Intro It feels like quite a common requirement to want to sanitise your Java application logs to remove passwords, PII,
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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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