devops Query instance specific information on AWS Dynamic instance indentity documents allow you to query dynamic information about your AWS EC2 instances.
linux How to configure systemd boot with UEFI We cover configuring a Linux system to boot using systemd boot on a UEFI system.
docker The dangers of pulling :latest Sometimes it is better to stick to stability, rather than aim for the bleeding edge.
ansible Ansible Tip - Referencing items from a hash Let's say you are in the midst of writing an Ansible playbook and you need to reference multiple values from an 'item' in different places. Here's a neat code snippet that will allow
ansible Ansible Tip - Using the expect module Another Ansible top tip. Suppose you are running an installer or other process via Ansible which expects the user to be present accept a license agreement, enter some information or something. Enter expect,
Heimdall Application Dashboard What is Heimdall? As the name suggests Heimdall Application Dashboard is a dashboard for all your web applications. It doesn't need to be limited to applications though, you can add links to anything
linux A quick introduction to Ansible Console Managing multiple machines sucks. No matter how much you automate there are always going to be edge cases where you'd like to perform the same command on multiple machines simultaneously. Enter, ansible-console -
linux Using Traefik as a Reverse Proxy with Docker Nginx is a great reverse proxy to put in front of your containers. But what if I told you there's another solution? One that involves less configuring, still supports LetsEncrypt, and automatically adapts
linux Building a cryptocurrency mining rig When I write for this site I like it to be a reflection of my current interests and right now, that is crypto mining. I'll share some of the tips and tricks I've
letsencrypt PSA: Changes to our Let's Encrypt container (Updated) Following a very recent announcement by the Let's Encrypt team regarding a vulnerability that has surfaced relating to the use of the TLS-SNI-01 challenge when validating certificates, we have had to make an
docker Using Organizr with our Let's Encrypt container Recently we have had a fair number of people asking about running Organizr through our Let's Encrypt Docker container, with people stumbling around getting their tabs to display correctly. The most common query
How to fix crackly audio with QEMU, libvirt, Windows 10 and PulseAudio Getting a GPU passed through these days is almost trivially easy and thanks to the Arch Wiki is even easier. In this post I'm going to cover the solution proposed by u/spheenik
linux How to get started mining crypto on Linux with Nvidia I'm really excited about the current influx of new people to building computers for the first time to mine cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and more. Spending time browsing Reddit I get the
PSA: Base Image Updates We are currently in the process of upgrading our Alpine baseimages to version 3.7 to make sure we continue to keep up-to-date with the latest security features and fixes. Look out for
linux Huge VFIO news: Project Looking Glass released! In the world of PCI passthrough few things have excited me more than the release of the new Looking Glass project from gnif over on the Level1tech forums. https://github.com/gnif/LookingGlass
cryptocurrency Automated Ethereum Crypto Mining using systemd Time is money in crypto mining. So how do you make sure that your card is always mining? What if whilst you're sleeping or not paying attention when your mining software crashes? This
how to How to setup a reverse proxy with LetsEncrypt SSL for all your Docker apps The reverse proxy. One of those projects you put off for years but when you finally get to it you find that it was relatively simple all along. We can't hope to cover
linux Grafana Series Part 1: Setting up InfluxDB, Grafana and Telegraf with Docker on Linux Welcome to a new series of articles that will take you on a journey to generate beautiful looking dashboards using Grafana. We'll take the readings from the metrics the things in your house
how to How to give Telegraf non-root user IPMITOOL permissions via udev In order to use ipmitool to gather metrics as part of my Telegraf, Grafana and InfluxDB (TIG) setup (read more about how I set that up here) I needed to find a way
kvm How to fix a Windows 10 QEMU guest stuck in a 'preparing automatic repair' boot loop My Windows 10 QEMU guest shut down uncleanly and Windows, being the (un)helpful soul it is decided I needed to boot loop through 'preparing automatic repair' until the end of time. Here's
docker Using Docker networks for better inter-container communication A useful feature of Docker that can often be overlooked is its powerful network engine which allows you to manage subnets within the Docker ecosystem. Generally speaking, most people (myself included) will just
apple OSX 10.12 Sierra and Java KVM applets Apple. Why must you make the hardware I paid for less and less useful in the name of security? Stop it! It is a tool I require to do my job and perform
linux dstat - How to check individual disk IO in Linux There might be the odd occasion where you want to know what your drives are up to individually. Enter, dstat. Do follow the link as the site has a plethora of other options
QNAP How To: Setup Containers on QNAP Introduction The aim of this guide will be to show new users of our containers how to get started on the QNAP platform. I will cover how to go about setting up the
announcement LinuxServer.io Discord Server We would like to announce that we now have a Discord Server! Please come and join us at: https://discord.gg/YWrKVTn Over the years we've tried various forms of community building from