Ajitabh Pandey's Soul & Syntax
Exploring systems, souls, and stories – one post at a time
In Ansible, the “Flat Namespace” problem is a frequent stumbling block for engineers managing multi-tier environments. It occurs because Ansible merges variables from various sources (global, group, and host) into a single…
For decades, cron has been the trusty workhorse for scheduling tasks on Linux systems. Need to run a backup script daily? cron was your go-to. But as modern systems evolve and demand…
While trying to figure out an error, I found the following line in one of the crontab files and I could not stop myself from smiling. PATH=$PATH:/opt/mysoftware/bin And that single line perfectly…
Telegram is a cloud based messaging application which provides an excellent set of APIs to allow developers to automate on top of the platform. It is increasingly being used to automate various…
I decided to upgrade my oldest Raspberry Pi to the latest Raspbian. Since I was two releases behind, I decided to do it step-by-step. Today I updated from 8 – 9. I…
