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Troubleshooting LXC Boot Hang

Recently I was troubleshooting slow bootup times with an LXC container I’d created. The container previously was running well, but after an update seemed to be running slowly. I restored it from a ...

Using Prune to Manage Archives

Often times when using a tool like rsync to make backups you end up with lots of archives, and no way to keep them managed over time without a manual process. Prune is a simple tool that lets you r...

Bitwarden Automated Backup

Introduction The purpose of this backup process arose from a moment when I broke my phone. My phone was my lone source of MFA/2FA codes via the authenticator app, and I genuinely felt terror tha...

Configuring Postfix with Gmail

Email is often a critical component notification for jobs and other things in linux. This is how I set up Postfix on most of my instances. This guide is geared towards Debian based distros but can ...

Installing Debian on Dell Wyse 3040

Recently picked up a very low power Dell Wyse 3040 to use as a headless docker host. It is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z8350 so not a lot of horsepower. It runs like a x64 Raspberry Pi. Insta...

Show IP on TTY Login Prompt

When I first log into a linux instance I’ve set up, I often look to find the ethernet adapter details. To make this easier, I like to add the IP address to the TTY login screen. This is a nice thin...

Backing up a Raspberry Pi Live

In a effort to keep all my devices backed up, I have been looking into a way to backup my Raspberry Pi devices. Approach My criteria for success, in order, has been: Accurate Testable Eas...

Mounting a SMB Share at Boot

Very frequently I need to mount SMB2 or SMB3 shares inside of my linux devices. To do so I usually use fstab. Dependencies You will need to install Samba and CIFS utilities sudo apt update sudo ...

Git Credential Caching

Having a local git repo configured, I haven’t yet set up ssh authentication. Instead I use HTTPS with a username and password. It can be tiresome typing in the login credentials over and over, so I...

Reaching Quorum in Proxmox with an External QDevice

Having only two nodes in my Proxmox cluster, I wanted to add a third external device to keep quorum during reboots or other outages. To do so I added an external qdevice as a node which works as a ...