The magic moment is here. We have Apache, we have snapd, it is time for Remove any old Certbot, and install new Certbot ERROR: I tried running the install right away, and go this error FIX: Waiting a couple minutes and trying again resolved this issue, and I got Certbot 2.6.0. More symbolic linking to
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Next up, on the quest from Alma Linux VPS to using SSL-encrypted Cockpit sessions, is snapd. Yeah, so it was Apache, now snapd and then certbot. Visit the snapd install instructions, Alma is the first OS in the list. Next, gotta use the EPEL repo Those should go pretty quick – less than 17mb of
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Alright, so now that I have an Alma Linux VPS. Next, for no good reason, I want to be able to use this VPS remotely. It has Cockpit, so I enabled that, but then I tried to use HTTPS:// to connect, and it threws a TLS error. Enter Certbot, which should enable me to get
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After the URL Shortener for this blog, I needed a box to tinker with. Now, there are a gazillion hosting providers out there. And some are awesome, and some suck, but after trying dozens of them, including A2, Bluehost, HostGator, NameCheap and scads more over the years (I have even used AWS, but dang that
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I wanted to mess around with an Alma Linux distro, but to get there, I need to pick up some tech along the way. I also want to blog about it, and as I drop links to the text, I want to construct my own outbound links. I looked into several top URL shortener plug-ins
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Yup – trying to make sure things work like I think they should. Hopefully this works, then I can delete it. Life will be good!
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Background OK, I have seen the word “trope” used to label an archetype or derivative of an archetype in the media industry (“chill girl”, “misunderstood billionaire”, “femme fatale”, etc.). Maybe this whole post uses a word that doesn’t mean what I think it means (thank you Princess Bride), but let’s tee this up anyway. I
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Anyone who reads my material knows I am a walking variety magazine. I just love the force of creation, which is how I can pivot Math.random(360) degrees, several times a day. If you don’t know JavaScript, that’s just a number between 0 and 360. It began with a domain name I will wake up with
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We all know that 42 is “The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything” thanks to the deep analytical work titled “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” by Douglas Adams. But, apparently, Elon Musk seeks to fact check this answer using his new xAI venture. I am, of course, as excited
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The Challenge As in many firms, managers work with their talent acquisition team to craft a position description, the firm posts it out “there” and receives a diverse array of applicants. That’s good! Recently though, it seems like the posts in my corner of the world have not been attracting female applicants. I poked around
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