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This is a short guide on how to consume packages from my GitHub packages feed. The official docs are here. Notes: How to find your NuGet.Config My feed URL: https://nuget.pkg.github.com/LordMike/index.json You must authenticate using a GitHub access token with read:packages permission — create one here. The config file must exist — use dotnet new nugetconfig to create it. Method A: Add source user-wide (CLI) dotnet new nugetconfig dotnet nuget add source \ -n gh-lordmike \ https://nuget.pkg.github.com/LordMike/index.json \ -u MyGithubUser \ -p MyGithubToken This adds a user-wide source, allowing all projects to consume from it. On Windows, the password is encrypted on disk. ...

Sometimes you need to rename an Elasticsearch index—maybe to reuse the name for an alias. Officially, this isn’t supported. But with some manual edits and caution, it can be done. ⚠️ Warning: This is dangerous and unsupported. Back up your data first. Recommended Alternatives Reindex API Snapshot and restore Index split If these don’t work for your case, read on. The Hacky Method Stop the Elasticsearch node. Find the metadata files: ...

This is a short post on using Let’s Encrypt to get TLS certificates for NGINX virtual hosts. The setup assumes: Ubuntu NGINX hosting multiple domains A scheduler (e.g., cron or Rundeck) Let’s Encrypt Let’s Encrypt offers free domain-validated (DV) certificates for HTTPS and other secure services. letsencrypt.org GitHub Initial Setup I run multiple web services on VMs behind a single public IP. My NGINX proxy manages SSL termination and routing using virtual host configs. ...