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@bdotdub
bdotdub / redis.markdown
Created November 24, 2010 22:18
Running redis using upstart on Ubuntu

Running redis using upstart on Ubuntu

I've been trying to understand how to setup systems from the ground up on Ubuntu. I just installed redis onto the box and here's how I did it and some things to look out for.

To install:

@mikeyk
mikeyk / redis_session_backend.py
Created April 8, 2011 18:01
A redis backend for Django Sessions, tested on Django 1.3+
from django.contrib.sessions.backends.base import SessionBase, CreateError
from django.conf import settings
from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
import redis
class SessionStore(SessionBase):
""" Redis store for sessions"""
def __init__(self, session_key=None):
self.redis = redis.Redis(
@dstufft
dstufft / gist:997475
Created May 29, 2011 04:48
Configuration Files for Nginx + Gunicorn + Supervisord
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@trongthanh
trongthanh / gist:1196596
Created September 6, 2011 04:37
Emulate slow Internet connection speed on localhost with netem (Ubuntu)
#Refer: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/netem#Delaying_only_some_traffic
#Refer: http://www.bomisofmab.com/blog/?p=100
#Refer: http://drija.com/linux/41983/simulating-a-low-bandwidth-high-latency-network-connection-on-linux/
#Setup the rate control and delay
sudo tc qdisc add dev lo root handle 1: htb default 12
sudo tc class add dev lo parent 1:1 classid 1:12 htb rate 56kbps ceil 128kbps
sudo tc qdisc add dev lo parent 1:12 netem delay 200ms
#Remove the rate control/delay
sudo tc qdisc del dev lo root
@ryanpitts
ryanpitts / gist:1304725
Created October 21, 2011 19:34
GROUP BY and Select MAX from each group in Django, 2 queries
'''
given a Model with:
category = models.CharField(max_length=32, choices=CATEGORY_CHOICES)
pubdate = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now)
<other fields>
Fetch the item from each category with the latest pubdate.
'''
@rolo
rolo / gist:1481128
Created December 15, 2011 13:44
Install Postgres 9.1, PostGIS and create PostGIS template on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
#!/bin/bash
#
# Install Postgres 9.1, PostGIS and create PostGIS template on a clean Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot box
# http://wildfish.com
# add the ubuntu gis ppa
sudo apt-get -y install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable
sudo apt-get update
@thoas
thoas / puller.py
Created January 10, 2012 15:04
Migration script from MySQL to PostgreSQL via SQLAlchemy
#!/usr/bin/env python
import getopt
import sys
from sqlalchemy import create_engine, MetaData, Table
from sqlalchemy.dialects.mysql.base import TINYINT
from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
from sqlalchemy.exc import ProgrammingError
@winhamwr
winhamwr / awesome_task.py
Created May 17, 2012 16:02
Celery base task that adds some niceties for longish-running or singleton jobs.
"""
Celery base task aimed at longish-running jobs that return a result.
``AwesomeResultTask`` adds thundering herd avoidance, result caching, progress
reporting, error fallback and JSON encoding of results.
"""
from __future__ import division
import logging
import simplejson
@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active May 3, 2024 19:09
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname
@ionrock
ionrock / lockfile.py
Created June 29, 2012 04:14
A file locking example
"""
A file lock implementation that tries to avoid platform specific
issues. It is inspired by a whole bunch of different implementations
listed below.
- https://bitbucket.org/jaraco/yg.lockfile/src/6c448dcbf6e5/yg/lockfile/__init__.py
- http://svn.zope.org/zc.lockfile/trunk/src/zc/lockfile/__init__.py?rev=121133&view=markup
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/489861/locking-a-file-in-python
- http://www.evanfosmark.com/2009/01/cross-platform-file-locking-support-in-python/
- http://packages.python.org/lockfile/lockfile.html