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14 Apr 2022

SIP DNS Lookup

SIP Dev SysAdmin

A fairly common SIP troubleshooting step is to check any DNS records are configured correctly. Typically this involves a combination of querying for SRV and A records. SIP DNS Lookup is a mini site that aims to make that a bit easier.

20 Feb 2022

Namespace Redis In Perl

Dev SysAdmin

Redis doesn't do namespacing. This is my quick hack attempt to work around that in Perl, then a link to how to do it properly.

01 Jan 2022

2021 Retrospective

Reviews Dev DIY SysAdmin Retrospective

Another year, another retrospective. This is a brief summary of interesting things that happened in 2021. Written mostly as archive content for myself. Includes broken bones and questionable wood working.

19 May 2021

Synology NAS and Let's Encrypt (again)

Dev Synology Sysadmin Let's Encrypt

I have an old article (Jan 2019) about how I managed to get a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate on my Synology NAS. It's a hack built on a hack (liberal use of `chattr +i` for example!), but it has mostly worked fine for the last couple of years. However, when the cert recently came up for renewal it failed. Instead of fixing, a quick Google search shows there are much better options available now via acme.sh.

24 Dec 2020

A 2020 Retrospective

Reviews Dev SysAdmin Retrospective

This is a look back over the last year mostly focussing on software dev and related bits that I think readers of this blog might find interesting. COVID mentions are kept to a minimum.

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