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Setting up OpenLDAP & SSSD w/Sudo on Ubuntu 22.04
The reason for creating this guide is I found so many different how-to's on the net that date back over a decade with varying methods of getting OpenLDAP installed, but none got me directly to my final goal of allowing sudo rights to LDAP users. I decided to gather up what I've learned and compile it into one guide for you and my aging brain.
Please keep in mind that even though this guide is ...
Using Remmina VNC with unRAID VMs
For the Linux users who don't like using unRAID's browser-based VNC client to connect to their VM's, you may have tried using Remminawith less than stellar results. When I first tried out Remmina with unRAID, I was met with an immediate and abrupt window closure. I tried again thinking this may be a glitch, but sadly saw the same behavior. Some quick Googling didn't unveil a fix so I tabled th ...
Avoiding Outages when using Wordfence & NGINX
If you run WordPress, it's a good idea to have some type of security software to protect against the endless attacks waged against your precious websites. One of the most popular security plugins available to mitigate this onslaught is Wordfence.
Wordfence is a free security plugin that offers a lot of features to protect your site, one of which is called Firewall Optimiza ...
Running Cisco ASDM under Linux
Recently I had the need to configure an ASA while onsite at a customer's office and while I have experience making changes through the console, it's a lot easier for some things to be configured through Cisco's ASDM. At the time, I was in a rush so instead of trying to get ASDM to run on Ubuntu, I ended up booting into Windows and gaining access that way. One of the advantages of carrying a tr ...
Budget Load Balancing with MariaDB on Ubuntu
I've spent a bit of time researching this topic as I was trying to find a low-cost solution for clients who needed their websites to be up 24/7, but don't have the budget for an enterprise type setup. Initially, I tried out a two server solution utilizing MariaDB's MaxScale software, but soon found out that this software requires a paid license and that only older versions are free to use.
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