Justin Silver Blog

Node.js + PM2 + NGINX + Redis on CentOS 7

This is a quick setup guide for the application stack I have been using recently. Most of my latest work has been a throwback to the first server-side programming I did in the 90’s...

Slate Documentation Server on EC2 Amazon Linux

I was trying to setup the Slate API Documentation Server on an EC2 instance running Amazon Linux. When I fetch the git repository and attempted to install the dependencies using bundle install, it would...

Update Onagofly Firmware on Mac OS X

It is possible to update the firmware on an Onagofly micro drone on Mac OS X using the QGroundControl software. The download for the software can be found here: http://qgroundcontrol.org/downloads. You will also need...

Install Jenkins as a Service on CentOS 7

I have previously written about how to Install Jenkins on CentOS as a Service where it was necessary to write your own startup, shutdown, configuration, and init.d scripts. Luckily this is all much easier...

Letsencrypt: Free SSL Certificates for NGINX

I always wanted all of my sites to run over SSL, but it also didn’t seem worth the expense of buying certificates for all the domains I own. Enter Let’s Encrypt which offers free...

Reconnect Bluetooth Devices After Waking From Sleep

My Macbook goes to sleep when I leave it idle for a few minutes which saves energy and locks the screen. Quite annoyingly – for a long time – upon waking up from sleep my...