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 ...
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Chrooted SFTP, Inotify & Chattr – A Fortified Prison for Backups
In my last post, I touched on ways you could automate remote database backups using SSH and passphrase-less keys. I didn’t really go in-depth as I felt this topic deserved its own article and wouldn’t you know it, here it is!
Now, as you can tell by the title, we’re going to be focusing on using SFTP as our transfer protocol of choice instead of SSH or SCPas I’ve found its a lot easier to sec ...
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Automating MariaDB Backups…As Securely as Possible
Right off the bat, I’ll tell you that there is no completely secure way to automate your MariaDB backups. I researched this for awhile and haven’t found one yet. That isn’t to say there aren’t ways to mitigate your risk, but as some point you’re going to need to store your password somewhere. If you are unwilling to invite any risk to your databases, your best options are to automate entire ba ...
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Microsoft Edge Hates My Intranet Sites
Recently, I noticed that this very site, Labsrc.com, wouldn’t load in Microsoft Edge. On my Windows 10 PC, I was able to open the site in every other browser, Firefox, Chrome, IE, etc., except Microsoft’s successor to Internet Explorer. I initially started worrying that there was some change I made that was causing Edge to hang and that all my Microsoft readers were crashing their browsers bec ...
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Please Encrypt Your Databases (MariaDB)
Security is often one of the last things IT professionals think about when starting a project. Most of the time tight deadlines and an overworked staff lead to a less than perfect implementation. Security, along with other important things…looking at you Documentation…get pushed to the back burner and sometimes forgotten about altogether. One safeguard that is seldom implemented is database ...
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