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A helpful way to automatically restart unhealthy containers

In systemd, you can create an remount unit to ensure share stay mounted. This would work +perfectly, except, LXC does not support this systemd unit. So instead I created a service that runs a script, and a timer to trigger it. Like a cron, but still using systemd.

Here's an easy way to create a QR code image you can print out and display so people can quickly join your WiFi network. In Debian, install qrencode.

A quick way to run SQL Server in a container

This is a helpful way to keep your containers from running out of space. Create a auto-prune cron job and put it in etc/cron.daily.

This is a bit of an extention to this tailscale blog post. I would start there to get an idea of setting up tags and auth, as well as just information about exactly what this does in more detail.

This is a short little reminder for myself, when using curl to make requests to local things and spoofing SNI, use the following command.

I saw a very interesting video by Alex Kretzschmar about how to add a nice colorful login banner using Figurine that displays the hostname. I thought this would be helpful when working with several SSH sessions, so I added it to my hosts.

A quick look at a nifty tool that lets you prune backup files

A detailed backup process for Bitwarden enabling local, encrypted vault backups. The process uses the Bitwarden CLI and runs locally on a linux instance.

Email is often a critical component notification for jobs and other things in linux. This is how I set up [Postfix](https://www.postfix.org/) on most of my instances. This guide is geared towards Debian based distros but can be translated for others.

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. Installing Debian had some complications so I wanted to document them here.

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 thing to do for future me troubleshooting a networking problem.

In a effort to keep all my devices backed up, I have been looking into a way to backup my Raspberry Pi devices.

Very frequently I need to mount SMB2 or SMB3 shares inside of my linux devices. To do so I usually use fstab.

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 typically cache the credentials with a reasonable timeout.

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 voting only member of the cluster. The qdevice has to be debian based, so I set mine up on a raspberry pi.

This is a quick setup for both the Uctronics display code, and the startup service. I will also give an example using rc.local.

This is a quick reminder for the code that needs to be added to the Home Assistant configuration YAML to get things working with a reverse proxy.

A quick guide to getting docker running on a Debian CT. Everything in this guide can be completed quickly by running this curl/sudo-bash script from my gist.

After setting up a new server, I wanted to migrate my plex install to the more powerful machine. This will be a jump from an i3-2100 to an i5-12500T. A substantial leap in performance.

This is a step by step guide to set up Pi-hole in a high availability environment. Previously I was using a lone Raspberry Pi 3B to run Pi-hole. The issue with this setup was, if that pi went down, DNS was down on my network, which is definitely unacceptable. So let make it better!

A list of the first commands I run on a new Debian LXC to homogenize and secure my new environment.

I've been using start or jump scripts for a long time to start up my API and SPA at the same time. With project TYE on the horizon, I thought I would share more about my more simplistic, "poor mans", implementation.

I wanted to document some important steps I take setting up a new server for hosting ASP.Net Core apps. These steps change over time as versions and features change, but this post will serve as a good, general guide for things to consider and remember; both for myself and anyone else who stumbles across it!

After signing up for several virtual conferences in 2020, I noticed my work inbox was becoming inundated with junk email. Now this being my work email, I don't use it for any personal correspondence, and frankly never respond to anyone outside of my work's domain. Using Outlook online's email rules, I was able to eliminate all SPAM from my inbox in one easy move.

Have you ever found yourself wondering which version of an SPA is running when you pull up your site? This was a problem I wanted to answer in my Angular SPA. Utilizing the `npm version` command in my build pipeline, I was able to include my pipeline build number in my app, significantly decreased troubleshooting time and version confusion.

Finally, I have a blog set up! This is the first post ever.