I started using GitHub Actions to handle the Hugo build and deployment of this website. I was using a dedicated AWS IAM user with the required policies and added their Access Key ID and Secret Access Key as repository secrets.
I sat my HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate exam yesterday. I had been using Terraform over the last year, looking at ways of improving the speed and quality of the infrastructure builds on my last contract.
AIX Levels are named based on Release, Technology Level, Service Pack, and Build Sequence Identifier e.g. 7100-05-04-1914. As well as the current OS level, the oslevel command can show details of the TLs and SPs on a server along with details of any up- or down-level filesets.
I have been working with IBM AIX for almost 28 years, starting with v3.2.5. Over the years I have considered taking the various certification exams that IBM used to offer but never got around to organising it.
The final part of my marathon training block was the 2-day Oxygen Technician and Gas Blenders course. This started in the classroom, discussing Oxygen handling techniques and enriched breathing mixture (more commonly known as Nitrox or EANx).
There was no rest as I was straight into the Cylinder Testing Part 2 course, the first part of this having been covered in the DITC.
It was time to start putting everything we learnt during the course together. We each worked through a scenario where we were performing a Periodic Inspection and Test (PIAT) on an old aluminium cylinder.
Day 4 of the course and we were in the workshop tackling 1st stage disassembly and reassembly. First up were a Northern Diver and an Apeks DST, both diaphragm designs. The instructor took us through each step and then got us to do the same.
I started my Dive Industry Technicians Course (DITC) with STATS 2000 in Morecambe today. There are 3 of us on the course; two of us are divers and the third works in a commercial diving environment.
Users created with Synology’s LDAP Server have their login shell set to /sbin/nologin. Add the following to the end of /usr/syno/etc/nslcd.conf if you want to enable SSH logins to your NAS for your LDAP users.
I have an Excel spreadsheet that I use to keep track of all my business expenses.In order to make it less cluttered, and easier on the eye, I wanted to get rid of all the repeated, irrelevant values in the columns that may not have an entry for each day.
I sat my AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam on Friday. I knew I had passed when I had finished, but I had to wait a couple of days for the score, my certificate and my badge.
I am working towards my AWS System Architect - Associate certification, training online with A Cloud Guru. I started this last year but the course has been updated for the latest version of the exam.