Articles in the Trucs et astuces category

Server tips

Start systemd services automatically for a user

By default sysemtd services linked to a user – created with systemctl --user enable --now service for instance – are only started after the first login of the user. To start them when the server starts, you …

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ZSH tips

ZBell

Useful to have a notification when a long command completes.

To enable it, add zbell to your plugins array if you are using oh-my-zsh or source the definition file.

To configure:

  • The minimum time commands must take for the notification to happen, use: ZBELL_DURATION. For instance ZBELL_DURATION …

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Heroku tips

Use an editor

By default there is no editor on Heroku. To get one, you can use the heroku-nano plugin like this (or by installing as a plugin):

mkdir bin
cd bin
curl https://github.com/Ehryk/heroku-nano/raw/master/heroku-nano-2.5.1/nano.tar.gz --location --silent > nano.tar …

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