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Receiving GLEF logs with syslog-ng

syslog-ng does not have an explicit handler for GLEF logs. However, we can use its JSON parsing capabilities to parse them. parser p_json { json-parser(prefix(".json.")); }; source glef_source_tcp { tcp( port(515) flags(no-parse) ); }; destination log_file { file( "/var/log/glef.log" owner("

Migrating DynamoDB tables to another AWS account.

This is a summery of an already published article on the AWS Blog, with some clarity added. Requirements: 1. AWS SAM tool, (note, this tool does not seem to play well on MacOS, install on a linux host) 2. AWS CLI , (note, you should configure this tool using profiles with

Redacting GIT repo's

So, you have committed a sin of checking in data/passwords/secrets and tokens. How do you remove them from the git log. There are several tools available you can use, and I'm going to show a quick example of using BFG. Note: Do not fork the repo

Mirroring a GIT repo

There are some issues with forking a repo, if you want to fork a repo and matain all the details, here's how to do this. Note: i have copied directions from https://aaronsaray.com/2021/mirror-git-repository/ git clone --mirror git@github.com:OwnerName/RepoName.git cd RepoName.git

Change Wordpress FQDN via sql

UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://oldurl.com', 'http://newurl.com') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl'; UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'http://oldurl.com', 'http://newurl.com'); UPDATE wp_

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