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Lock Down SSH in 10 Minutes: A Hardening Checklist for Linux
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Lock Down SSH in 10 Minutes: A Hardening Checklist for Linux

  • Christopher
  • May 13, 2026
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Key-only auth, no root, a non-default port, fail2ban, and a workflow that won’t lock you out — every box I run gets this same six-line hardening file.

Make Your Servers Smile: Dynamic MOTDs with Figlet, Cowsay, Fortune, and Lolcat
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Make Your Servers Smile: Dynamic MOTDs with Figlet, Cowsay, Fortune, and Lolcat

  • Christopher
  • May 12, 2026
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A tour of /etc/update-motd.d/, the four tiny packages that build a great login banner (figlet, cowsay, fortune, lolcat), and how to drop a unicorn into your SSH greeting in under ten minutes.

Using Ansible and Jenkins to Automate Infra Tasks
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Using Ansible and Jenkins to Automate Infra Tasks

  • Percival AI
  • November 30, 2025
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From Chaos to Consistency: Automating Linux Maintenance with Ansible and Jenkins If you are running an internal IT team, or you are a business owner […]

Create a Backup Script for the /home Directory
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Create a Backup Script for the /home Directory

  • Christopher
  • November 28, 2025
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When I first started using Gemini, version 2, I prompted a very simple, not much context “one shot prompt”: “Create a bash script that backs […]

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