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@chrisanthropic
chrisanthropic / nixos-raspi4.md
Last active March 12, 2024 13:39
NixOS + Raspi4

Download the image builder

  • git clone git@github.com:Robertof/nixos-docker-sd-image-builder.git
  • cd nixos-docker-sd-image-builder

Configure for Raspi4

  • modify /config/rpi4/default.nix to increase size of boot partition
    • this step is optional but I ran out of space in /boot pretty quickly with the default setting since I'm still learning and rebuilding a lot. Let's leave some room for trial & error.
    • sdImage.firmwareSize = 1024;
  • modify /config/sd-image.nix
  • ./rpi3 becomes ./rpi4
@briansmith
briansmith / how-to-generate-and-use-private-keys-with-openssl-tool.md
Last active April 11, 2024 17:02
How to generate & use private keys using the OpenSSL command line tool

How to Generate & Use Private Keys using OpenSSL's Command Line Tool

These commands generate and use private keys in unencrypted binary (not Base64 “PEM”) PKCS#8 format. The PKCS#8 format is used here because it is the most interoperable format when dealing with software that isn't based on OpenSSL.

OpenSSL has a variety of commands that can be used to operate on private key files, some of which are specific to RSA (e.g. openssl rsa and openssl genrsa) or which have other limitations. Here we always use

@zenkay
zenkay / gist:3237860
Created August 2, 2012 15:19
Installation tips for RVM/Ruby on OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion

Ruby, RVM and Mountain Lion

Key problems

Mountain Lion (10.8) has three main difference compared to Lion (10.7):

  • XCode 4.4 does not install Command Line Tools by default
  • X11 isn't available anymore
  • The installed version of OpenSSL has some bugs

How to work around