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. […]
Linux
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 […]
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 […]
Java
Installing Oracle Java 11 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
To install Oracle Java 11, add the PPA to your package manager: Press enter to acknowledge the the notification and continue. Install Java JDK 11 with the following command: At this point you will need […]
AWS
aws-inventory
Here I am trying out a tool called aws-inventory that attempts to discover created resources within an AWS account. See the aws-inventory homepage for more information. First use the distributions package manager to install Tkinter: […]