ENABLING CENTOS SOURCES ON XCP-NG WITH CENTOS 7 EOL
This article provides guidance on enabling CentOS 7 sources on XCP-ng hypervisors after its end-of-life by configuring the vault.centos.org repository, ensuring continued package availability
ENABLING DATA AT REST ENCRYPTION ON XCP-NG HYPERVISORS WITH A FULLY LUKS AND TPM ENCRYPTED SR
In this article, we provide a step-by-step guide to enabling data-at-rest encryption on you XCP-ng hypervisors storage repositories using LUKS and a TPM chip.
FIXING SLOW ARMBIAN UPDATES BY MANUALLY SELECTING A LOCAL MIRROR
Troubleshooting and fixing slow Armbian updates by manually selecting a local mirror for improved download speeds.
DOES THE SHIN BET AKA ISRAEL SECURITY AGENCY RUNS UBUNTU?
A glimpse of Ubuntu Linux being used by the Shin Bet in the hit Israeli series Fauda provides an interesting example of open source software popping up in mainstream media.
HOW TO ENSURE GNOME EXTENSIONS COMPATIBILITY BEFORE UPGRADING TO A NEW FEDORA RELEASE
Ensure a smooth transition to the latest Fedora release by using the Extension Manager tool to check Gnome extensions compatibility before upgrading, preventing functionality loss due to extensions breaking.
MIGRATING YOUR UMBREL DATA TO A NEW PATH OR DRIVE ARRAY
Learn how to safely migrate your Umbrel data folder to a new path or drive array using simple commands with this step-by-step guide.
MONITORING CONTAINERS UPTIME WITH CURL
Add a curl container to your Docker Compose projects to perform push health checks that monitor your services uptime.
HYBRID INFRASTRUCTURE UPTIME MONITORING WITH UPTIME KUMA, TRAEFIK, WIREGUARD, AND DOCKER
Leverage Uptime Kuma, Traefik, WireGuard, and Docker to effortlessly monitor a hybrid, multi-site, or multi-cloud infrastructure.
RESCUING A CORRUPTED LND UMBREL NODE WITH ZFS SNAPSHOTS
Word of caution: you could loose your channelsβ balance when restoring LND from backup; be sure to read on! For the better part of a year now, Iβve been running an LND node in a virtual machine (VM) with Umbrel handling the underlying setup and container orchestration.
THE MYTH OF LINUX SECURITY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHOOSING YOUR LINUX WORKSTATION DISTRO
When friends and colleagues see me running Linux, it often comes with the question or statement: Is it because Linux is more secure? Is that even the case though? While this is a common assumption, itβs important to understand that the security of Linux is more nuanced than that.