Network Engineering is not just a job. It is a lifestyle
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
I just noticed this recently. Unlike in CentOS, Debian mountd ports are dynamic and they will keep changing every reboot. Therefore, if the host firewall is enabled, the allowed ports may require constant modification due to mountd ports are not hardcoded. To install NFS on Debian You can find the mountd ports via the following …