Network Engineering is not just a job. It is a lifestyle
I bought a CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS for my new built NAS. I didn’t get the optional RMCARD205 card which is at the time of this writing cost $160 on Amazon. I could get a new UPS with that price, so I opted out and sticking with the USB option. Now, as the title says, I …
First thing first, running badblocks will wipe the entire disk. Make sure that there is no data on the disk before running badblocks. Also, if you have mulitple disks, make sure to select the correct disk to avoid data loss. Since I started using Unraid in 2016, the Unraid community recommends to Pre-clear (burn-in test) …
I am not sure what kind of unknown issue I am going to encounter with the TKL Nextcloud, but so far I can upgrade the Nextcloud instance without any issues. Upgrading TKL Nextcloud or any Nextcloud instance is pretty straight forward. Navigate to Settings > Administration > Overview. Click on the Open updater button to …
I am using Univention Corporate Server (UCS) as my LDAP and DNS servers. I wanted to utilize my LDAP server to centralize the management of my Nextcloud users and their profile. Thankfully, Nextcloud supports LDAP/AD. However, this feature requires the admin to enable the LDAP user and group backend app from Nextcloud’s app store. If …
I recently posted the TurnKey Linux’ Nextcloud container on Proxmox and I encountered an annoying issue with it. I could not figure out if the issue is from Proxmox, TKL Nextcloud LXC, or my NAS which is exporting the NFS share. The issue is the mount point disconnect after ~4 hours. Since my installation is …
I have been using Nextcloud since 2017 on my Unraid server using the Linuxserver Docker image. It works, but I have a major issue with it. I could not get my instance of Nextcloud upgraded to the latest stable. I started with version 12 and got it upgraded to version 14. Version 14 is the …
This post mainly for documenting my process of changing my NAS operating system. I guess I have to explain why I am planning to switch NAS OS, but a short back story how I even started with Unraid. My colleague from my previous job introduced me to Unraid back in 2016. Based on my NAS …
I am currently using a 12U rack cabinet that I bought from Amazon. I pretty much outgrew this cabinet and in need a bigger cabinet. I thought of getting a 20U network cabinet, but getting a new cabinet is a bit of expensive. Fortunately, I still have my Skeletek C16U 16U rack with the Skeletek …
I created several stencils for VyOS. These are not the official VyOS stencils, but an unofficial one. The outcome came out pretty nicely, so I think I would share them. I made these four stencils using draw.io. See the comment section for the download link. Unzip the .zip file and let me know what do …