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How to Resize Ubuntu Root Partition

How to Resize Ubuntu Root Partition

I used to be able to do these tasks with my eyes closed with AIX and other version of Linux and Unix. Today my brain blue screened on me while trying to expand my Ubuntu machine's root volume group, logical volume, and filesystem. Wow it's been awhile. So instead of

How to setup Docker Monitoring

How to setup Docker Monitoring

Docker monitoring of servers and containers is becoming necessary the more Docker hosts and containers we provision. This tutorial will walk you through how to glue together several different components in order to achieve Docker monitoring. Components for Docker Monitoring First things first. We assume that Docker is installed, configured,

How to Automate Docker Builds and Auto Deploy

How to Automate Docker Builds and Auto Deploy

The more time I spend with Docker the more ideas and problems I can solve with Docker. Using Docker in combination with other services expands the possabilites even further such as Tutum [https://www.tutum.co/]. This article describes how to create an Automated Docker Build that auto deploys Docker

How to install and configure CoreOS inside VMware

I'm working on building a my own Cloud Platform based on Docker and CoreOS. Howerver my underlying infrastrucutre is VMware vCloud which is not exactly straight forward in comparison to Amazon EC2 or Digital Ocean when installing CoreOS. VMWare has a really nice CoreOS tutorial [http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/

The Amazing Advancements in Mountain Bikes

The Amazing Advancements in Mountain Bikes

When I moved to Switzerland back in 2010 I purchased a Rocky Mountain Instinct full suspension Mountain Bike. Since moving to Switzerland I've really been riding as much as I can as I really love the sport and the people that I ride with. My journey with Mountain Biking [https:

How to convert your website to SSL for Free

How to convert your website to SSL for Free

I was very doubtful to learn of the new offering by CloudFlare SSL [https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl] and actually procratenated on installing it until yesterday. How the heck can they offer SSL for Free without having to install certificates? Since Google ranks SSL [http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ch/2014/08/

Mac OSX Error connecting with RDP to Windows Server

Mac OSX Error connecting with RDP to Windows Server

I was having trouble creating an RDP client for Mac to a Windows Server. When I RDP to tha same Windows machine from another Windows machine everything worked as advertised. When I opened a RDP connection from my Mac to the Windows Server I would ge the following error: "Remote

2014 in Review and Goals for 2015

2014 in Review and Goals for 2015

Wow what a year 2014 was. It had many up's and down's but had a lot of great accomplishments and moments. I'm happy to have completed so many goals this year but I want to continue my progress in 2015. My ToDo list for 2015 is big and and quite

First Project Launched - InstaGP

First Project Launched - InstaGP

It's been quite a ride to get to this point. After the first InstaGP Pivot [https://brianchristner.io/instagp-time-to-pivot/] until now it's been a lot of time coding and trial and error. I quite enjoyed the project and learned a ton about the Instagram API and Twiiter Bootstrap. Will it

InstaGP Time to Pivot

InstaGP Time to Pivot

After my initial post of 3 Startups before the end of the year I already have an update. Like lots of tech companies a pivot was definitely going to occur. Well I certainly didn’t expect a pivot so early on. I started working on InstaGP the Instagram + MotoGP (Motorcycle

Countdown to 3 Startup Launches!

Countdown to 3 Startup Launches!

With the upcoming Christmas Holidays I've already set a very sporty goal for myself. I plan on launching 3 different startups before the end of the Christmas break. Enough of the sitting around dreaming of something to launch. I'm going to pull the trigger and force myself to launch and

Upgrading Docker Containers running Ghost CMS

Upgrading Docker Containers running Ghost CMS

The next step with Ghost The Ghost [https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases] crew released a new version of the Ghost CMS system which is 0.5.3. This release includes some nice to have features seen below. So the next question is how difficult is it to upgrade Ghost

vCloud ISO Images Appear with Question Marks

vCloud ISO Images Appear with Question Marks

<--This issue drove me nuts this week. Someone uploaded a bunch of ISO images with vCloud Director 5.5. The ISO's images uploaded fine but some images appeared as normal and others appeared as icons with a question mark that are unmountable on VM's. WTF? So I tried a couple things. I noticed that the ISO images were missing the .iso file extension. I tried renaming the ISO images through vCloud. No Love! How to fix Unknown ISO files in vCloud In order to fix this annoying issue ensure your IS

Updating your Docker for Shellshock

Updating your Docker for Shellshock

What a week. Starting my workday early Thursday (25 September) morning I came across a Tweet from someone I follow that he spent the entire night updating his Linux systems. Hmmm this doesn't look good. After quickly getting up to speed with the Shellshock Bug [http://www.troyhunt.com/2014/

Migrating Wordpress to a Load Balanced Ghost Docker

Migrating Wordpress to a Load Balanced Ghost Docker

I am always stiving to be different and play with new technologies. So what is the next step? Well since Docker is the hot topic and I am keen to learn more so I decided to dive in head first. This site BrianChrister.io is hosted with Digital Ocean on

How to hide your Wordpress Login page

How to hide your Wordpress Login page

It appears the amount of Brute Force password attacks is increasing exponentially lately. Several of my Wordpress sites have been getting hammered almost daily without fail. Previously, we discussed how to secure your Wordpress site [https://brianchristner.io/secure-wordpress-site/]. But hackers are getting clever and we must stay in front

Will WhatsApp Merge into Facebook Messenger?

Will WhatsApp Merge into Facebook Messenger?

The entire tech community was up in arms with Facebook moving Facebook Messenger off to its own app recently. What people are failing to see is the future vision of Facebook Messenger. People have forgotten about the recent purchase of WhatsApp and how this is now a direct competitor of

How to Block Spammers based on keywords in NGINX

How to Block Spammers based on keywords in NGINX

It seems I spend most of my time moderating comments on my websites just to delete spam. It is still a daily task which sometimes is amazing how much the Wordpress Askimet [https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/] plugin catches. It works amazingly well but it still requires time to sort

What I've learned about living in Europe so far...

What I've learned about living in Europe so far...

Moving from Las Vegas to a tiny village outside of Amsterdam called Hoofddorp was quite a shock. After spending the last days I mean weeks hitting all my favorite bars and clubs in Las Vegas with my buddies before I flew to the Netherlands. I arrived in Netherlands at my

vCloud Networking Security Best Practices

vCloud Networking Security Best Practices

vCloud networking is often overlooked when considering security best practices. However, networking architecture has a lot of aspects to consider. By creating Internal Organization Networks (ION), External Organization Networks (EON), vApp Networks, and Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) this enables the administrator to separate servers based on role or application. By using

How to Recover your Root Ubuntu Password

How to Recover your Root Ubuntu Password

So I changed my Ubuntu password via my Cloud interface and next thing I know my Ubuntu password didn't take and the old one was some randomly generated password from my Ubuntu template. Shit! So how do you recover a root Ubuntu password? Well the trick I learned is only

Wordpress Performance Comparison Shared Hosting vs Digital Ocean

So one of my goals for 2014 was to move my website 2WheelTuesday [www.2wheeltuesday.com] from InMotion Hosting to Digital Ocean [https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=e30c53d3355c]. Well check. It is off my To Do list. I took the migration one step further. I not only migrated to Digital

The Broken American Credit Card System

The Broken American Credit Card System

As everyone by now has heard about the Target Credit Card hacking [http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/01/13/at-least-4-other-stores-affected-in-target-data-breach/] scandal which netted the thieves upwards of 100 Million Credit Card numbers. My friends and I have discussed the broken and outdated American Credit Card System. How can the American

Secure your Wordpress site before it is too late

Secure your Wordpress site before it is too late

Well it came as a shock to me to get a hacking notification from my current hosting provider InMotion Hosting [http://www.inmotionhosting.com/]when I tried to login to my other site2WheelTuesday.com [http://2wheeltuesday.com]. hocked on one hand as this is not a real active site and

Fine tuning your Fresh Nagios Installation

[http://awaseroot.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/2012-11-14_090259.png]Now that you installed Nagios you are not done. To get rid of all those pesky errors that pop up once installing Nagios you need to be patient and work through them one by one. Fixing the error: check_all_