HOW TO : Increasing number of processes that can be run by a user in Linux
By default, most of the Linux distros limit the number of processes that a user can spawn. This is put in place to limit (un)intended cases...
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HOW TO : Configure Jboss for writing web access logs
One of the capabilities of Jboss is that it can serve HTTP traffic. By default Jboss does not log any of the HTTP traffic in it’s...
HOW TO : Check the number of threads spawned (opened) by a process
If you ever wanted to check how many threads a particular process spawned off in Linux, you can use Find the PID of the process by...
HOW TO : Clear unused swap memory in Linux
Inspired by a G+ post by Thomas Weeks . swap memory is something used by the OS to essentially swap data to and forth if the...
HOW TO : Clear screen based on OS in python scripts
I like shiny new toys :). Even though perl is pretty powerful and more than enough for the simple tasks I get to automate from time...
Project Uptime : Progress Report – 1
Here is the first update on Project Uptime. I spun up a new server (doesn’t that sound so odd.. spun up a new server!! :)) with...