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Getting and Arch VM running on Hyper-V to display its IP Address in Hyper-V Manager
You need to enable the Key/Value Pair Daemon https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/hyperv Install hyperv and enable the services sudo pacman -S hyperv sudo systemctl enable hv_kvp_daemon.service sudo systemctl start hv_kvp_daemon.service sudo systemctl enable...
Docker Compose Build pulls in the latest Debian version of a Container Breaking the Build
Just had a docker compose build fail My Dockerfile had the following at the top of it FROM php:8.3-fpm Which pulled in the latest version of the 8.3-fpm image which has been updated and now contains Debian 13.x Trixie as the base operating system The fix was to change...
CakePHP quickly install pre-reqs
https://toggen.com.au/it-tips/install-node-in-usr-local/ Install the basic pre-req's for PHP and CakePHP sudo apt install zip unzip curl php php-cli php-{bz2,curl,mbstring,intl,xml,sqlite3} -y You need to also install a suitable database driver SQLite Database Driver...
OpenVPN Connect 3.8.0 (4528) has had an interface change
Just re-installed my workstation from ISO and installed OpenVPN Connect. The new 3.8.0 version has had an interface re-design. To add your username and password to an OpenVPN Connection profile in the new interface Click Menu Icon => My Profiles => Click the Pen Icon...
Internet Connection Upgrade
A month or so ago I got an email from my ISP (Exetel) that they were bumping me up to a higher speed plan. I had a 100/40 and now my connection is 500/40 on HFC which I believe is using old cable TV infrastructure. But am certainly grateful for, and noticing the...
Tailing a log in Windows with Powershell
# just show the last 20 lines and exit Get-Content MyLogFile.log -Tail 20 # show last 20 lines and follow as content is appended to the log Get-Content MyLogFile.log -Tail 20 -Wait
