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Solid tip. For GUI-enabled servers, use distinctively coloured wallpapers. I recommend bright red for production machines. The image itself can be just about an
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
Solid tip. For GUI-enabled servers, use distinctively coloured wallpapers. I recommend bright red for production machines. The image itself can be just about anything, provided the colour is clear.
Doesn't hurt to use an image that's related to the server's purpose, and to put the name of the server right there in the wallpaper somewhere.
- brundolf 6y agoThat's nifty, but sounds like more effort than changing a single color in one's .bash_profile
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoThat's true, but depending on the configuration it may benefit all future users of the server.
- gknoy 6y agoUsing iterm2, you can set a "badge" (large text overlay) on a terminal tab. I have a short shell function (`ib foo`) that sets the badge to arbitrary text. It's NOT as good as setting the terminal theme, but it's still very helpful to use it like this: ib production && ssh production-machine ib demo && ssh demo-machine It's definitely helped me when testing a fix on a demo or staging instance, and has helped me avoid doing it on production accidentally.