Adventures in collating text in Linux, Docker and Postgres
It’s interesting how bugs can lead to a deeper understanding of how computer systems work. It’s also amazing how nuanced some technical topics can be. For i...
DevOps
Migrating project management software from Redmine to GitLab
Migrating tickets, comments, roadmaps and wiki pages from Redmine to GitLab is a lot of work if you do it by hand. Fortunately, one can automate this proces...
Tunneling through a gateway server via SSH
Some of the servers I manage are hidden behind a corporate firewall and hence not accessible from the open internet. In order to access them from my office ...
Headless Cordova Android builds on Jenkins
This is a fairly old story, nevertheless I still think it’s worthwhile telling, just in case someone else wants to build Android APKs from Cordova within the...
Setting up Jenkins email sender configuration correctly
To set up the configuration for sending email on Jenkins correctly, it’s necessary to set options in two quite separate locations within the main Jenkins con...