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Category: geek

SSL Certificates in Python 3.6

Posted on 2017-06-102017-06-10 by Mark Boszko

Note to self: After installing Python 3.6 on your Mac, run /Applications/Python 3.6/Install Certificates.command so your SLL connections don’t fail. The error you might get, when this is the case, is: ssl.SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:749) Python 3.6 no longer links to the macOS-supplied SSL libraries and now includes its own copy of…

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A snippet of the macOS Server documentation about web apps

Reverse Proxy with macOS Server

Posted on 2017-05-022017-05-02 by Mark Boszko

Visualize this outcome: site1.example.com -> my single public IP -> Port forwarding 80 and 443 to LAN 192.168.1.10, a Mac mini running Apple macOS Server 5.3 on macOS 10.12 Sierra. site2.example.com -> my single public IP -> LAN 192.168.1.10 -> reverse proxy? -> :80 and :443 on LAN 192.168.1.15, another Mac mini running GitLab CE…

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Installing a Let’s Encrypt Certificate on macOS Server

Posted on 2017-04-152017-05-02 by Mark Boszko

I have had a hell of a time finding a way to install a Let’s Encrypt certificate on macOS Server the Right Way™, due to how Server customizes the Apache config in weird and annoying ways. For the moment, I am going to use this way to “trick” certbot into issuing the cert to a…

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Alternate Production Methods for Borg Prosthetics

Posted on 2017-01-102022-03-22 by Mark Boszko

I’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read it there!

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Remotely log into unresponsive Mac and kill processes

Posted on 2016-08-222016-08-22 by Mark Boszko

A few months ago, I was drawing in Adobe Illustrator for an animation we were producing, and I was having trouble with my laptop bogging down and becoming completely unresponsive when Illustrator threw up its hands at copying or pasting the hundreds of tiny switches and buttons I had drawn on a retro-style computer bank….

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Install django CMS on WebFaction

Posted on 2016-06-262016-06-30 by Mark Boszko

I’m testing out django CMS for a small personal site, bobtiki.me, and installing it on my WebFaction hosted server. I’m writing down the steps, so you don’t have to! (And by “you,” I mean “future Mark who has forgotten these steps.”) I’ve had a great experience with WebFaction — they’re both inexpensive and reliable. If…

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Tiki Nook Build — Part 2: Raspberry Pi LED Control

Posted on 2016-02-272022-03-22 by Mark Boszko

I’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read this article there, or the whole series! I’m controlling everything in this project with a Raspberry Pi 2, a system on a chip. Essentially it’s a really tiny Linux computer that you can use for most anything you could use a…

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