Linux

Migrate WordPress site to another hosting service.

IntroductionThis article details the migration of WordPress site (exactly this site you are now on) from one service provider to Amazon Lightsail. There might be various reason to do that (mine is outlined below) but in general I hope to share the message that especially with WordPress, migration can be …

VMware

VMware Workstation and Fusion can be installed and use for free (even for the enterprise)

For a while now, the VMware Workstation (and Fusion for MacOS) can be used without any additional fee for Personal use. That was a great Broadcom news and nice gesture from that software vendor. Recently Broadcom announced that the software will be available for all, even the commercial sector. This …

Linux

Salt, VMware implementation – part 1, introduction

As every IT administrator knows, the infrastructure (meaning storages, compute, VMware virtualisation stack) is just a fundaments to run various operating systems (OS) and finally (containerized) application. Therefore, installation of (let’s call it) infrastructure in the datacenter (SDDC), in that sense is just the beginning of the adventure. No wonder, …

Free(BSD)

Search for duplicated files

This will be short (but hopefully I will find more time to show entire process to search duplicated files together with some examples). In case you are searching for duplicated files I can recommend two software which actually rocks in openSource world

Azure

NFS issue, cannot be mounted or is not visible

The same kind of issue I have encountered numerous times while working across different environments and with various customers. The problem with NFS mounts connected from remote locations is so common. This issue extends beyond communication solely over WAN and also include connections between datacenters (DC) where we lack control …

Azure

Why Firefox is important and people should use this browser in 2024, my thoughts.

Can you remember the times when everyone was using Internet Explorer? Back in the ’90s and the early part of this century, Internet Explorer dominated the browser market. Software Incompatibility with Other Browsers Incompatibility issues with software and other browsers have been a persistent problem. Even in 2022, this remains …

Linux

Script to copy data from one directory to another and at the same time remove copied files after 30 days.

It is typical that we need to schedule (cron) operations on files for archiving or pre/post – processing purpose. Below script is and example, can be use to simplify with customization of your example:

VMware

VVF/VCF – automating couting cores

The changes in VMware licensing continue to stir the atmosphere, and they will continue to do so for some time. These changes necessitate that administrators revisit their VMware inventory and ensure they are aware of what is in their stable. It is crucial to strategically acquire licenses optimally. Although it …

Linux

CPU burn in linux/virtual environment.

Below you can find python script to burn cpu (for expamle, when testing alerting) in virtual (and physical) environment. Script is scaling (automatically) for number of CPU presented for the OS burn_cpu.py To run script use the following command: python3 burn_cpu.py

VMware

VMUG – prezentacja, Skalowanie środowiska podczas migracji do VMware w chmurze publicznej

Podczas tegorocznego listopadowego wydania VMUG w Warszawie, miałem przyjemność prezentować w jaki sposób należy skalować środowisko podczas migracji do VMware w Chmurze Publicznej. Skalowanie w praktyce to dosyć skomplikowany, niestety zwykle któremu poświęcamy niewystarczającą ilość czasu. Proces który w może zaważyć na udanej migracji. Komplikacja procesu polega na tym, że …