Having taken delivery of a brand new server with an XL710 card in it, I booted it up after setting up the DHCP reservation, and while the reservation for the dedicated BMC/IMPI interface kicked in immediately, it failed for the interfaces on the XL710 adapter.
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Fixing the SSH forwarding error “administratively prohibited: open failed”
Attempting to forward a PostgreSQL port from a remote server to localhost, I saw the following error in the SSH client log:
In-depth tech talks
I’ve found that some tech talks and lectures are worth rewatching from time to time, usually because they’re information-dense and require a bit of research or hands-on participation from the viewers perspective to get a full understanding of the content. Here’s a few of my favourite, in-depth talks:
Continue reading “In-depth tech talks”A look back at some older 16-bit shareware games for Windows
I went looking for some information on the old Balistic.exe (for some reason the spelling is incorrect for the executable) game for Windows the other day, and couldn’t find any information online. So instead I decided to do some digging and document some information on older 16-bit Windows games here for posterity. In cases where the games were published as shareware, I have uploaded them to the Internet Archive, and linked to them here.
Using multiple databases for a single Django project
Using different databases for each application in a Django project requires multiple changes to the project:
Continue reading “Using multiple databases for a single Django project”Forwarding a port from an LXC host to an LXC guest via Shorewall
This guide relies on the configuration discussed in Setting up Shorewall for LXC container network bridging and routing.
Continue reading “Forwarding a port from an LXC host to an LXC guest via Shorewall”Granting restricted SSH access for the purposes of port forwarding only
To grant restricted access to a server for the purposes of forwarding a port on the user’s local machine (e.g. PostgreSQL), do the following:
Continue reading “Granting restricted SSH access for the purposes of port forwarding only”Setting up Shorewall for LXC container network bridging and routing
Host instructions for LXC
Ensure that the LXC bridge is enabled:
Continue reading “Setting up Shorewall for LXC container network bridging and routing”Fixing a purple/green colour effect during gamma adjustments using the Nvidia driver on Linux, and enabling the RGB colour space and full colour range
I had a peculiar problem where the colours on my Television looked washed out when connected to my Nvidia GTX 960. I’m using the proprietary drivers, and tried a few different driver versions to see if that helped, but in the end that didn’t seem to be the problem.
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Download wgcf and the WireGuard client (wg) and run the following:
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