http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/ 2026-05-07T14:38:24+00:00 http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/ http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-05-02T18:13:10+00:00 reddy (reddy@undisclosed.example.com) http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=git&rev=1777745590&do=diff Git Remote Server Setting up a git server is as easy as this... # On the server cd /usr/local/share sudo mkdir mygitrepo sudo useradd -d /usr/local/share/mygitrepo -c "Git repo user" gituser sudo chown gituser mygitrepo cd mygitrepo sudo -u gituser mkdir myrepo1 sudo -u gituser git init --bare myrepo1 sudo passwd gituser # On the client mkdir project1 cd project1 touch dummyfile git init git add dummyfile git commit -m "Initial commit" git remote add origin ssh://gituser@myserver/usr/local/s… text/html 2026-05-02T16:13:38+00:00 reddy (reddy@undisclosed.example.com) http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=lxc&rev=1777738418&do=diff LXC Containers Snippet for Debian/Ubuntu sudo su - apt install -y lxc lxc-templates lxc-create -n mysrv1 -t download -- --dist ubuntu --release jammy --arch amd64 lxc-start -n mysrv1 lxc-attach -n mysrv1 text/html 2026-05-02T16:11:40+00:00 reddy (reddy@undisclosed.example.com) http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=linux&rev=1777738300&do=diff Linux Popular Topics * bash * bind * chrony * Docker * diff * FirewallD * Git * keepalive * lxc * mail * rsync * Samba * SELinux * SystemD Unit Files * tuned * ufw * Vim * VNC Miscellaneous Suppressing the Service Restart prompt for "apt install" /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf $nrconf{verbosity} = 0; $nrconf{restart} = 'a'; export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive export APT_LISTCHANGES_FRONTEND=none export NEEDRESTART_MODE=a # default is "i"nteractive… text/html 2026-05-01T16:53:08+00:00 reddy (reddy@undisclosed.example.com) http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=slackbotwithbolt&rev=1777654388&do=diff Slack Bot With Bolt Within the Slack website Go to api.slack.com , go to “Your Apps”, and “Create App”. Enable Socket Mode, and in token add “connections::write”. In the OAuth and Permissions tab, add the Bot Token Scopes. If you change these later, you will need to re-install the app to the workspace. text/html 2026-05-01T16:48:12+00:00 reddy (reddy@undisclosed.example.com) http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=python&rev=1777654092&do=diff Python SlackBotWithBolt JSON Serialization for Custom Classes Attempting to run json.dumps() on a custom class results in the error: “Object of type is not JSON serializable.” By returning the dict as the serializer in a lambda passed to the default parameter of json.dumps(), we can get the class to serialize to JSON. text/html 2026-04-27T08:50:04+00:00 reddy (reddy@undisclosed.example.com) http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=docker&rev=1777279804&do=diff Installing Debian apt update apt remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.l… text/html 2026-04-21T20:40:18+00:00 reddy (reddy@undisclosed.example.com) http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=interesting202604&rev=1776804018&do=diff Interesting Stuff in April 2026 * Microsoft has an interesting Python tool, markitdown for converting documents to MarkDown. * Cheap routers? See Cudy, Tenda, Mercusys. Interesting Stuff in March 2026 * Looking for something to install on your NAS? Try JellyFin, Immich (Docker container only), and NextCloud. text/html 2026-04-19T18:59:14+00:00 reddy (reddy@undisclosed.example.com) http://pockettheories.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=ruby&rev=1776625154&do=diff Ruby Rails Popular Gems * EventMachine * Kaminari * Ransack * Railties Seed Data bundle add faker # Add it to only the development and test groups, if you are a stickler for convention # In db/seeds.rb 50.times do MyModel.create! name: Faker::Name.name end rails db:migrate && rails db:seed