Code Trips & Tips

Docker for Mac and insecure registries

September 13, 2016

If you are using a private registry with a self-signed certificate, and need to connect to it from a macOS laptop, you are likely to incur in the following error: $ docker-compose up -d Pulling search (docker.registry.mydomain.io:5000/image:2.0.1)… ERROR: Get https://docker.registry.mydomain.io:5000/v1/_ping: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority it turns that (a) there is not much of … More Docker for Mac and insecure registries

Python Magic Methods

July 22, 2016

Make your code more pythonic by using magic methods in your classes. … More Python Magic Methods

filecrypt – OpenSSL file encryption

July 13, 2016

overview Uses OpenSSL library to encrypt a file using a private/public key pair and a one-time secret. A full description of the process can be found here. configuration This uses a YAML file to describe the configuration; by default it assumes it is in /etc/filecrypt/conf.yml but its location can be specified using the -f flag. … More filecrypt – OpenSSL file encryption

Ardis Icons for Ubuntu desktop

June 26, 2016

A new (remastered) set of Ardis icons for Ubuntu desktop has recently been released, and they are a very pretty eye-candy (working really well with the Ambiance Crunchy theme – favor the green variant).

Adventures in developing distributed systems in Java and Python