Network Engineering is not just a job. It is a lifestyle
Some Linux related stuff
I have been using the /etc/fstab to auto mount the NFS exports from my storage server. However, there were times that when I rebooted my NAS and NFS clients rebooted as well, the clients got stuck because it could not find the NFS server. The solution that I found to address this issue is to […]
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This is part 2 of my Raspberry Pi as UPS server via the NUT post a while back. I configured my Raspberry Pi to be my NUT server. I have three Cyberpower UPS connected to the RPi via USB cables. To make a node a NUT client, we need to install the nut-client package. Once
I have been using Univention Corporate Server. Now, I am in a process of switching to FreeIPA. This post is how I installed FreeIPA on Rocky Linux. This post assumption is there is a fresh Rocky Linux installed. I am planning to use FreeIPA solely for LDAP purposes, so I am skipping the DNS part
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I want to update the post Apache Guacamole with LDAP and 2FA TOTP authentication that I posted a while back. The Docker container image is no longer being maintained. This post is how to install the official Docker container images. This is the docker-compose.yml that I am using: Below is the content of the .env
I have been getting a quite a lot of comments on the post TurnKey Linux’ Nextcloud container on Proxmox. Since I switched to the official Nextcloud container for several months now, I thought I would update my Nextcloud deployment. The reason I used the official Docker container was the update process. It is very easy
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There are some instances that I have to use macvlan driver to place the container in a separate VLAN or zone within my network. Also, I have some containers that need to have its own IP address. I really didn’t have a use case where I need the host to access the container that was
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I have been using VM templates for a while to instantly create a VM and these VM templates has a fixed size vDisk. I wanted to create a smaller vDisk template let’s say 5GB of vDisk. When I do a full clone, I would simply resize the vDisk to a desire vDisk size. I am
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I use Duplicati to backup my computer and my folks’ computers to my NAS. For now, I found Duplicati very easy to setup and it works on Linux, Mac and Windows and it uses a web browser to manage it. To install Duplicati in Linux, I posted the Duplicati in Fedora. Make sure that download
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I have my folks’ computers getting backup to my NAS. My folks do not have any business to the NAS other than backing up their computer via the SFTP; therefore, they don’t need a /home or SSH access. What I am trying to accomplish here is to provide just SFTP only access and lock the
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I am using Timeshift to take a snapshot of my darktower NAS and workstations just in case of the failed upgrade were to occur. I could rollback to the previous snapshot then I am good to go. Preparing the USB drive Preparing an external device such as USB thumb drive for storing the Timeshift snapshots.
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