Category Archives: DataCenter

Docker: Orchestrate multiple containers with docker-compose V2

By | February 9, 2017

This is post in continuation of Docker: Orchestrate multiple containers with docker-compose The same application environment is specified using the docker-compose V2 specification. This looks very similar but with a simplified syntax and some extra features. STEP 1: List the existing images # docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE 10.0.0.245:5000/test_app.v7 flat 53ac9d27fbb3 5… Read More »

Backup: Scheduled backup with #Yosemite Server Backup

By | May 29, 2017

Everybody knows that backup is important and having a backup setup on an external resource as remote server or tape drive is even better. I wanted to set up an automatic backup that does not require a lot of intervention, to safeguard the most important data hosted on my servers: the owncloud storage space and… Read More »

A free and new way to shrink pdf files in Windows

By | February 8, 2017

I always missed some nice Linux tools when I work on Windows. I know that is nice to have a fancy GUI but sometimes you cannot do even simple things without paying a lot for some bloated application. There is the simple problem of optimizing pdf files, especially big manuals, pdf files containing images or… Read More »

Back-up your Google data

By | February 8, 2017

There is a new tool from Google available to all that want to keep a backup of their Google data. I know that Google means “free” mail and “free” cloud space for lots of you but for the faint hearted a backup is always welcome. If we look at the Yahoo issue (due to bad… Read More »

Windows finally has an OS in it

By | January 17, 2017

Starting with build 1607 finally Windows 10 has a Linux in it. To enable the Linux user space (basically an Ubuntu) the following has to be done: STEP 1: Update Windows to 1607 Make sure you update Windows 10 to a build at least 1607. STEP 2: Activate developer mode Settings -> Updates & security… Read More »

Backup: Daily back-up on external encrypted disk with rsync and cron

By | February 8, 2017

Everybody knows the importance of a daily back-up. There are a lot of tools with fancy GUIs and useless information but sometimes the best is to keep it simple. Linux offers some very powerful build-in ways of creating a perfect backup. The scope is to create a secure incremental automatic daily backup without using fancy… Read More »

Storage: Optimize SSDs with fstrim

By | January 10, 2017

Using SSD drives is no longer an exception, they are used in home systems but also in server systems to hold at least the OS, or other resources that need more speed than space. As any other storage disk a SSD can become fragmented as successive write/delete operations will try to use the available storage.… Read More »

#DRBD: Synchronization of sites after the failed DR (disaster recovery) site is recovered

By | April 24, 2017

This is a follow-up tutorial on the DRBD replication posts about resynchronization of sites after the failed DR site is recovered. More than a year ago I described in a long tutorial how to use DRBD in a real production environment and the challenges associated to it. See: DRBD based disk replication of a production… Read More »

#DRBD: Resynchronization of sites after the failed PR site is recovered (DRBD split brain recovery)

By | March 6, 2017

This is a follow-up tutorial on the DRBD replication posts about resynchronization of sites after the failed PR site is recovered (DRBD split brain recovery). More than a year ago I described in a long tutorial how to use DRBD in a real production environment and the challenges associated to it. See: DRBD based disk… Read More »

#DRBD: Promoting the DR site as the main site when PR is failed

By | March 6, 2017

This is a follow up tutorial on the DRBD replication posts about promoting the DR site as the main site when PR is failed. More than a year ago I described in a long tutorial how to use DRBD in a real production environment and the challenges associated to it. See: DRBD based disk replication… Read More »