How to completely shut down a Windows 10 computer
Windows 10 does not really shut down the computer when you select Shut down. This enables the operating system to start quickly, but if you want to cold start your computer to enter the BIOS menu you need to turn off your computer. To really shut down…
ASUS motherboard does not boot after BIOS update
The motherboard BIOS update can cause problems, it is possible that after the update the computer does not boot anymore. The ASUS motherboards come with the USB BIOS Flashback feature to load the BIOS even if the computer does not boot anymore. The…
Delay updates in Windows 10
On more occasions Microsoft released Windows 10 updates that disabled the network connection, the webcam or caused other inconveniences. Windows 10 automatically downloads and installs the updates without asking for permission from the owner of the…
Keep multiple versions of applications on Macintosh
Most of the DevOps tools are still in beta versions, many times the new version is not compatible with your existing scripts or have an error that stops your scripts working. To be able to keep multiple versions of the applications and easily switch…
Variable ‘…’: duplicate found. Variable names must be unique.
Starting with Terraform version 0.7.3 you can only define a variable once within a directory or a module. Before that release you could copy variable definition files from other modules and did not throw an error if you had the same variable defined in…
Disable the Caps Lock key on the Macintosh
I am not sure who uses the Caps Lock button anymore. It was important in the age of typewriters to be able to type all uppercase titles without holding the shift key, but these days I don’t remember the last time I needed it. In fact I frequently…
Launch Windows instances locally with Chef Test Kitchen
Most Linux distributions are free, and do not require product keys to launch them. The steps below are based on the great article at http://kitchen.ci/blog/test-kitchen-windows-test-flight-with-vagrant/ I have summarized the steps below to create a free…
How to migrate the DevOps development environment to another workstation
Git Move the Git repositories to a new workstation If you want to move Git repositories to your new workstation Commit and push all repositories to GitHub on the old workstation, Copy the folders from your old workstation to the new, Execute the…
DevOps Engineering part 1. (Mac) – Make your Macintosh easier to use
Enable the right-click To be able the right-click on the mouse Sounds Disable the startup sound To disable the sond during the computer start Enable notifications when external monitors are connected By default notifications are turned off during screen…
OLD- DevOps Engineering part 1. (Win) – Make your Windows computer easier to use
Set up your computer Display the file extensions On Windows 11 Open the File Explorer Click the arrow next to View and select Show Mark File name extensions and Hidden items On Windows 10 Open File Explorer On the View tab select File name extensions…