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Here's how you can utilise the Cloudflare API to generate self signed certificates using Certbot and Let's Encrypt. This is completely free assuming you already have a domain registered with Cloudflare. Prerequisites First, you'll need to install a few packages to be able to
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Rsync is a brilliant package that allows you to quite simply sync files from one system to another. By default it utilises SSH which sometimes isn't convenient for example when automating an Rsync task. Instead you can use the Rsync daemon or module. Installation Installation on a Debian
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Setting up a local Postfix instance to forward traffic to an external SMTP server can save you hours of setting up an individual Postfix config on each system you have. Each system can send to this instance which then forwards it out to your external SMTP server of choice. A
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Setting up an NFS share gives you an easy way to share files between your Linux servers and clients sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server Configuration sudo nano /etc/exports Add the following to the end of the file... /mnt/HDD 10.10.10.0/24(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,crossmnt,
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Setting up a Samba file share server gives you an easy way to share files between your Linux server and Windows clients. sudo apt install samba You can either setup a public Samba share meaning anyone can read and write to and from the share, or you can setup a
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What is Pi-hole? Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole and optionally a DHCP server, intended for use on a private network. Installation apt update; apt install curl -y curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash Change the Web UI
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If you find yourself running commands with sudo often, you can remove the password prompt for a particular user. ❗Please note this is a security risk but laziness always wins! Start by running this command to enter the sudoers file… sudo visudo At the bottom of the file paste this
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Sometimes when booting a Linux ISO you get an error message come up that says You need to load the kernel first To fix this, you just need to disable secure boot in your BIOS I have this come up whenever I create a new Proxmox VM that uses UEFI
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Here are instructions for downloading tracks from Spotify as MP3 files. This utilises YouTube Music to download the track by querying the Spotify URL you pass it. Installation From your terminal, enter the following commands... sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y sudo apt install python3-pip ffmpeg -y