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Discovered a simple script that allows you to monitor your server in a quick glance. Found here: https://www.ezservermonitor.com/esm-sh/documentation Comes with a web version as well if you are so inclined. I opted for the bash script for its simplicity especially with dependencies; None. One issue I came across was an error in the script due to the fact that it was written on a windows platform.
2020-06-11
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Os: Ubuntu Server 20.04 If you ever find yourself unable to log-in or connect to your newly created MySQL server, with errors such as these being thrown around, - Host ''xxx.xx.xxx.xxx'' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server - Unknown authentication method - Port closed You have come to the right place
2020-06-10
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Man got stuck working with Google matric Api to determine distance, duration of travel etc from two points on the map. values the api spat out was a jumble of hash values that took me a while to understand how to traverse it. matrix = { "destination_addresses":["Egypt Rd, Accra, Ghana"], "origin_addresses":["8 Third Dade Walk, Accra, Ghana"], "rows": [ {"elements": [ { "distance": { "text":"5.
2020-04-06
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Installing Dspace on Linux. Using Ubuntu 16.04 Install the needed tools with these comnands. sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk -y sudo apt-get install ant ant-optional maven -y sudo apt-get install tomcat8 -y Edit the tomcat config files here: sudo nano /etc/default/tomcat8 Uncomment #AUTHBIND=no and change to AUTHBIND=yes Edit the JAVA_OPTS to match the line below.
2020-01-14
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