Run a Windows Application as a Service with srvany
Occasionally the need arises for running an application in Windows as a service. This allows the application to run at boot time without the need for a user to be logged into the system in order for the application to start and operate. While built-in mechanisms such as Task Scheduler exist to help facilitate this, […] Read More →
Changing Code Syntax Highlighters
Most of the posts I author here contain code examples. To highlight these code examples I’ve been using the wordpress plugin SyntaxHighlighter Evolved. For the most part this plugin has served me, and I hope you, well. There are a few quirks, however, that continue to annoy me about this plugin. Chief among those quirks […] Read More →
How to Install and Configure MRTG on FreeBSD
In a previous post I described how to install and configure Tobi Oetiker’s MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher) on a Ubuntu server. In this post I will describe how to install and configure it on FreeBSD. Once configured, you’ll be able to use MRTG to monitor the traffic in and out of your network using […] Read More →
Using Tarsnap in FreeBSD to Improve My Offsite Backups
In a recent post I described how I improved the reliability of my file system backups by using the data replication capabilities inherent in the FreeBSD Zettabyte File System (ZFS). In this post I will explore Tarsnap, another tool I recently started to use to perform secure offsite backups of my most important files. The […] Read More →
Replacing MySQL with MariaDB in FreeBSD
(20170113 — The steps in this post were amended to address changes in recent versions of software. Minor editorial corrections were also made — iceflatline) In my post on how to install and configure Apache, MySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin on FreeBSD for basic local web development activities, one of the components is the MySQL database […] Read More →