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Every so often I need to redirect from one domain to another. Maybe I’m configuring both a .com and .co.uk domain to point to just one of them. Maybe I need to redirect an directory/path to a different domain as part of a site migration or segmentation (e.g. redirecting https://example.com/account to https://account.example.com ). Response codes Before setting up a redirect, make sure you…
I recently was tasked with setting up a Yealink VoIP telephone system which misleadingly states on it’s spec sheet that it can hold 1000 phonebook entries (up to three numbers per entry: mobile, office, other). Specifically I was using several “Yealink W73H DECT Handset” and a “Yealink W70B DECT IP Base Station”, however I expect this will be the same for all other…
I sometimes get asked to combine several PDF files into a single PDF file. Here’s how I do it. Combining PDF files on the terminal List all PDF files (two, or more) then as the last argument specify the output file name (and remember to do this - you also won’t be warned if the output file already exists, it will just be overwritten). pdfunite in-1.pdf in-2.pdf in-n.pdf out.pdf…
Update 2024-08-29: Rolling over a certificate in Sympl doesn’t seem to work without also changing the set name, so I have updated the deploy-cert script to rename the set on each renewal. I’ve also added a section to remind you to automate the renewal with cron. Update 2025-06-12: Clarified the differences between the two dehydrated config files in steps 4 and 5 of the MythicBeasts…
Well suffice to say that starting a blog has been on my list of things to do for a while. Today I have finally got round to setting one up, thanks in part to a brief discussion this last week on the fediverse (in the aftermath of the birdsite’s recent takeover). Being something of a perfectionist I’ve been reluctant to get started worried both that each post would take hours and…