Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• Using Prune to Manage Archives

  1 Jul, 2023

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

• Bitwarden Automated Backup

  26 Jun, 2023

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

• Configuring Postfix with Gmail

  25 Jun, 2023

  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.

• Installing Debian on Dell Wyse 3040

  25 Jun, 2023

  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.

• Show IP on TTY Login Prompt

  24 Jun, 2023

  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.

• Backing up a Raspberry Pi Live

  16 Jun, 2023

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

• Mounting a SMB Share at Boot

  15 Jun, 2023

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

• Git Credential Caching

  13 Jun, 2023

  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.

• Reaching Quorum in Proxmox with an External QDevice

  26 Feb, 2023

  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.

• Autostarting Uctronics Raspberry Pi OLED Display

  26 Feb, 2023

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