Install Posh Git on Windows 10 (x64)

Posh Git is a really helpful open-source project that includes a number of scripts offering Git and Powershell integration. When installed it allows tab auto completion for common Git operations along with showing the current branch and state of files.

WordPress .htaccess rules for Nginx

This guide shows you the equivalent .htaccess rewrite rules to get WordPress working properly with permalinks on the Nginx web server.

There is no direct equivalent for .htaccess in Nginx, so you cannot copy and past the .htaccess rules that…

SSH Timeout Problems on a Virgin Media Super Hub version 2

A commonly reported problem with the Virgin Media SuperHub is that an SSH connection will timeout. This is apparently due to the device having a very small amount of RAM leading to connection details being dropped.

How to automate Varnish cache purge

This guide shows you how to use the varnishadm command in your system crontab to automate Varnish cache purging.

Access your server as root or switch to the root user. If you installed Varnish from a repo you will have all the Varnish…

External FTP NAS with the ZyXEL NSA310 Media Storage and a Super Hub

I have a lot of films / music / software / games stored in various places and on various devices in my home. Keeping all this data organised is an absolute nightmare, and with a recent string of disk failures…

Using Travis to verify a Cloud Formation template

Automating Windows Local Security Policy

Enforcing security policy is tough, especially in a Windows environment where you are…

Slow Knife? Speed up with Knife rehash

The Chef DK includes a tool called Knife. This is primarily used for interaction with remote…

InSpec and Chef — compliance as code

InSpec is an opensource language that can be used to assess the state of systems. It can form…

Installing VMware Tools in a Centos / Scientific Linux / Red Hat guest

Installing VMware tools in a rpm based guest can sometimes be tricky. Here is a quick and dirty guide to help you install VMware tools and get the most out of your Linux guest.