OPNsense ISO does not boot! – How to Fix
Recently, I have begun to pay more attention to my “Home Lab” as I strive to deepen my knowledge of the digital world. One of the first things I was…
Continue readingThe Value of Checking on Your Custom Scripts Often
I love scripting. I mean, back in the 90s, after my brother taught me HTML 4, I took my knowledge further and started to program in PHP, but since leaving…
Continue readingBackup Script Recode – But Using AI
In 2021 I shared my backup script that I was using to back up my web server. At the time I was using VestaCP, man a lot has changed since…
Continue readingIts 2024, and I have gone full circle…
First and foremost, Happy New Year 2024. I am writing this very late on January 1st, 2024, so it will probably be posted on January 2nd by the time I…
Continue readingMy Facebook account got hacked!
It’s about half past midnight here on the island, and I just finished getting my hacked account back into my possession with a brand new password and 2FA enabled. But…
Continue readingSamba Based Active Directory on Ubuntu 22.04
Preface I have been waiting for a long time to write this post. In order to test this out, I needed to upgrade my home lab. I had a VM…
Continue reading[FIX] mysql_secure_installation not setting the root password
I recently helped my buddy move from Centos 7 to Ubuntu 18.04. In the process, we noticed one of his custom websites was a little messed up. It was throwing…
Continue readingSpotify – Gotta love it
It is amazing how much technology has changed over the last few decades. When I was growing up in the 80’s I remember listening to my brother’s Metallica collection on…
Continue readingI moved my web server from VestaCP to HestiaCP and here is why.
I recently took on the task of updating my webserver. The decision to do this was mainly because my web server’s operating system was nearing end of life. For those…
Continue reading[ FIX ] Unable to SSH into TNAS after update? TOS 4.2.28
If you are like me, you use your TerraMaster NAS proficiently. By this I mean you use its full capabilities like SSH and SCP. But sadly the TerraMaster has changed…
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