Tutorials Archives - Page 4 of 4

[SysOps] Routing a webserver over a VPN tunnel

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Oct 30, 2013 | Technology, Tutorials, Work | 0 comments

Occasionally, there comes a time when someone needs to integrate a remote web server onto a website. This could be for testing purposes, or debugging, or they might just want to have a bit more control over part of a website. The problem comes when this remote machine...

DDClient daemon silently crashing workaround

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Sep 13, 2013 | Site News, Technology, Tutorials | 0 comments

The process that keeps OP-EZY’s IP address updated with DNS servers was experiencing issues meaning I had to make a workaround to get it working again when I’m away from the server.

[SysOps] Access Azure Powershell more easily on a non Windows system

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Sep 7, 2013 | My Life, Tutorials, Work | 1 comment

There’s always a problem when it comes to working with Microsoft products – they work best on Windows. Here I show how to pipe a vital part of Windows Azure through to any Operating System with an SSH client.

[SysOps] Load “unbalancing” using HAProxy

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Aug 15, 2013 | Tutorials, Work | 0 comments

I look into allowing a load balanced service forward to a single server through the use of a couple of proxies.

Paying to read the news? Not if you’re Google*

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Aug 12, 2013 | Entertainment, Technology, Tutorials | 0 comments

The Sun have recently changed their website to remove the ability to freely read news stories, but only if you’re a human. Robots are unaffected.

Dirty records, a sticky issue to fix…

Next Entries »

Hello and welcome to my site

Thanks for visiting my site. My name is Robert Ian Hawdon. I am a Systems Administrator for software company based in the North-East of England who specialise in online gambling platform solutions.

If you found any of my articles useful, please consider chipping in to maintain the running of this site:

PayPal: