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Linux guest shared folder

2018-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

You will need to have guest additions fully installed on the guest and have a folder shared with the guest see Vbox linx guest additions.

It easier to add your user to the vboxsf group.

sudo usermod -a -G vboxsf cloudcowboy

Mount the share to the mount point you desire.

sudo mount -t vboxsf -o sharename mountpoint

Ubuntu 16.04 Addons Setup

2018-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Well cowpoke, I seem to always forget the steps required wrangling up an Ubuntu VM in the proper way on VirtualBox. This should get you going from a fresh install to a loaded wagon. Ford the river and keep coding.

sudo su 
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom -o loop 
cd /media/cdrom.
apt-get install -y dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r).
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run.
reboot

This has been tested on Ubuntu 16.04 but should work on their next release due out in 2018.04 Bionic Beaver.

Photo generously provided by: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lsmith2010/

dotnet Ubuntu Setup

2018-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

A quick guide to setting up a dotnet build environment on Ubuntu 16.04

Step 1: Ensure your ranch is ready.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Add the proper keys and sources for Microsoft.

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --deamor > microsoft.gpg
sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-xenial-prod xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotnetdev.list'
sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Ensure https transport is installed and then install the dotnet application.

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get install dotnet-sdk-2.1.101

Postgres DigitalOcean Basic Setup

2018-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install postgres postgres-contrib

Assume the identity of postgres sudo -i -u postgres

Create a user role for postgres, interactively sudo -u postgres create user –interactive

sudo -u postgres createdb cloudcowboy

sudo adduser cloudcowboy

sudo -i -u cloudcowboy psql

Aqtipy coming soon.

2017-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

Saddle up!

The desert has always been a harsh place to grow your own grub. Lots of debate has been had round the camp fire regarding climate change. There is no debate the climate is a changing though. This is where Aqtipy comes in, an automated system for monitoring your Aquaponics system.

You might be ask’n “What in tarnation is Aquaponics?”, great question.

The most simple definition is that it is the marriage of aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (the soil-less growing of plants) that grows fish and plants together in one integrated system. Definition kindly provided by theaquaponicsource.com

The Aqtipy project has been an on going passion project of mine.

I plan on writing and releasing information over the next few weeks regarding the following topics:

Hardware -

I will describe the basic hardware used for the project. How I configured sensors, devices and other equipment relating to the Aqtipy.

Basic code review -

The code is opensource and will be available on GitHub when it is in a stable release state.

Community I hope to build -

Community is the lifeblood of a successful opensource project. I want to accept PR’s and any other criticism that the community might have to offer.

Software choices -

I will cover what drove the decisions for the following software:
Carbon
Graphite
Python3
..more to come

The image used was provided by: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uhh_clem/

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2016-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

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2016-08-24T00:00:00+00:00

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2016-08-23T00:00:00+00:00

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2016-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

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2016-08-21T00:00:00+00:00