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Author: Richard Bailey
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Terraform Plan Output to File: Use -out Safely
Save Terraform plan output to a file, review it with terraform show, apply the exact saved plan, and handle .tfplan files as sensitive artifacts. Read the guide
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Portainer: How to Build a Docker Home Lab Setup
Update: Tested and Validated 30th December 2025 Portainer is a powerful, open-source management interface that allows you to build and manage Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes environments through… Read the guide
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CentOS 6 Yum Update: Vault Repo Fixes
Fix CentOS 6 yum update failures with vault repositories, understand the EOL risk, and plan migration to a supported RHEL-family Linux release. Read the guide
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How to Install Oracle 19c Client on CIS RHEL.
A guide to installing Oracle 19c Client on a CIS Hardened Image of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Are you looking for an unattended installation procedure? Check our other… Read the guide
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Terraform Migrate From Template_file Data Sources: Complete Guide
I stumbled across this problem when using a new MacBook Pro M1 CPU. I had some legacy code that used aws_template for a user data script. The template… Read the guide
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Steampipe AWS One-Liners: Useful Commands and Examples
Here are some useful Steampipe queries for AWS Need to know how to install Steampipe – see my blog post here. Turbot’s Steampipe AWS tools are great for… Read the guide
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How to Build an OpenStack Host: Step-by-Step Guide
OpenStack is a fantastic open-source cloud computing platform that allows you to create your own scalable infrastructure-as-as-service (IaaS) solution. This is a guide on how to install the… Read the guide
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How to Install and Configure Nextcloud on Ubuntu
Nextcloud is a free, open-source, and most widely used file share and collaboration platform that allows you to host your own private cloud for documents, photos, etc. This… Read the guide
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EXT4 Data Recovery: Safe Linux Recovery Workflow
A safety-first EXT4 recovery workflow for Linux admins: stop writes, image the disk, understand ext4 internals, and recover from a copy. Read the guide
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How to Query Cloud Infrastructure with Steampipe
Steampipe is a powerful open-source command-line tool that instantly transforms APIs into a relational database, allowing you to use standard SQL to query your cloud infrastructure. Instead of… Read the guide
