Month: August 2014
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BTSync on AWS EC2
Objective: Allow Ubuntu to start BTSync on reboot. Server create an EC2 instance, with appropriate storage space. Ubuntu LTS 64bit (currently 14.04) download the BTSync client http://www.bittorrent.com/sync The 64bit linux version. dump the btsync.conf ./btsync –dump-sample-config > btsync.conf edit the btsyn.conf for your settings. sudo su create /etc/init.d/btsync file See below chmod 755 /etc/init.d/btsync update-rc.d btsync…
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How/What do you backup?
Things of importance Family photos/videos Documents scanned docs license/registration information for software Everything else. How to backup, rule of 3-2-1 3 – (three) copies of everything of importance. 2 – (two) media types at least. Remember floppies? Remember Zip disks? Beta tapes… yeah… 1 – (one) off site copy. Home burns down… you’re…
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Mass VHOST wildcard; subdomain to folder
I couldn’t find any information as my search terms were incorrect. My google-fu was off when I was searching. My objective was to make http://*.localhost.com go to /var/www/*/www, where * is a wildcard. I’m hoping that this will help others; specifically developed that work on multiple projects. First, I wanted to wildcard my in my…
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Automated watering system project notes
The plastic T-connectors broke over the winter. Not very hardy. Use the internal ones with hose clamps. The solenoids kept up, so far. Lost the code to the automated system. GPIO pin 7 – Far East solenoid – hanging plants. GPIO pin 8 – One West of Pin 7 solenoid – walk way…