When running Docker on a system enforcing SELinux, Docker Volumes require a special SELinux context to be accessible by the Docker Daemon and Container. This context is called container_file_t and can be set on a path recursively: Afterward…
I've always wanted to try photography of brutalist architecture and had the opportunity to do so during a visit to Le Havre. Photographing architecture, especially brutalist architecture, has always felt mysterious and distant to me. There
Okay, so, I got started with photography earlier this year. And this is the first photography project I gotten myself into. It is not the biggest project with the most pictures you've every seen, I can tell you that much. But isn't it quali…
This blog post is just another note to my future self. This time, it is about compiling (and running) a Java application (with multiple source files) from only the command line. Let's say, our application is made up of two files: Main.java
On March 13, 2024, Mozilla decided to retire their geolocation service and database.1 This is probably the reason you are currently reading this post and I can also safely assume that your system is not able to locate itself anymore. No wor…
This post is just a note to my future self on how to add multiple push URLs to a single git remote. First, add a new remote to your git repository. Then, redefine the push URL of the remote. Finally, add the URL of your second remote. At th…
This post is intended as a quick guide to changing the MariaDB data directory. I have also added information for systems that already contain MariaDB data or on which SELinux is enforced. MariaDB is an open source MySQL database server. I'v…
This post is older than one year. It may contain outdated information or opinions I no longer hold and may not be an adequate guide anymore. From May 30th to June 2nd, I visited Strasbourg. It was a short trip, but still lots of fun. These
This short post explains how to use curl as an email client with SMTP Authentication support for DNF Automatic. This can be useful when an email server does not accept emails from a self-hosted mail server. Edit your DNF Automatic configura…
This post is supposed to be a small guide to changing PostgreSQL's data directory whether your system already contains a PostgreSQL cluster or not, runs SystemD or SELinux is enforced. I've written a similar post about MariaDB. Feel free to…
I have just setup IPv6 for this website. It was not as straight forward as I though and that is why I decided to sum up all necessary steps here. There are two commonly used systems for generating IPv6 addresses. You should enable EUI-64 fo…
Umami is a self-hosted analytics platform. Like Google Analytics, but privacy preserving and open-source. You can have a look at their website if you're interested and want to learn more. You can self-host Umami to ensure that all analytics…