Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• Adding a Figurine Login Message

  Dec 17, 2023

  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.

• Troubleshooting LXC Boot Hang

  Jul 17, 2023

• Using Prune to Manage Archives

  Jul 1, 2023

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

• Bitwarden Automated Backup

  Jun 26, 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

  Jun 25, 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

  Jun 25, 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

  Jun 24, 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

  Jun 16, 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

  Jun 15, 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

  Jun 13, 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.