Varun Sridharan
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Install Alpine Linux In A Virtual Machine

Apr 12, 20212 min read 63 views

Alpine Linux is super lightweight and its easy for developer who use Docker to generate their own images using alpine as base. but for me i wanted to run some stuff via cron and for which i was not interested to install Ubuntu as those are very reso...

Install Alpine Linux In A Virtual Machine

Simple MySQL Backup Script In Shell Script

Nov 30, 20202 min read 75 views

This post will be relatively short compared to my other posts and may not be informative as my other posts too. I am writing this blog just to share a script that I have been using for years to take the backup of MYSQL database. Requirements Please m...

Simple MySQL Backup Script In Shell Script

Configure Reverse Proxy In cPanel

Nov 29, 20204 min read 152 views

Setting up a reverse proxy or a regular CentOS server is quite straight forward, however when you have cPanel included in the equation, you need to be aware of a few things. That is why I've decided to write this short post here. Here is what you nee...

Configure Reverse Proxy In cPanel

Convert Putty Key Gen File Into RSA Key File

Nov 28, 20202 min read 59 views

As a windows user i generate my SSH keys using Putty Key Generator which provides the key in .ppk. but today i had a special requirement which required my SSH Key in RSA Format Since i learned something new on how to convert .ppk into RSA i thought t...

Convert Putty Key Gen File Into RSA Key File

Auto Organize CCTV Recordings Using Bash

Nov 27, 20206 min read 158 views

In my home i am running a NVR (Network Attached Video Recorder) which captures & stores all the CCTV recordings in my storage server. but the files that is created by the recorder is not well organized and it looks something like below 2020-11-27T16-...

Auto Organize CCTV Recordings Using Bash

domQ - Lightweight Wrapper For VanillaJS

Nov 26, 20204 min read 39 views

What ❓ domQ is an absurdly small jQuery alternative for modern browsers (IE11+) that provides jQuery-style syntax for manipulating the DOM. Utilizing modern browser features to minimize the code base, developers can use the familiar chain-able method...

domQ - Lightweight Wrapper For VanillaJS