MSBuild for Beginners: Project File Fundamentals, Build Flow, and Practical Commands
Learn how MSBuild project files are structured, how targets and tasks execute, and which commands are most useful in CI/CD. This revised guide also preserves the original learning links from the post.
Jenkins at Scale: Practical References and Admin Cheatsheet
This revised guide upgrades a short 2015 Jenkins link post into an operations-ready reference for teams running Jenkins at scale. It preserves the original links and adds a workflow diagram, comparison table, and practical API/CLI examples.
Gerrit Performance Tuning Cheat Sheet: Workflow, Bottlenecks, and Practical Commands
A practical Gerrit performance guide for DevOps and platform engineers. Learn a repeatable tuning workflow, where bottlenecks usually appear, and which commands to run first.
Perl Punctuation and Sigils: Practical Symbol Reference with Examples
A clear reference to the punctuation marks you see most often in Perl code, including sigils, operators, delimiters, and quote forms. Includes usage tables, example snippets, and a quick decision flow for choosing the right sigil.
Maven Learning Resources: A Practical Study Plan with the Better Builds with Maven PDF
The original post shared one Maven book link. This revised guide preserves that resource and adds a practical learning workflow, comparison table, and hands-on Maven commands.
Maven CLI Options Reference: Practical Flags, Comparisons, and Command Examples
A structured Maven command-line reference for CI/CD and local builds, including option comparisons, workflow guidance, and ready-to-use mvn commands. Based on the original 2013 cheatsheet, updated for readability and operational use.
SCM, Build, and Release Engineer Jobs: Roles, Skills, and Search Workflow
This revised guide turns a legacy jobs-portal post into a practical reference for SCM, build, and release engineering careers. Learn role differences, a focused application workflow, and reusable search query templates.
UNIX sed Quick Reference: Print and Delete Lines with Address and Pattern Ranges
Use this sed quick reference to print or delete exact lines, ranges, and regex matches without opening an editor. It also highlights GNU vs POSIX differences and safer in-place editing patterns.
Apache Ant clean, prepare, and compile Targets: A Practical build.xml Walkthrough
Learn how to structure a simple Ant build pipeline using clean, prepare, and compile targets with explicit dependencies. This revision includes a complete build.xml example, execution commands, and a workflow diagram.
Running a Legacy CVS Server over SSH on FreeBSD: Secure Setup and Hardening
This guide rebuilds a classic CVS-over-SSH setup into a clear, security-focused runbook for FreeBSD environments. It covers repository initialization, SSH key restrictions, ACL/commit mail basics, and optional cvsweb access.
ANT_OPTS in Apache Ant: JVM Memory, Proxy Settings, and Startup Troubleshooting
ANT_OPTS passes JVM options to the Java process that runs Ant. This guide explains how ANT_OPTS differs from ANT_ARGS and JAVACMD, with practical examples for memory tuning, proxy setup, and startup error diagnosis.
Deploying Java EE on Amazon EC2 with EC2Deploy: Workflow, Script, and Modern Lessons
This revised guide breaks down the original EC2Deploy approach for provisioning EC2 instances, deploying Java EE apps, and running JMeter tests. It also maps the same deployment pattern to modern DevOps practices.
How to Move a Visual SourceSafe Project to Another Database Without Losing History
This guide explains how to migrate Visual SourceSafe projects between databases while preserving history using either the Administrator wizard or SSARC/SSRESTOR. It also includes prerequisites, command examples, and a validation checklist to reduce migration risk.
SSARC and SSRESTOR in Visual SourceSafe: Safe Archive and Restore Guide
A practical guide to archiving and restoring Visual SourceSafe projects with SSARC and SSRESTOR. Learn safe workflows, key options, and command examples for legacy VSS maintenance.
How to Create a Unique SRCSAFE.INI in Visual SourceSafe
For legacy Visual SourceSafe environments, a unique SRCSAFE.INI helps you apply client-specific settings without changing the shared defaults. This guide walks through the file setup, optional #INCLUDE usage, and SSDIR configuration.
Apache Ant Command-Line Arguments Explained: arg Types, Splitting Rules, and Essential CLI Options
Learn how Ant passes arguments to external processes using value, file, path, pathref, and line. This revised guide includes practical examples, option reference tables, and common pitfalls to avoid.
Apache Ant Script to Reset and Increment Build Numbers (CI-Friendly Modes)
Learn how to implement a persistent build numbering scheme in Ant using a build.number file and three targets. This revised guide explains major, minor, hotfix, revision, and continuous increment modes with runnable examples.
devenv.exe Command-Line Switches: Build, Run, Deploy, and Troubleshooting Reference
A practical reference to commonly used devenv.exe switches, including build, clean, deploy, run, and recovery flags. It also shows switch dependencies and realistic command patterns for automation.
Apache Ant Command-Line Arguments and CLI Options: Practical Examples and Reference
This guide explains how Ant argument forms like value, file, path, pathref, and line are interpreted, with concrete examples. It also provides a clean reference of commonly used ant command-line options.
Linux Performance Monitoring Guide
CPU Memory Network Storage Device and Input I/O Storage Capacity Storage Controller CPU Memory and I/O Interconnect Rajesh KumarI’m Rajesh Kumar, a DevOps, SRE, DevSecOps, Cloud, and…
Docker Tutorials: Docker Command line Reference | Docker Tutorial | Docker Guide
One liner to stop all of Docker containers: > docker stop $(docker ps -a -q) One liner to remove all of Docker containers: > docker rm…
Installation and Configuration Guide: Bamboo
System requirements & considerations Java: Database: Installing Bamboo on Linux https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/installing-bamboo-on-linux-289276792.html Install Bamboo using Docker Container Step 1 – Install Docker Step 2 – Install and Configure…
Linux Tutorials: Commands for Linux User
ls – List directory contents. cd – Change the current directory pwd – Print the name of the current working directory. touch – Create an empty file…
How to Login to Jenkins using commands and API?
Working commands for Login ##Command to know the status of Build? ##Trigger a Jenkins Job without authentication ##Trigger a Jenkins Job with authentication ##Running commands against a…
Helix Server Perforce Trigger Quick Start Guide
What is Perforce Trigger? Helix Server supports triggers which are user-written programs or scripts that are called when certain operations are performed. Examples of operations that might…