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Now that's terrifying. Glad it worked out for you. My tifu is when I first started working for an actual client, I thought I was a genius running my own git se
by oolongCat 11y ago
Now that's terrifying. Glad it worked out for you.
My tifu is when I first started working for an actual client, I thought I was a genius running my own git server on my own computer. Also I had the ssh key for my server on the same computer.
When my hdd failed, I lost everything.
Now the funny thing was, while my server was running I had no way to gain access to the server, the customer had already started using it, and they had inserted around 400-500 records already.
Now there I was, locked out of my own server, no source code I was working on for around 3-4 months.
Lucky for me, someone online had mentioned about a way to gain access to an aws server if you lost the ssh key.
I created a new instance, and mapped the old storage to the new instance. Lucky for me this worked.
Also, 2 weeks(ish) before this blunder I had sent a copy of my code to a friend who was helping me with some issues I had.
So my email saved me.
Now I backup regularly, use github(recent projects gitlab) and I have my ssh keys on 3 separate pen-drives and this http://www.oakalleyit.com/node/4 http://www.oakalleyit.com/node/4
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- Splines 11y agoIt's always nice to dodge a bullet, and doubly nice to know where, when and how that bullet was dodged.
- pingec 11y agoHow do you scan that huge qr code?
- elbigbad 11y agoIn much the same way you might scan this billboard-sized QR code located at the top of a building. Namely, by moving backward. :p https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Japan-qr-code-billboard.jpg/800px-Japan-qr-code-billboard.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ja...
- cmurf 11y agoAnd what's the pass fail rate?
- tombrossman 11y agoThe simple 'Barcode Scanner' app on Android handles it easily. Here's a screenshot of the output: http://i.imgur.com/ELXvBqu.png http://i.imgur.com/ELXvBqu.png Failing that, just use an online reader and upload the PNG image of the QR code. Your pass rate should be 100%.
- Buttons840 11y agoAbout your link and printing QR codes. Why not just print the key in plain text?
- doodpants 11y agoAnswered in the post: > You now have to type your 1,675 character key in by hand! Obviously this is not only tedious, but also very error-prone. And that's where the QR code comes in handy. With a QR code, you would only need to scan the page to bring your digital copy back to life. No errors, no tedium.
- jamiesonbecker 11y agoUserify lets you instantly update/rotate your SSH key on all your boxen through its web console. Be sure to use MFA, of course ;)
- jlgaddis 11y agoAwesome, a third-party with, effectively, administrative control over all my machines and data. What could go wrong?
- vacri 11y agoThe GP is already using AWS, and successfully restored the system through AWS snapshots. In this case, that third-party with administrative control saved the day.