Certificate Authorities
For home users there is not much use for running you own Certificate Authority (CA), and with availability of Letsencrypt and the plethora of ACME libraries setting TLS encryption is quite straight forward. ...
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Installing source using PIP
Installing from github Installing from ZIP file How It Works: Alternative: Local ZIP File Installation ...
Using Podman on Alpine Linux
Introduction What is Podman? Installation on Alpine Linux Rootful vs Rootless ...
AdGuard Home
How does AdGuard Home compare to traditional ad blockers Known limitations Installation Configuration Reverse Proxy ...
Using SSLH on Alpine Linux
Install sslh apk add sslh Configure sslh startup: # /etc/conf.d/sslh # configuration for /etc/init.d/sslh ...
Linux booting Linux
Introduction Backing up Installing Refind Custom Linux ...
Nemo file explorer custom actions
Adding a "Copy File Path" Option to Nemo in Linux Cinnamon Step 1: Create a Nemo Action File Step 2: Define the Action ...
Rewriting history in git
Coordinate with your team The secret is in the last commit and there is nothing else The secret is in the last commit but there are other changes The secret is beyond the last commit ...
Baremetal backup
Preparation Disabling BitLocker Get Clonezilla ...
Using hooks in git
Add additional files to commit List files that will be committed Making hooks available ...
Ansible Snippets
Bootstraping Execution order Create a file without external template Creating inventory script Writing ansible modules in sh ...
OpenTofu
Introduction Origins Why use OpenTofu Using OpenTofu ...
Locking down SFTP
This is a small recipe to increase the security around a SFTP interface. In the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file include the following settings: Subsystem sftp internal-sftp This configures the sftp subsystem to use the internal sftp implementation. This is because inside the chroot, we usually will not have the normal ...
libnss-db HOWTO
This mini-howto illustrate how to use libnss-db on a Ubuntu Linux system. Other installations should work to after adjusting package names and directory paths. I myself use as a "serverless" lightweight user directory. Essentially, I mount the db directory and the home directory from an NFS server. Package installation ...
Local Startup
This is a method to control start-up of applications in a Linux Desktop session that are run by a local default configuration, but can also be overriden by the user. This is unlike the /etc/xdg/autostart which is mostly under the control of the distro packager. Aslo unlike the /etc/X11/profile.d directory, this runs inside the Desktop Session. /etc/X11/profile.d gets started before the Desktop session is available. ...
rsync filter rules
Rules Simple include/exclude rules Simple include/exclude example Filter rules when deleting Filter rules in depth ...
Python Development 2023
Python development on Windows Distributing Python scripts as single EXE or Directory Installing netifaces on Windows Documentation generation ...
QNAP Snapshots
I wrote a small tool to access QNAP snapshots from the Linux command line. Pre-requistes: Snapshots have to be enabled You need a /share/netcfg containing the file: ...
Home Assistant Large Clock
This recipe is my version of providing a "large clock" face in the home assistant dashboard. Enable serving local static files: Create directory www in your config directory. Restart home assistant. ...
Home Assistant HTTP Based Authentication Backend
This recipe is to authenticate users using a web server providing Basic HTTP authentication for it users. This is useful if you want to consolidate users/passwords in a single system. So instead of managing users on Home Assistant you can have all users managed from a central location. ...
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