Linuxhit.com Update – January 2020

Results after 2 months 2 months ago I launched Linuxhit.com. I decided to do it to fuel my motivation. Recently I have been working more personal tech projects. I figure the blog will help keep me motivated. If I know others are getting value, its an extra push for me when I am feeling lazy […]

broot – Navigate, Browse and Search Directory Trees

broot – A new CLI tool I am always amazed when a new useful CLI tool like broot is released. Using Linux for well over 20 years, I expect everything useful to be built already. From time to time a new tool comes out and I wonder “How did I live with out this?” Some […]

Prometheus node exporter on Raspberry Pi – How to install

Introduction – Prometheus Node Exporter on Raspberry Pi What does this tutorial cover? In this post we are walking through configuring the Prometheus node exporter on a Raspberry Pi. When done, you will be able to export system metrics to Prometheus. Node exporter has over a thousand data points to export. It covers the basics […]

Build a Raspberry Pi image with Packer – packer-builder-arm

Introduction: Building a Raspberry Pi image with Packer Today we are test driving packer-builder-arm, this tool enables you to build a Raspberry Pi image with Packer (in addition to other ARM platforms). Packer-builder-arm is a plugin for Packer. It extends Packer to support ARM platforms including Raspberry Pi. Packer is tool from Hashicorp for automating […]

How to install Go on Linux using official binary releases

Installing Go on Linux In this tutorial we walk through how to install the Go programming language on Linux. We are using the binary distribution you can download from Golang.org. Additionally we talk about why we prefer this method over other methods for installing Go. Why install go on Linux via this method? Linux distributions […]

PXE Boot, What is PXE? How does it work?

PXE Boot – Introduction What can you expect to learn about PXE from this post? High level overview of PXE boot process. Use cases for PXE boot. Detailed end to end overview of the PXE boot process. Technical details of each stage. What is PXE? In this post we are deep diving into PXE boot. […]

Raspberry Pi PXE Boot – Network booting a Pi 4 without an SD card

What does this Raspberry Pi PXE Boot tutorial cover? This Raspberry Pi PXE Boot tutorial walks you through netbooting a Raspberry Pi 4 without an SD card. We use another Raspberry Pi 4 with an SD card as the netboot server. Allocate 90-120 minute for completing this tutorial end to end. It can faster if […]

WordPress Jetpack – Invalid Client, Unknown client_id

Invalid request, please go back and try again. Error Code:invalid_client Error Message: Unknown client_id. Warning: This post has instructions that involve manipulating the WordPress database. This can break your site or result in data loss if not done properly. Take this actions at your own risk. Please back up your database before attempting this. I […]