willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

donnykurnia

ErrorDocument 503 /index.html

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* /index.html [R=503,L]

peterjmit

#!/bin/bash
# REQUIRES SUDO
# Benchmark runner

repeats=20
output_file='benchmark_results.csv'
command_to_run='echo 1'

run_tests() {
    # --------------------------------------------------------------------------

winhamwr

Creating a dynamic site-to-site VPN with OpenSwan on Ubuntu 10.04 on EC2

Wes Winham [email protected]

There are many tutorials floating around the web that almost get you a dynamic VPN in EC2. The goal of this tutorial is to be a one-stop-shop for this specific setup.

Integralist

Set-up remote git repository on a standard server

The first thing to do is to install Git on the remote server.

Once you do that the rest of the process is split into three sections:

1. Server set-up
2. Local set-up (push commits)
3. Server (pull commits)

rpavlik

#!/usr/bin/ruby
#
# This script fixes /usr/local only.
#
# 6th January 2010:
#   Modified the script to just fix, rather than install. - rpavlik
#
# 30th March 2010:
#   Added a check to make sure user is in the staff group. This was a problem
#   for me, and I think it was due to me migrating my account over several

JosephPecoraro

# Ways to execute a shell script in Ruby
# Example Script - Joseph Pecoraro

cmd = "echo 'hi'" # Sample string that can be used

# 1. Kernel#` - commonly called backticks - `cmd` 
# This is like many other languages, including bash, PHP, and Perl
#   Synchronous (blocking)
#   Returns the output of the shell command
#   Docs: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M001111