OpenSSL Certificate Generation Information for Certificate Authority to Serve Traffic Over Https
apt-get install openssl
openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
You'll be prompted to enter a password (don't forget it!) as well as fill in company identity information. The most important part is the ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Boot Up Multiple Sinatra Applications at the Same Time with Foreman
Foreman is a process management gem for ruby applications. It is used in combination with a Procfile for configuration instructions.
A typical Procfile looks something like this
[name] : [script to execute]
Example Rack application Procfile
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Written by Sean Behan on 10/15/2013
Backup and Rotate MySQL Databases Simple Bash Script
Make a directory ( it can anywhere ) called baks/mysql
mkdir -p /baks/mysql
Create a file (it can be anywhere) called /root/mysql_backups.sh and put this script in it
#!/bin/bash
# modify the following to suit your environment
export DB...
Written by Sean Behan on 05/16/2017
How to Just Get SQL Statement Error with SQLAlchemy Python Database Wrapper
If you're working with SQLAlchemy, the best database driver for Python, and want to see only SQL syntax errors, you need to use the StatementError exception class. On it, is an attribute `orig`, that contains just the SQL syntax error... and not any data...
Written by Sean Behan on 05/10/2018
Installing Feedzirra RSS Parser on Ubuntu 8
I recently watched a RailsCasts episode (http://railscasts.com/episodes/168-feed-parsing) on parsing and persisting RSS feeds using Feedzirra. It took a little setting up on Ubuntu because it relies on some libraries that aren't included with Ubuntu > 8.
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Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
