Tag: ubuntu
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Unlock the Potential of Your Pi with Raspberry Pi Imager
Raspberry Pi Imager is an essential tool for anyone working with Raspberry Pi devices. This simple yet powerful application allows users to flash operating system images onto microSD cards quickly and reliably. In this guide, we’ll explore the benefits of using Raspberry Pi Imager and walk you through the steps to install it as a…
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Docker Compose for Newbies
As with most new things, if they don’t come intuitively or naturally, they can appear difficult, possibly even scary. There have been so many concepts that I have put off learning because I was intimidated and didn’t want to commit the brain power after getting home from my 9-5 job. I definitely understand. But funnily…
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Installing Docker (Updated)
It is 2024. Why aren’t you containerizing your applications? Well if you are looking to install and deploy Docker containers, follow the tutorial below. Note: This tutorial assumes you have an Ubuntu-based operating system and sudo access to command line. Step 1: Copy the following command: This will download a script I threw together. Feel…
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Sharing with Samba
Share drives are vital for making resources available throughout a network. Whether this is simple version control or allowing access to vital files for all workstations across a network, share drives are more useful than just for enterprise purposes. The Samba project is a useful implementation of a file server that was created in 1992…
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The Rise of the Immutable Operating System
Virtualizing operating systems has been around for decades. A tried and true system to better utilize hardware and improve security, virtualizing allows for the execution of an OS in a sandbox-type of environment. This environment can allow for multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on the same hardware, efficiently sharing resources all the while. A…
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Max Out Your Storage with ZFS
If you have recently created a server that has multiple disks, you may need a reliable file system that can fully utilize all of your Hard Drives and make the most of your storage. I recently had this issue as I recently upgraded some of my hardware and decided to put gently-used gaming PC parts…
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Hosting Your Own Media Server with Plex
By popular demand, we are going over the oh-so-simple tutorial of how to set up your very own Plex Media Server. First question you might have: “What items will I need?” Well all you will need for this project is an inexpensive, dedicated computer running Linux that can remain on to host your Plex Server…
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Tmux: A Sysadmin’s Dream Tool
Tmux or Terminal Multiplexer, is a beautiful tool that helps simplify remote system administration tasks, and allows for elegant multi-tasking. Tmux allows for detaching sessions and allows the user to setup tasks that would once force the user to be present and/or logged in to see it through, and simply walk away. Conventionally, if a…
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Using the SSH Config
If you are anything like the average HomeLabber, you likely have one or more Linux Servers that you manage. Managing all of those servers often requires remotely accessing them, and the quickest and easiest way to do that is via SSH. SSH or Secure Shell is a way to remotely control your Linux servers by…
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Maintain, Contain, Portain
Now that we are spinning up Docker containers and maintaining them like a guru, the list of active containers can become quite cumbersome. While it is nice to see them all listed in a terminal after running ‘docker ps’ it can get a bit jumbled. Regardless of the jumble, it is still sometimes nice to…
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