What are we doing? Upgrading the release of Ubuntu containers in LXD Overcoming Error: “Must be connected to terminal” How? After Ubuntu 16.04LTS was released I was rolling out upgrades to 14.04LTS installs
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Installing VUM – Some Caveats
I recently had the the great, great pleasure of discovering VMware Update Manager or VUM but as with most things in my environment, it wasn’t a straightforward install. VUM is only made for Windows but
Read moreMy New Eco-Friendly VSAN Homelab
I’ve been busy as hell recently, building what is essentially my realistic dream lab. It’s beans on toast for a few months (years) but I love it.
Read moreLXD Container Rename
What are we doing? Renaming containers in LXD Why? Because OCD means we like functional naming conventions. How? I had an issue recently whereby I wanted to build a container to mirror
Read moreSetup Postfix Sender Dependent Relay Hosts on Ubuntu
What are we doing? Setting up Multiple sender_dependent_relayhost_maps in Postfix Why? The sender_dependent_relayhost_maps flag allows mail from different hostnames to be sent via different relays. For example, I relay mail for one particular
Read moreWhat are the odds of duplicate MAC addresses?
What are the odds that you buy two motherboards- from the same manufacturer but at different times, and end up with duplicate MAC addresses? I’m currently in the process of building a new homelab and,
Read moreStop Apache Load on Boot in OS X El Capitan
I recently discovered that OS X runs Apache on port 80 by default. I run local web servers for development on other ports but the OCD in me still couldn’t handle this. To confirm, open
Read moreSetup Postfix to Relay to Google Mail with TLS and smtp auth
What are we doing? Configuring Postfix to use Google Mail as an SMTP relay Why? Running a send only SMTP server is useful for automating password recovery, account signup etc, but keeping mail
Read moreInstall and Configure Varnish 4 on Ubuntu
What are we doing? Adding the Varnish repository to Ubuntu Downloading and installing Varnish Implementing a basic configuration Why? The Ubuntu repo still hasn’t been updated and will install version 3 by default.
Read moreEnable SSH Login for Linux root User
What are we doing? Setting a password for the root user Enabling login with SSH for root user Why? Root login is disabled by default on Ubuntu (and many other Linux distributions) as
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