Category: Cloud
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Will Windows become a Linux emulation layer?
Amid the tedium of the new normal, a fun article to read. The argument is that Microsoft’s present and future is cloud services and therefore maintaining the Windows operating system will become a tedious expense that is better passed to the open source community (ie. people who write and test code with no expense to…
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Powershell on Linux
In a previous post I compared Powershell with Bash. With recent announcements that Bash is supported on Windows and Powershell on Linux system admins have more freedom than ever. This matters to me as an occasional system admin. I find it very difficult to remember how to administer both systems at the command prompt. It…
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[Fixed] I do not receive Turkish e-Visa confirmation emails
I lost several hours and a lot of patience trying to get a Turkish e-Visa. The problem was that none of my email addresses could receive the confirmation email. Trip Advisor has many others with the same problem. I solved this problem by using my work email. Other people have created a Gmail account for…
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[Fixed] Tiny screen in VirtualBox Guest
I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 laptop and although it is a very high resolution screen it is only 12″ big so I do most of my development on a second 24″ monitor. I want to my Windows 10 virtual machine to run full screen on the 24″ monitor which is 1900 x 1200…
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How to enable ACPI Shutdown in VirtualBox
A VirtualBox guest computer runs in a window. When you click [X] or click the Machine menu there is the option “ACPI Shutdown”. Ubuntu Guests To enable this on Ubuntu guests from https://community.bitnami.com/t/mac-host-controlled-shutdown-of-vbox-rubystack-3-2-1/2904 Windows Guests To enable this on Windows 10 guests Control Panel > Power Options > Choose what the power buttons do> When…
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How to clone a Bitnami server in the AWS console
I use the excellent Bitnami WordPress AMI. I wanted to clone it so I made a snapshot and then created an image from the snapshot. The newly created AMI launched but only passed 1/2 health checks. The problem was that when creating the AMI I left the AKI (Amazon Kernal Image) on “default”. You must…
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How to add a static IP to a Virtualbox on your laptop
I believe that all development should be done on virtual machines because of the ability to backup and restore them as simple files. I use my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 as the host and and have two guests; a Windows 10 development box with IntelliJ and PuTTY on it and a Bitnami WordPress appliance that…
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How to backup data to OneDrive in “real-time”
I am setting up my daughter’s laptop for university. As a student she can purchase Microsoft 365 University edition for a small price for 4 years. This comes with 1 TB cloud storage called OneDrive. This is highly available, redundant storage that should be utilised as much as possible. When planning backup schemes we need…
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What Microsoft does not want you to know about OneDrive
If you are DropBox user you will love it. It simply works and you can share files with co-workers and they stay in sync on your laptop. Here is screenshot of the folder structure in Windows Explorer on my laptop. You can see a folder that I have shared with a client. They can update…
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How to convert from keys from .ppk to .openssh
The nice thing about computer standards are that there are so many to choose from. I use PuTTY on Windows to login to my Bitnami Ubuntu machines on the Amazon Cloud. PuTTY uses the .pkk key format. I develop using Intellij. This can deploy to remote hosts but uses the OpenSSH key format. To convert…
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