Windows Getting a file hash in powershell To get the MD5 hash of a file run the following command in powershell: get-filehash -algorithm md5 <filename> Similarly, to get the SHA1 hash run: get-filehash -algorithm sha1 <filename>
Linux Parsing docker (1.8) volume info Volume inspect information was changed in Docker version 1.8 from a "Volumes" list to a new "Mounts" array. See my previous volume parsing post for parsing on Docker
Windows VirtualBox numlock weirdness After upgrading to VirtualBox 5 on Windows every time I started, focused or unfocused a virtual machine my numlock status would toggle. If you're having the same problem here is how to fix
Linux Waiting for Docker containers Ever tried to spin up two Docker containers, one depending on the other, only to find out the port(s) of the first container aren't actually up and running yet causing the second
Linux Recurring task with systemd I know, I know, cron is much easier but I was playing around with systemd and timers were one of the things that weren't very clear to me. So this is what I
Volumes Cleaning up Docker volumes using Docker A couple of months ago I wrote a script to delete orphaned Docker volumes. Several people have helped on Github to improve the script since. I also added a Docker file so you
Linux Luks unlock with SSH or USB Unlocking a full disk encrypted Ubuntu/Debian system with SSH or USB flash drive I've started encryping my home server long before it was a next next next install option in Ubuntu and
Linux XBMC/Kodi and SMB access denied Oh no, access denied So I was trying Kodi on a new Android device I got (WeTek Play) and soon ran into a problem where I couldn't access my password protected SMB shares
YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator Reminder to myself that YUMI is a great little tool to boot multiple iso's from a single bootable usb-stick.
Linux Cleaning up after Docker So I've been playing around with Docker containers for a while now and really like it. In fact this blog is running in a Docker container right now. But Docker sure leaves a
How-to Getting nano back after ctrl-z When editing a file in nano I tend to hit ctrl-z to attempt to undo an edit but when you press ctrl-z in nano it dumps you back in the shell... very confusing.
Linux Parsing docker volume info Getting a list of volume paths To list all volumes and associated paths for a docker (1.5.0) container, using go templating: docker inspect --format='{{range $vol, $path := .Volumes}}{{$vol}} -
Windows Clink, making windows commandline more like bash Clink is an extension for the Windows commandline which brings features from bash shell to Windows. If you use both Linux and Windows you know the bash shell has all kinds of useful
How-to Enter the docker Neat little tool to get a shell into a docker container so you don't have to install additional services like sshd in your containers and keep your containers single service only. Run this
How-to How-to: Right-click on any folder to start a simple HTTP server Here's how to setup your Windows machine to quickly get a simple http server running in any directory from the contextmenu. Installation Install node.js from http://nodejs.org/ Install the http-server app
