Introduction Despite all the webpacks and gulp and whatever build/package system you have in your npm/yarn project, chances are you have cmake that orchestrates your build. In my case, our organization requires project to be built/package by cmake, mainly to simplify our build system. Effectively reducing it to run: git clone <project url> cmake …… Continue reading Avoid Re-Running NPM/YARN in CMake targets
Category: DevOps
Packaging Huge NodeJS file in RPM
My work involves managing and developing a NodeJS project. Recently, the whole project, including the npm dependencies have reached 1GB. This caused us to keep getting: Unable to create immutable headers After searching around, I found that Software Development at BBC has encountered the same problem and they made a Medium article about it. But… Continue reading Packaging Huge NodeJS file in RPM
Chef on Rasperry Pi
I hope you are familiar with bash or C++‘s stream operator >>. If not, this post’s banner is not saying Chef is greater than Raspberry Pi, but rather, adding Chef to Raspberry Pi. In this post, I’ll do just that. I’m currently in a couple of job interviews in which some technical tasks are running on my 2… Continue reading Chef on Rasperry Pi
Hadoop 2.8.2 Cluster Configuration
I recently started playing with Hadoop recently, as reflected in my recent posts. In the process, I spent a significant amount of time setting up a Hadoop cluster made of three physical servers I have screaming in my bathroom. The process took a lot of trial and error and reaching out for help in Hadoop’s… Continue reading Hadoop 2.8.2 Cluster Configuration
Automate Hadoop Cluster with Systemd
If you have a server that is part of the Hadoop cluster, then you probably want your Hadoop daemons to run at startup. If you have done some Linux system administration, then you have probably encounter systemctl command here and there. This command is part of the Systemd, used for bootstrapping and managing system processes.… Continue reading Automate Hadoop Cluster with Systemd
Solving ‘Permission denied’ when writing to Docker volume
Docker is one of those development projects that lived up to the hype. It allows you to package and ship your application, without having to worry as much about the deployment environment. Key phrase: “as much” Unfortunately, it is no silver bullet. Take for instance the Jenkins’ docker repository. When you decided to use this… Continue reading Solving ‘Permission denied’ when writing to Docker volume