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  • Installing OpenRGB On Debian

    Nov 11, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Hardware, Linux

    I’m in the process of building a new gaming machine for my son and he wants all the RGB. I’ve not really played with RGB very much. I have an RGB keyboard and one set of lights in my machine…

  • How to Work with AppImages Under Debian

    Oct 31, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Linux

    There was a time, not that long ago, when you had fairly limited choices for installing software on your Debian machine. Either you installed it from the official repositories, you crossed your fingers that the project had their own .deb…

  • A Simple Backup Script

    Oct 30, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Linux

    I recently installed a new server. It doesn’t do much but I want to make sure it backed up anyway. While I explore better options for backups I decided to write a little script to grab the data from the…

  • Installing WordPress on Docker Behind an Nginx Reverse Proxy

    Oct 28, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Docker, Linux, WordPress

    That title is quite the mouthful but it has to be as this particular set up has a couple of gotchas in it. I assume that you have Docker installed and that the firewall is correctly configured as detailed in…

  • Setting up an Nginx Reverse Proxy with Certbot Under Docker

    Oct 28, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Docker, Linux, Uncategorised

    I’m assuming you have the containers you want to reverse proxy to already set up and running correctly. Initial Setup Create a directory and file structure like the one shown below. The certbot directory is shared between nginx and certbot.…

  • Installing Docker on Debian with nftables

    Oct 24, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Docker, Linux

    I’m going to assume you have a working and secured Debian install, I’ll be starting from where this article ended. The big issue that we’ll face with setup is getting Docker to work with nftables. Actually, I’m not even going…

  • Using Cloudflare CDN

    Oct 22, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Networking

    A couple of years ago I decided to switch my domain registrar. I’d been using this particular registrar for many years and had been unhappy with them pretty much from day one, I would have switched away sooner but it’s…

  • How to Configure SSH

    Oct 21, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Linux

    Coming into this article I’m expecting you to have a a machine with SSH access authenticated using passwords. Disable Root Login Via SSH To disable root login you’ll need to open the SSH config file and make a small change.…

  • Installing and Configuring Fail2Ban

    Oct 21, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Linux

    Fail2Ban is a service that scans log files for event such as failed login attempts and then updates firewall rules to ban connections from that address. This doesn’t solve problems with weak authentication but it does greatly slow down the…

  • Installing and Configuring nftables on Debian

    Oct 20, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Linux

    Introduction Firewalling in Linux is, by necessity, a complex topic. There’s just no easy way around the problem, the firewall has a lot of moving parts and requires a lot of configuration options. To complicate matters further the Linux ecosystem…

  • Configuring Sudo

    Oct 20, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Linux

    Sudo is almost perfectly configured out of the box but the one thing I find a little irritating is the short default timeout for the session. I’m not against having a timeout but I’m the only person that has physical…

  • Monitor what is Happening With Sudo

    Oct 19, 2024

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    by

    doozer
    in Linux

    Just a very quick note to show how you can monitor what is happening with the sudo command by running: If you run this command without the sudo prefix you will only get a list of your own sudo commands.…

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