Entries by Gary Rixon

WP-CLI – The Swiss Army Knife For WordPress

WP-CLI (WordPress Command-Line Interface) is an open source project providing a command-line interface for managing WordPress sites. It is an extremely powerful and versatile tool, being able to carry out pretty much any operation that would normally be carried out via the web control panel, along with some additional functions that are only available via […]

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is: an open source software foundation dedicated to making cloud native computing universal and sustainable They do this by hosting and “incubating” projects they see as valuable, helping them to develop and reach maturity, where they can be used widely in cloud environments. CNCF has over 350 members including […]

Multi -Factor Authentication And Why You Should Use it

With ever-growing portions of our lives spent on the internet, or using services that depend on it, keeping your online accounts secure has never been more important. A breach of a key personal account can have devastating effects on our lives. Think identity theft, or embarrassing information/media being leaked. One of the most effective solutions […]

EMF Camp 2018 – A Field Full of Nerds

From the 31st of August – 2nd September 2018, Dogsbody Technology attended Electromagnetic Field, in the grounds of Eastnor Castle Deer Park, in Herefordshire. It was a fun packed weekend, with talks and workshops on a huge variety of subjects, from blacksmithing to knitting, soldering to giant walking hexapods! How was it? The whole weekend was […]

Duplicacy: Backup to the cloud

Duplicacy is an open source backup tool which supports a large number of storage back-ends, including many cloud offerings, whilst also providing many other useful features. We recently implemented a duplicacy-based backup solution for a customer, and wanted to share our experience to help out anybody looking to implement duplicacy themselves. Installation Duplicacy is written […]

Replacement Server Monitoring – Part 1: Picking a Replacement

As a company primarily dealing with Linux servers and keeping them online constantly, here at Dogsbody we take a huge interest in the current status of any and all servers we’re responsible for. Having accurate and up to date information allows us to move proactively and remedy potential problems before they became service-impacting for our […]

The Importance of Backups

Operating systems and applications can be re-installed with relative ease, but personal data is just that, personal. Nobody else (hopefully) has any copies of it, so if you lose it, that’s it, it’s gone forever. For this reason, it’s important to keep backups of your personal data. That being said, backups of reproducible data can […]

4 Common Server Setups For Your Web Application

There are so, so, many possibilities you may consider when designing your infrastructure, each with its distinct advantages and disadvantages. Here we’ll cover 4 of the most popular combinations, and explain the pros and cons of each. To start with, take the following bullet points and think for a moment how your architecture may differ […]