Recently I’ve been focusing on something I’ve overlooked for too long- monitoring. I wanted to share a quick guide on monitoring Debian / Ubuntu with SNMPv3 and PRTG as I couldn’t find any high level,
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Clean Up a Full Ubuntu ‘/boot’ Partition
If the /boot partition fills to 100% you’ll likely find yourself stuck in a loop. In order to remove old Linux kernels and free space you will likely first need to install dependencies, but to
Read moreSetup OpenVPN Client on Ubuntu
I was recently setting up some AWS EC2 instances for lab redundancy and decided to create a VPN tunnel straight to my homelab for a bit of extra security. Thankfully, clients are much more simple
Read moreSetup MySQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04
Here’s a quick guide to setting up the popular database server MySQL on Ubuntu 16.04. Install MySQL Update repositories sudo apt-get update Install MySQL sudo apt-get install mysql-server Enter a root password when prompted
Read moreSetup Nginx with php 7 on Ubuntu 16.04
Here’s a quick guide to setting up the http server Nginx with the latest version of php. Install Nginx Update repositories sudo apt-get update Install Nginx sudo apt-get install nginx Check Nginx is running
Read moreSetup phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx and a Remote MySQL Server
I’ve been rebuilding my lab recently, most notably breaking down my LXD stack into individual Ubuntu virtual machines for each service. One thing I always meant to do but never got around to figuring out
Read moreUpgrading Ubuntu Release from 14.04 to 16.04
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
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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