There are a lot of ways to back up Linux, but it might not immediately be clear how you would go about backing up your VPS (Virtual Private Server) when you have no place to store your backups. This will be from a personal point of view, not enterprise, but…
How often do you wish you didn’t have to spin up a full blown Windows File Server, but would rather spin up a minimal Linux Samba file server with Microsoft AD for authentication instead? Spinning up a Linux file server running Samba and using MS Active Directory for authentication via…
This will guide you through the process of setting up a Fedora 27 LAMP server with SSL (https) from Let’s Encrypt. Installing Fedora 27 Install Fedora 27 via Net Install ISO. In Software Selection, select Minimal Install. It may take a minute to download metadata before you can go in…
Relax-and-Recover allows you to back up a Linux server by creating a bare-metal image of the system. This can be stored any number of places such as on the network, tape, USB, etc. It can also be used to migrate a Linux installation to another host. ReaR is not for…
There are quite a few steps you need to take to harden your server in the context of security. These should be done no matter your deployment scenario, but is especially true if your server is facing the public internet.
Salt consists of a master server that controls or manages client servers and computers. The master server is known as the Salt-Master and the clients are known as Salt-Minions. This is PART 1: Installing and Configuring SaltStack PART 2 will be all about managing minions. Installing the Salt-Master Following the…
Hyper-V does not expose Virtualization Extensions to Linux VMs (for nested virtualization) automatically. However, Microsoft provides a PowerShell script to run against the Linux VM in which you want to use nested virtualization. The PowerShell script runs a few basic Hyper-V PowerShell commands against the VM, which basically enable the…
This is the second part of a two-part series. Part 1 (Server Prep – Setting up the server) >>> Part 2 (Kimchi Set-up – Getting things going) <<< This part focuses on configuring Kimchi storage, network, and templates so you can get your first VM going. Kimchi Set-up After you…
This is the first part of a two-part series. >>> Part 1 (Server Prep – Setting up the server) <<< Part 2 (Kimchi Set-up – Getting things going) I created this guide because there is not any real info out there on how to do this. It took me a…