Linux Kernel CI for Debian Github: sammcj/kernel-ci Those of us using technologies such as Docker and BTRFS or simply trying to gain a performance edge on the competition have a lot to gain from the features and performance of recent Kernel updates (especially from 3.18 onwards). ‘Enterprise’ Linux distributions such as RHEL & variants are concerningly out of date when comes to the Kernel.

Docker config to setup XO which is a web interface to visualize and administrate your XenServer (or XAPI enabled) hosts Github: sammcj/docker-xen-orchestra Running the appUpdates are pushed to the Docker Hub’s automated build service: https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/sammcj/docker-xen-orchestra From Docker Hubdocker pull sammcj/docker-xen-orchestra docker run -d -p 8000:80 sammcj/docker-xen-orchestra Buildinggit clone https://github.com/sammcj/docker-xen-orchestra.git cd docker-xen-orchestra # Edit whatever config you want to change docker build -t xen-orchestra .

Inspired by http://zitseng.com/archives/7489 Source (Github) WARNINGS Do not run unless you understand what this is doing The CA system is broken by design - This is not a fix for that This is merely a band-aid for those interested or concerned about these root CAs Usagechmod +x delete_gov_roots.sh ./delete_gov_roots.sh You’ll be prompted for your password as root access is required to delete system-wide root certs.

Over the coming month I will be architecting, building and testing a modular, high performance SSD-only storage solution. I’ll be documenting my progress / findings along the way and open sourcing all the information as a public guide. With recent price drops and durability improvements in solid state storage now is better time than any to ditch those old magnets.

Further to my earlier post on XenServer storage performance with regards to directly attaching storage from the host, I have been analysing the performance of various SSD storage options. I have attached a HP DS2220sb storage blade to an existing server blade and compared performance with 4 and 6 SSD RAID-10 to our existing iSCSI SANs.

“Search - A Journey of Delivery on a Budget” Presented a Melbourne Search - July 2014 - “Search - A Journey of Delivery on a Budget” (Click for slides)

The way we work at Infoxchange has changed greatly. A retrospective journey into transforming Infoxchange’s technology and culture over the past 24 months - presented a Melbourne DevOps - December 2014

At the end of every year I note down a summary of the best applications, hardware & websites I’ve enjoyed & depended on throughout the year (and often for some time before). Info This post has long since been superseded. You can find the latest version of this post here .

IntroAt Infoxchange we use XenServer as our Virtualisation of choice. There are many reasons for this including: Open Source. Offers greater performance than VMware. Affordability (it’s free unless you purchase support). Proven backend Xen is very reliable. Reliable cross-host migrations of VMs. The XenCentre client, (although having to run in a Windows VM) is quick and simple to use.

Reprogram BMW after doing Automatic to Manual ConversionBased on my E36 328is experience, written in 2010. AssumptionsThis guide assumes the following: You have programmed a BMW ECU/DME before using DIS or similar. You are taking all the necessary safety precautions. (Fully charged battery etc…) You have DIS working (We used EasyDIS 1.