Arch Linux
Headless KVM Server on CentOS 8
Update and reboot if this is a new setup. Here I download the ISO I’ll create a test VM with. Create bridge interface. Backup the current interface configuration and create a new one called br0. […]
Arch Linux
Importing a root CA into Manjaro
Here I am importing the root CA certificate from my FreeIPA server. Once you have the root CA file, copy it to /etc/ca-certificates/trust-source/anchors. However that is not enough and you need to run update-ca-trust. First, […]
Arch Linux
pamac – The Manjaro Package Manager
Pamac is now the Manjaro package manager. Obviously pacman has not gone anywhere but pamac is kind of a simple-to-use wrapper with support for the AUR and Appstream. Also, as of Manjaro 20 – pamac […]
Debian
Debian 7: Secure Nginx with acme.sh and LetsEncrypt
I have an old Debian 7.11 box that needs an SSL certificate renewed. I want to replace the existing, manually installed certificate issued by Comodo. You can check the expiry date with something like: Given […]
Arch Linux
Install zsh on Manjaro i3
This is how to quickly and easily get up and running with zsh on Manjaro i3. First, check the shell you are currently using: Install zsh: However this might not be necessary because it looks […]
Linux
Ubuntu whatprovides equivalent
On RHEL/CentOS systems, I am used to being able to use the whatprovides command to find what package contains a specific binary. On Ubuntu the best equivalent I have found is the apt-file command. This […]
Opsview
Install Nagstamon on Manjaro i3
Nagstamon is a status monitoring tool for desktops and can be used to connect to multiple instances of Nagios, Opsview, Centreon and others. You can get nagstamon from the AUR. I used yaourt, so for […]
DevOps
Powershell on Ubuntu 18.04
Unfortunately powershell isn’t currently available in the official package repository. However Microsoft do provide a couple of ways to install powershell. DEB Package Microsoft provide a .deb package for manual installation using the APT package […]
Linux
NFS Server on Ubuntu 18.04
First, as root, install nfs-kernel-server: By default NFS version 2 is disabled. This is probably fine but if you do need to enable it, edit /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server and add: And then restart the service: Confirm with: […]
Linux
Partition and Format Storage Device in Linux
When you attach a new storage device, you will need to first create a new partition and format it with a filesystem before you can make use of it. To view all attached devices, issue […]