Tech for me...and you too...I guess
Live Image Backups with Veeam Agent for Linux
There’s not a whole lot of options for Linux when it comes to live, full-image backups. Even fewer when you’re looking for something free and easy to use. Don’t give up hope though, because you’ve stumbled upon the right guide and the right app.
Veeamis a software company that has made a name for itself in the world of virtual machines backups, but they’ve been offering free versions of thei ...
Migrating from Apache to NGINX on Ubuntu with WordPress
Apache has been around forever. It’s been the dominant web server since the beginning of the Dot-com era and if you’re a Linux admin, you’ve most likely crossed paths with Apache at some point. Enter NGINX.
NGINXhasn’t been around for nearly as long as Apache, but it has established itself as the second most used web server platform in the world. I myself have been slow to give NGINX a look ...
Multiple Domains with ddclient (Namecheap)
ddclient is an application that can automatically update your DNS hosting provider with your current IP address if you’re not lucky enough to have a broadband connection with a static IP. In short, it’s a Dynamic DNS client.
I myself started using ddclient a few years ago, but was never able to get it to work with multiple domain names. At the time, I’m not even sure it was possible. I ended ...
unRAID Automatic USB Hotplugging (Libvirt)
A long time ago, I figured out how to have an unRAID server detect a hotplugged USB device and automatically associate this device with a VM. I wasn’t ever planning on revisiting this issue as unRAID was supposed to implement this as a feature in a future release. Well, after several years and numerous unRAID upgrades, not only am I still waiting for this feature, but the solution I was using ...
When an Admin isn’t an Admin, More Windows Samba Drama
If you read my last post, you’ll know that the latest release of Windows 10 introduced an issue when connecting to public Samba shares. I showed you how this problem can be solved through the use of a local GPO. I thought that would be the last of my file sharing problems, but as usual I was sorely mistaken.
Recently, I had trouble connecting to a password protected Windows share from a Linu ...
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