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Opsview

Opsview Monitor – Remove Advert

After installing Opsview Monitor, your login page will likely look something like the below: Personally I find this advert slightly annoying. Fortunately this can be hidden by editing the following file. At the top of […]

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CentOS

OpsviewImportRuntime Error

Today I started noticing the below errors which were appearing when logged in at the terminal. This can happen when an import get interrupted by a reboot or something. Check an import is not currently […]

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Linux

Confluence PlantUML Plugin

Confluence provides a free PlantUML plugin which can be used to create UML diagrams using written text. If you receive the below error… …if you’re hosting it on Linux, you likely just need to install […]

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Linux

SSH HTTP Web Proxy

Sometimes, when you’re testing your access to a website for example, it can be useful to change the IP address you appear to be coming from. Ordinarily, when you go to a website, the website […]

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CentOS 7

Host your Own Yum Repository

Here we create our own yum repository on a fresh up-to-date installation of Centos 7. Configure Nginx First install the EPEL repository. And then Nginx. Start and enable Nginx. Install and configure a local firewall. […]

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CentOS

htpasswd with Nginx on CentOS 7

To setup basic HTTP authentication with Nginx on CentOS 7, first install httpd-tools. Create user and password: Amend your Nginx vhost configuration: Add the following lines: Check and reload vhost configuration:

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API

Install s3fs on Centos 7

s3fs allows Linux users to mount an S3 bucket via FUSE as if it were like any other file system. Install the EPEL repository. Then install s3fs. Copy public and private keys to ~/.passwd-s3fs. To […]