Intro It feels like quite a common requirement to want to sanitise your Java application logs to remove passwords, PII,
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I’m an Engineer, working for Vonage. I write about stuff that interests me - primarily Networks, Software Engineering, VoIP and Electronics. It exists in the hope that someone may learn from my thoughts and ramblings. I'm on GitHub! I'm also currently fairly active on Twitter and LinkedIn.
PHP FPM: Log errors to stderr (for Docker)
When running php-fpm in a Docker container, it is often desirable to log errors to stderr such that they can
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Puppet/git Error: change from ‘absent’ to ‘present’ failed: Path /xxx/ exists and is not the desired repository
This error has suddenly started appearing on previously working Puppet implementations. git have added a change, in December 2022, in
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Carpentry Designs: TV / Games Console Cabinet
Intro I’m not a big gamer, but I played a lot when I was younger. Having dug out a Sega
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Remotely configuring Hikvision analogue cameras
Intro I wired my house, circa 2014, for CCTV. At the time, I didn’t have as much confidence as I
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Repairing another Air Conditioner Unit
Intro I did a post some time back about repairing a portable air conditioner unit. They’re not very complex bits
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boto3 / Ansible: SSL validation failed [Errno 2] No such file or directory
This is a really peculiar error. It seems to be caused in the past few months by some sort of
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Carpentry Designs: Chest Freezer Cabinet
Chest freezers are ugly beasts. If you don’t have an appropriate garage or other outbuilding then you’re stuck with keeping
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How to properly interpret a traceroute or mtr
traceroute vs mtr When a packet travels across the Internet, it travels through multiple routers. The traceroute and mtr tools
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WordPress: Changing error_reporting level
If you add error_reporting to the end of the list of the disable_functions setting in your php.ini then Wordpress can no longer change error_reporting settings and, thus, the setting provided in your php.ini will be honoured.
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