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Welcome to Stuart Ryan.com. I was finding that I had so many different sites on the net that I needed somewhere that consolidated all my latest work in one place.Hence was born my new house on the internet StuartRyan.com. Please feel free to have a look below for the latest articles that I have written on my blogs and further below for my latest tweets.If you would like you can contact me via the link above or poke me via @StuartCRyan on Twitter.Stuart Ryan

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  • Atlassian Suite Manager Introduction Video February 21, 2013
    Things have been quiet on here for some months, today I have a video explaining where I have been and what I have been upto. I have been extremely hard at work putting together a new custom installer script for the entire Atlassian Suite including Bamboo, Confluence, Crowd, Fisheye, JIRA and Stash. The goal is to enable [...]The post Atlassian Suite Manager […]
  • Save power by shutting down at night! January 7, 2013
    Whether you are at work or at home, there are some simple things you can do to save power and save that little bit extra in your pocket each month. I would love to say that the big factor for me “going green” was to help the environment but the biggest factor that hits most [...]The post Save power by shutting down at night! appeared first on Technical Noteb […]
  • How dirty is your keyboard? Time to give it some TLC for the new year! January 1, 2013
    I want everyone to stop, pick up their keyboard right now and shake it… go on… you KNOW you are dying to. Something that many people do is clean around their desks, making sure that all is squeaky clean and tidy, but especially in offices the common keyboard is far to often neglected. Now that [...]The post How dirty is your keyboard? Time to give it some TL […]
  • Installation and Upgrades for the Atlassian Suite – Community Input Needed December 2, 2012
    Howdy all , It has been a while since I last posted, life has been busy and  I have been powering through into a new development project. For those of you that have found this via Google please read on… if you are looking for an easier way to install and upgrade the Atlassian suite [...]The post Installation and Upgrades for the Atlassian Suite – Community I […]
  • Turnkey Internet webhosting and dedicated servers – 2.5 year review August 30, 2012
    Following my 19 month TurnKey Internet Review (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1099649) I thought it was time to give you all an update on how things are going. Since I first got a server with Turnkey, I have been with them for a total of ~2.5 years. Since my last review I have only been using dedicated servers so [...]The post Turnkey Interne […]

RSS My Personal Blog

  • Snooze Alexandria… THE place to go for a new bed or Mattress March 25, 2013
    Finding a new bed can be a daunting experience, especially when there is such a large selection of mattresses these days. The biggest question that puzzles us all is “Which mattress should I buy?” and “Which mattress is right for me?”. I can say that last weekend I too was facing this conundrum and ventured [...]The post Snooze Alexandria… THE place to go fo […]
  • The Riebke Northern Barossa Shiraz 2011 – an amazing taste January 1, 2013
    I have never been a big drinker, ever… I can safely say I have only ever been drunk twice in my life and didn’t like it much at all. So when I *do* have a drink I like to make sure it is a good one. After recently attending a wine tasting with a workmate [...]The post The Riebke Northern Barossa Shiraz 2011 – an amazing taste appeared first on Stuart Ryan […]
  • Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir sing for World Aids Day 2012 December 2, 2012
    While at the Powerhouse Museum yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir sing “You make me proud” in celebration of World Aids Day 2012 (#WAD2012). It was great to see and a great song too. You can see more about it at http://outpostchoir.comThe post Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir sing for World Aids Day 2012 appeared first on Stu […]
  • Call Me Maybe? – The wonders of what people will do for 15 minutes of fame! August 12, 2012
    It is amazing what some people will do for their 15 minutes of fame… Having said that, I have to admit I really do give this guy credit so make sure you closely watch the reactions of the onlookers. So without further ado, with the compliments of @Triple5Adam from Twitter (to which I both blame [...]The post Call Me Maybe? – The wonders of what people will d […]
  • Vices in life… what is yours? August 6, 2012
    We all have our vices in life, I can definitely say my biggest vice is Diet Coke… well WAS diet coke… My caffeinated beverage of choice and the addiction to caffeine are something I know all too well. I also know that I drink far too much of the stuff and now on doctors orders, [...]The post Vices in life… what is yours? appeared first on Stuart Ryan's […]

RSS Technical Notebook Wiki Updates

  • Compile Atlassian's Crowd authenticator on CentOS server with cPanel January 21, 2013
    Page edited by Stuart Ryan - "Added requirement for libtool" Being a holiday and the geek that I am, today I decided to tackle the insanely difficult process of attempting to compile the Atlassian Crowd authenticator module for Apache into a cPanel server running CentOS.Inherently it seems that no-one had successfully documented this anywhere as th […]
  • Compile Atlassian Confluence from Source July 1, 2012
    Page edited by Stuart Ryan Please Note: Before you venture into this, I am putting this wiki article together as part of my first steps into playing with the Confluence source, so I make no promises that they will work for everyone. With that aside, please feel free to leave feedback if it works for you, or if you have recommendations for improvements. First […]
  • Confluence Development July 1, 2012
    Page added by Stuart Ryan Compile Atlassian Confluence from Source View Online […]
  • ESXi Management and Administrative Interfaces Crashing and Loosing Connectivity June 10, 2012
    Page edited by Stuart Ryan Recently I obtained a new ESXi 5.0 server from my good friends at Turnkey Internet. This was the third time I had tried and ESX server installation with the original server being ESXi 4.0 then ESXi 4.1 and this time ESXi 5.0. Each time I had attempted to use ESXi however I had run into an issue where the ESXi management interfaces […]
  • Configure Confluence to Force SSL under certain circumstances June 8, 2012
    Page edited by Stuart Ryan Some might say that I have a very unusual confluence installation  but I like to think that I just enjoy dabbling in it and getting it to work how I want. Based on that I have had a few scenarios that have cropped up that I needed to configure SSL connections for to support a variety of situations. Therefore I thought that I should […]