Github announced their new web based development environment called Codespaces at their Satellite 2020 Event. To be honest, this was the feature I was most excited about this year. And this evening, I finally got the email that I have access to the…
I have a relatively fresh Arch Linux install on my new laptop (Huawei Matebook X Pro 2019) and I didn't want to install VirtualBox or anything like that on it again, so I figured now was the time to actually learn out to setup a KVM VM with the…
This post will be mostly documentation for myself, but I also want to share with the world my setup for my personal media server. Preparation The inventory for this project is as follows: 1x Bare Metal Server in Frankfurt 1x VPS in Ukraine My goal is…
Setup For those more bare-bones distros that don't ship with a cron daemon, I like to install . This will install the binary with which you can edit your user's crontab with the usual and list it with . This method generates an empty crontab file…
I was having the hardest time getting applications in docker containers to connect to the instance of mysql runnning on the host. I finally found a great solution, so I figured I'd post it here for myself and so that others may find it as well…
What? Standard Notes is an opensource web-based notes application. Installation There are a few officially support install methods, including Docker, "Baremetal" and on Heroku. I'm going to continue on with the "Baremetal" variant here. I'd tried the…
dns.ndo.dev With all the hype surrounding DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH), I wanted to try it out for myself and see what it was all about. TL;DR I've setup another public DoH Server with the following conditions: No Logging Not a forwarder, performs its own…
I've decided to share my online, like many others. What is unique here, however, is the implementation details. Instead of symlinking the dotfiles out of the repo directory to its correct location, I've found a great solution from the Atlassian Blog…
So, like any modern person on the internet today, we all have our own workflows. Our own ways of staying on top of our responsibilities. One of the key aspects of this, at least for me, is a solid application for notes and reminders. I've spent a lot…
Software: magicmirror github Install: Configure RPi Autostart JessieLite Install Core: Voice related modules Remote Control (Web Server) Profile switcher Buttons Carousel Rotate of modules Keybindings (Bluetooth Remote) Internet Connection Status…
Pi Wi-Fi Speed Test Okay guys, so I have been collecting Raspberry Pi's here at my home like crazy. I guess I just keep coming up with new projects to do, and the Pi is perfect for the types of things I'm trying to do! One of the oddities I've run…
This is just a copy of my 'to-do list' for the RetroPie Raspberry Pi project. I created this for my brother as a gift for his university graduation a few years ago. The Raspberry Pi 3B+ was powerful enough to emulate everything up to the N64 / PS…
When setting up a Raspberry Pi, you first need to write an OS onto an SD Card so your device has something to boot from. Operating System To get your Pi up and running, first download an OS. For beginners I suggest Raspbian. Its a Debian based OS…
Easy Shell is a collection of useful boilerplate linux commands for the daily life of every linux user! All credit goes to lucasviola on GitHub! Welcome This is a basics guide intended to help newcomers and experienced Linux users alike get more…
Run the following. It'll insert the rule at the top of your iptables and will allow all traffic unless subsequently handled by another rule. You can also flush your entire iptables setup with the following: If you flush it, you might want to run…
Smart Home - Schöne Aussicht 10a I've begun assembling the beginnings of a nice little smart-home implementation here at my familys house in Germany. It consists mostly of lights / motion sensors and some voice assistants mixed in. However, its a…
Ever needed a seed to generate random passwords or keys? Here's an easy way to generate a few different variations of random characters directly in bash! # bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) # bash generate…
So you’ve got your system up and running the way you like it, but your wondering what else can I do to harden my server? Lynis to the rescue! Lynis is an open-source auditing tool that will run through a ton a of vulnerability checks and general best…
So you want to install your own dropbox like cloud storage service? Well you’ve made the right choice with nextcloud! Its relatively easy to install and maintain and has a vibrant community and full app store of its own! So without further adieu…
So an FTP server is often one of the first things people want to setup on a new server. I recently setup two, one on my Raspberry Pi for making a 2TB USB Drive available in my home, and another somewhat more secure one on my VPS to transfer files…
These are called shell operators and yes, there are more of them. I will give a brief overview of the most common among the two major classes, control operators and redirection operators. A. Control operators These are tokens that perform control…
Here’s a great little program to keep an eye on your system files to make sure no one inappropriate is changing them! I like to have this run in cron once a week and send me a report. When your first changing your system / installing things, a lot of…
This table will hopefully help me keep the pipe madness in check. Am I overwriting or appending? Am I including StdErr? Etc.. visible in terminal visible in file existing file Syntax StdOut StdErr StdOut StdErr --- --- --- --- --- --- > no yes yes…
Logwatch is a pretty simple, but essential application in my server management arsenal. You can install it from the ubuntu repos directly, so this will do: After it is installed it will automatically set itself to run daily via your cron.daily folder…
Here’s where one lands directly after the installation of a fresh Ubuntu image. In this case Ubuntu 16.04. SSH into your machine with your favorite client [Win 32/64: putty] So the first thing I like to do is create a new user for myself and add him…
