Network Engineering is not just a job. It is a lifestyle
Some Linux related stuff
At the time of this writing, I could not find a Docker container for ntopng community edition. The install guide seem to be pretty easy, but I encountered an issue where I could not install these packages pfring-dkms, n2disk, nprobe, ntopng and cento. I just want to share how I got this working. Update the […]
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I was about to post how to enable the LDAP authentication with Bookstack after I posted the DokuWiki with OpenLDAP authentication. However, I got some hiccups in the process. I was able to get the LDAP working, but there is no admin account. To make a long story short, here is the bug report if
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What is SPICE? SPICE is designed for remoting into virtual machines and high bandwidth environment. SPICE is disabled by default in Proxmox VE. If the default NoVNC doesn’t do the job, SPICE is another way to console into the VM. To enable Proxmox SPICE, there are two things need to have. SPICE driver on the
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This is going to be a really short post. I was trying to spin up a CentOS 8 VM to revisit FreeIPA and during the installation, I could not pass the INSTALLATION SUMMARY page as shown in the picture above. I have enabled the interface and got an IP address and the image could not
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I am using the Docker container from Linuxserver for my instance of DokuWiki. This post is about enabling OpenLDAP and the local admin account for authentication. I am using Univention Corporate Server (UCS) as my OpenLDAP server. You can use any other LDAP server such as FreeIPA, ClearOS, Turnkey Linux OpenLDAP, Microsoft Active Directory, etc.
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I don’t really import VMs via OVA to my hypervisor. I tend to install from the ISO file. With the COVID-19 quarantine going on, I thought it would be a best time to learn Red Hat and may attempt to take the RHCSA 8 exam. To do this, I would need a lab. The quickest
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I have been using the HTML5 profile of the EVE-NG and copy and paste is getting a bit annoying in Guacamole mode. It would be easier I can use a terminal. I am using Xubuntu and unfortunately, by default, the url telnet://<ip-addr>:<port> does not automatically open the built-in terminal and Firefox by default would just
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I have been looking for a solution to access my lab from outside of my network securely. I have been meaning to use Apache Guacamole for some time and never really gotten a chance to play around with it until now. I was in a time crunch and need to test a new network design
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I thought I would post about this one. I was trying to install XRDP to my MX Linux VM for my Apache Guacamole access. However, I encountered an issue. The issue was I get a black screen, but I can move the mouse cursor around. To make a long story short. I was missing a
I was upgrading the Cisco SD-WAN routers recently. According the Cisco, to manually up upgrade the ASR1002-HX via USB stick. The USB must not bigger than 32GB and must be formatted in FAT32 format. Anyways I have I spare USB 32GB laying around and planning to upgrade my VyOS router/firewall via USB stick. I thought
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