This will be one of my smallest posts. For some reason in Mautic, unlike most systems I’ve worked in, you can’t easily click and download a .csv ‘template’ of the fields that it uses. I was trying to create a test list in a spreadsheet and then import that test list (mainly for emailing of course) into Mautic and I…
Month: December 2024
How to Wipe Out a Podman Container with Podman-compose Setup
Its kind of a tricky post I’m making here because actually there is no difference between how you remove the containers whether it was created with podman-compose or otherwise. However, it took me a long time to figure that out and get the quick and simple answer so here is a blog to cut to the chase. If you created…
How to Get Set Up For Audio Only Audiocasting with OBS
Of course I don’t use the word ‘podcast’ because its roots are associated with a large company that hasn’t done a lot of good for freedom in software (or hardware). So, you will read ‘audiocast’ and you’ll know what it means. The purpose of this post is to give you an open source and audio-only setup for recording, while also…
Doing a Direct-to-Local MYSQL Dump
One of the most valuable things I learned in my ‘my-server-has-run-out-of-memory’ crisis was that I can dump my database directly to my local machine without having to first save it to the server and then download it from there. It is surprising that it took me well over 5 years to find it but what a gem for every person…
How to get a Podman Container IP address with less errors
(Edited Solution Dec 13, 2024) (Second edit of Solution Dec 28 2024) Background I was trying to get the IP address of one of my podman containers. I was using this command over and over with much pain (and no gain): podman inspect -f ‘{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}’ <container-name> Journey to the Solution Finally, after much frustration, I resorted to AI…
How to Use Bitbucket as a Backup Tool for Upgrades and Changes to Server
I had never heard of Bitbucket before to be honest. Turns out it’s a kind of ‘private repository thing’. And you can get a free account to start. Pretty nice. I was asked to ‘put your files into Bitbucket’ by a development company. I didn’t know how so I figured I’d just figure it out and then make a blog…