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    11 Apr 2019

    CentOS needs-restarting continuously triggered after OS install on new hardware

    Issue OverviewI came across a bug/situation, where the needs-restarting utility falsely claims I need to reboot, even though it is a brand new system with a fresh OS, and I have restarted many times. [root@linux-server ~]# needs-restarting --reboothint Core libraries or services have been updated: systemd -> 219-57.…

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    • linux
    • centos

    31 Oct 2018

    USENIX LISA 2018 - Day 3

    The end is near - LISA's final day is here. Looking forward to performance tuning labs and advice on training others. Tracing Labhttps://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa18/presentation/sharma-1 Suchakrapani Sharma - Scientist at ShiftLeft Geneviève Bastien - Research Associate at Dorsal Laboratory of École Polytechnique de Montréal Mohamad…

    31 Oct 2018 Read More
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    • linux
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    30 Oct 2018

    USENIX LISA 2018 - Day 2

    Over half way through the conference now. I've met some really interesting people and attended some great talks on Linux tech and IT operations. Running Incident Retrospectiveshttps://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa18/presentation/eckhardt Presenter: Courtney Eckhardt (Heroku) Posthoc to an incident and what we did (what happened and what…

    30 Oct 2018 Read More
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    30 Oct 2018

    USENIX LISA 2018 - Day 1

    I attende the USENIX LISA (Large Installation Systems Administration) conference in Nashville, Tennessee from 29th to 31st October 2018. Aside from heaps of awesome live country music, some delicious southern food and many hours in at HeadQuarters Beercade for pinball & arcade games, below are some notes from the conference.…

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    18 Oct 2018

    Problems encountered when upgrading Atlassian Bamboo

    This is for a self-hosted Atlassian Bamboo environment. First rule of thumb for any Atlassian upgrades is backup setenv.sh and compare the old/new to ensure you bring any customisations across. The installer won't do this for you. It is best to deploy into a new directory then symlink…

    18 Oct 2018 Read More
    • Atlassian
    • linux

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