new for a lot of sysadmins. Many have started using it in the last year or two and have invested in workflows, modules, re-usability, ... to keep...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Puppet: could not prefetch yumrepo provider ‘inifile':...
A little annoyance in Puppet that appears to go way back. When you manage yum repo files using the Yumrepo resource, a duplicate definition can cause the rest of the manifest execution to fail. Take...
View ArticlePhilip Van Hoof: De monarchie van’t land
Ik ben niet noodzakelijk voorstander van de of een monarchie. Maar wanneer het goed is, is het goed. De redacteurs van de VRT hebben zeker moeite gedaan een positief beeld te schetsen in Koppen. Maar...
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Xavier Mertens: Botconf 2014 Wrap-Up Day #1
Botconf is back for a second edition! If the first one was held last year in Nantes, botnet fighters from many countries are back in Nancy to discuss again about… botnets! As the name says, Botconf is...
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Frank Goossens: Muziek van Onze Buis: Luc De Vos was aanwezig
Ik was nooit echt groot Gorki-fan (Mia daargelaten), maar Luc De Vos zal nu nooit meer aanwezig zijn en dit prachtige klaagnummer met Tom Barman is dan ook meer dan toepasselijk;Watch this video on...
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Xavier Mertens: Botconf 2014 Wrap-Up Day #2
Here is my wrap-up for the second day. Yesterday, we had a nice evening with some typical local food and wine then we went outside for a walk across the city of Nancy. Let’s go!Paul Rascagnères kicked...
View ArticleWim Coekaerts: EBS VMs explained
A great blog entry from the EBS team explaining the various Oracle VM appliances for EBS : https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/entry/e_business_suite_virtual_machines
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Xavier Mertens: Botconf 2014 Wrap-Up Day #3
I’m just back from Nancy and it’s time to publish the wrap-up for the last day! The last night was very short for most of the attendees: 30 minutes before the first talk, the coffee room was almost...
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