Category Archives: Software

Computer software, or just software, is any set of machine-readable instructions (most often in the form of a computer program) that directs a computer’s processor to perform specific operations. ( Wikipedia )

Ansible Dynamic Inventory Tutorial

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The last time we talked about Ansible (and we want to also direct you to a great article called Ansible tutorial – Automate your systems – Like Geeks, thanks) we advised you to read about the subject “Dynamic Inventory”. This … Continue reading →

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Time Machine Backup and Disk Utility Primer Tutorial

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Yesterday was backup day on this MacBook Pro, but this time it is a full backup day. We’re trying out a backup media whose maker we used before, Seagate, but a different product, namely Seagate Wireless, though we opted today … Continue reading →

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Ansible Inventory Primer Tutorial

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The last time we talked about Ansible (with Ansible Playbook TLS Tutorial is shown below) we advised to read about the subject “Inventory”. Well, today, we dip our toes into this big subject matter, and thank very much “Ansible Up … Continue reading →

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Windows PowerShell Primer Tutorial

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If you do desktop programming in Windows there is a good chance you do it under the supervision of the .Net Framework … framework … chortle, chortle. Given that .Net Framework supervision, in Windows, you can write very sophisticated desktop … Continue reading →

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Mac Linux DVD Troubleshooting Primer Tutorial

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Troubleshooting is a term familiar to anybody supporting a product. That product in the Information Technology world can be hardware or software. We find the times when we are most seeking a “troubleshooting” piece of advice is when, perhaps (sometimes … Continue reading →

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Ansible Playbook TLS Tutorial

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Yesterday saw this blog’s first Ansible Playbook to create an nginx web server on a VirtualBox virtual machine referenced by http://localhost:8080 but, did you notice, that https://localhost:8443 came up with, in Firefox, at least … Secure Connection Failed The connection … Continue reading →

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Ansible Playbook Primer Tutorial

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As a programmer, as time goes on, I get the creeping feeling that more is being asked of our job description. Pretty sure am not alone, and hope world employment is not going to be too hard hit by similar … Continue reading →

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Ansible Hello World Primer Tutorial

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The role of a programmer is expanding into deployment with software tools such as Ansible, because it has the capability of making the piloting of automation systems “approachable” as an “art”. Why would you want to “pilot an automation system”? … Continue reading →

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