Docker Containers by examples – Intro
Intro This article is the first of a series that I called "Docker containers by examples" where I am sharing my experience in learning and using Docker in real life…
GNU/Linux Automatic Security updates with cron-apt and e-mail notifications (msmtp)
Everytime I build a new server one of the feature that I immediately configure is to install security update automatically for the Operating System and installed pakckages. In Debian you…
[LinuxAdmin] E-mail with Push notifications with fetchmail
I have several e-mail accounts that are managed from a single server. The way they are managed consists in having fetchmail retrieving (fetching, indeed) every configured amount of seconds. Of…
[HowTo] Automated VPS backup from NAS Qnap
Yet another small how-to that will work mainly as a way for myself to remember how I did setup a QNAP NAS Appliance to use rsync with ssh and make…
[HowTo] Install Coreboot and disable Intel ME on Lenovo Thinkpad X230
I have been promising to myself for very long time that one day I had to have a computer as much privacy focused as possible. As I cannot afford to…
[SysAdmin] Create isolated WiFi network on OPNSense with local wireless interface
During the last months I am using OPNSense as my firewall (moving away from PFSense). At the very beginning I was using it on an apu2d board but then I…
Configure OpenVSwitch and libvirt to enable trunking (802.1q) between KVM Guests
The goal of this article is to cover a complete configuration of OpenVSwitch and KVM networking to have ports of the virtual switch allowing trunking toward the KVM guests. The…
[Linux server] How to update DNS entries from DHCP to BIND9
After talking about this topic with a friend during last week, I decided to start running a local DNS server in my home network. The goals of the server are:…
Debian GNU/Linux on FireFly Rk3288
Some weeks ago I decided to build a small server for home as I did alreadyyears ago and documented in this Blog. After a small research on the web I…
Evoluent mouse 4 with Fedora 21 (and other distros)
I recently bought a vertical mouse to take care of my health, considering how many hours I spend each day clicking and using the mouse on PCs. Moreover I started…
Cloud Computing con Owncload: installazione con supporto SSL
AGGIORNAMENTO DEL 5.11.2012: Aggiunti i video che mostrano il contenuto della guida. I servizi di Cloud Computing hanno ormai preso il sopravvento. Sono molto utili e se ne trovano decine…
Installare manualmente Sun Java + Plugin Iceweasel su Debian Wheezy
Chi, come me, utilizza Debian GNU/Linux come sistema operativo per il proprio desktop, avrà certamente notato che da qualche mese su questa fantastica distribuzione è stato eliminato il pacchetto della…
Guida per installare BTG bittorrent su centOS GNU/Linux e derivate
Qualche settimana fa vi avevo parlato di un software client per BitTorrent che si basa sulle comodissime librerie Rasterbar e che rappresenta una validissima alternativa a ben più noti software:…
Installare drupal 6 su dreamhost
Drupal è uno dei Content Management System più potenti che io abbia mai usato. E' uno strumento molto flessibile, ricco di sviluppatori che convidono i loro moduli di espansione delle…
[Guida]Realizziamo un server a basso costo per mail, torrent e condivisione files (Parte 8)
Siamo giunti all'ultima parte della guida. Oggi affronteremo la "messa in sicurezza" del sistema con l'installazione di uno script per il firewall di Linux - Iptables -, la configurazione di…