Ham Radio and Home Servers
Ham Radio and Home Servers
Installing Nextcloud from Docker with SMB support and NGINX Proxy Manager For SSL
There is probably no good reason why I should have to type out this tutorial, but here it is. I migrated from a dedicated LXC container running NGINX as the front-end because I got tired of administering the server after…
Fix A Corrupt SQLite Database
I have a Photoprism instance inside a standard Docker container that’s been throwing errors: First, shut down the application you’re attempting to repair: To let SQLite 3 attempt a fix, find your index.db file (or whatever it’s named for whatever…
Configure OpenVPN Client to Autostart on Ubuntu Linux
You’ve set up an OpenVPN server on pfSense or some other router/gateway and you have a remote server you’d like to connect back to the private network. Here’s how you do it. First, let’s get it installed: Copy/paste your client…
Transfer E-Mail Between IMAP Accounts with imapsync
Follow this easy method for transferring all e-mails, including folders, from a single IMAP account to another. First, let’s git it with “git”: Install dependencies for any Ubuntu flavor. I’m using 20.04: Install the following Perl modules: Next change into…
Passthrough Primary GPU with Proxmox 7.1
There are many guides out there, but this one is version specific. Some things have changed. First, follow this guide: It may be necessary to add the following boot options if you’re passing through the only GPU in the system:…
Backing Up and Restoring Docker Volumes
The default persistent data storage method for Docker is volumes. Unfortunately, it’s not immediately obvious how to back up that data. Let’s take a look at the current running containers: Now perform an inspect on the one you’d like to…
Unattended Security Updates on Ubuntu 20.04
Here’s an easy way to set up unattended upgrades for a single Ubuntu 20.04 server. It relies on a couple of things: A working SMTP relay (Gmail, Sendinblue, etc). An understanding that I have no idea how to script, and…
Running Docker in LXC With Proxmox 7.1
If you need to run Docker on your Proxmox installation under LXC instead of in a VM, it’s possible, but there are some extra steps, especially where ZFS in concerned as the host file system. I feel, however, like it’s…