N5095 iGPU
First we need to find the iGPU type
lspci | grep VGA
This should return something like 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 4e55 (rev 01)
Add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf, replace 4e55 with your type
options i915 enable_guc=3 options i915 force_probe=4e55 Now to we need to rebuild the initramfs to add the above
update-initramfs -u
Install the required firmware files
You need to enable the non-free source
apt install -y firmware-misc-nonfree intel-media-va-driver-non-free
Proxmox Fun
A few fun tips for Proxmox
How to migrate VM to new host not in cluster Create NFS share on a system
Add NFS share as backup endpoint on new and old server
Run a backup of the system you want to migrate, I shut the VM down, but it’s no needed
On new host go to the NFS storage in the GUI and go to backups
You will see the backed up data
Grafana with Screenly OSE
To use Grafana Bearer tokens you need to be able to inject headers which you can’t do in the OSS version of Screenly. To get around this you can just run a NGiNX proxy on the host and reverse proxy to the Grafana server and use NGiNX to inject the required headers.
I HAVEN’T TESTED THIS YET ON SCREENLY OSE, BUT SINCE IT’S JUST RUNNING ON RAPSBERRY PI OS THERE SHOULDN’T BE AN ISSUE, I WILL BE TESTING EVENTUALLY
rsync Fun
Only copy specific file extentions in folder
rsync -a --include '*/' --include '*.mp3' --exclude '*' source/ target/
Speed up rsync over SSH without needed to change any configs. arcfour is faster, but no longer enabled by default meanwhile aes128-ctr is
rsync -avhP -e "ssh -c aes128-ctr" /src/ [email protected]:/dst/
rsync ssh with non standard port
rsync -avhP -e "ssh -p number" /src/ [email protected]:/dst/
rsync ssh with non standard port and show full progress
Headscale with Android
I based this post on HERE
Just for reference, the things I did to make it work:
git clone https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-android.git
nano tailscale-android/cmd/tailscale/backend.go
change:
func (b *backend) Start(notify func(n ipn.Notify)) error { b.backend.SetNotifyCallback(notify) return b.backend.Start(ipn.Options{ StateKey: "ipn-android", }) } to:
func (b *backend) Start(notify func(n ipn.Notify)) error { b.backend.SetNotifyCallback(notify) prefs := ipn.NewPrefs() prefs.ControlURL = "https://myheadscale.domain.com" opts := ipn.Options{ StateKey: "ipn-android", UpdatePrefs: prefs, } return b.backend.Start(opts) } nano Dockerfile
Add the below to the file:
SystemD Fun
Show logs from when systemd service last restarted. (This needs systemd > v232)
journalctl _SYSTEMD_INVOCATION_ID=$(systemctl show -p InvocationID --value SERVICE_NAME.service) | head -n15
NFS Mount with NFS and /etc/fstab
From all of my reading over the years it’s always been said to add _netdev to the /etc/fstab mount, but that never worked for me. After more reading it appears that was for SystemV which is dead. I figured it out after much Googleing.
Headscale with Windows
This is how to get the Windows client with headscale. I’m happy to finaly get it working.
Headscales docs are HERE, but I’m adding some more info since I wasn’t able to get it to work the first time
If you’ve already installed tailscale on the machine make sure to delete the C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Tailscale directory
Download the Official Windows Client HERE and install it.
You can either do option A or B Option A Manually edit the registry
WP-Cli Tips and tricks
Install wp-cli curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
php wp-cli.phar --info
chmod +x wp-cli.phar
mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp
Install new wordpress domain using wp-cli Make sure directory has permisisons for web user
cd "WEB_DIRECTORY"
sudo -u www-data wp core download
sudo -u www-data wp config create --dbname=DATABASE_NAME --dbuser=DATABASE_USER --dbpass=DATABASE_PASSWORD --dbhost=DATABASE_HOST
sudo -u www-data wp core install --url=URL_INCLUDING_HTTPS --title=SITE_TITLE --admin_user=ADMIN_USERNAME --admin_password=ADMIN_PASSWORD --admin_email=ADMIN_EMAIL --skip-email
sudo -u www-data wp plugin delete 'hello'
sudo -u www-data wp plugin delete 'akismet'
FFMPEG/OwnCast/HDHomeRun
If you’re wanting to stream HDHomeRun channel to your own OwnCast server
I’m using Debian like everything else I do
apt install -y ffmpeg
ffmpeg -i "http://IP_OF_HDHR:5004/auto/vCH.N" -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -b:v 512K -maxrate 512K -bufsize 1M -f flv rtmps://OWNCAST_URL:PORT/live/STREAM_KEY
You can now go to your owncast URL and it should be streaming
SystemD Service
nano /etc/systemd/system/hdhomerun-stream.service
[Unit] Description=HDHR Daemon After=network.target [Service] User=plex EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/hdhomerun Group=plex Type=simple wExecStart=/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i "${CHANNEL}" -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -b:v 512K -maxrate 512K -bufsize 1M -f flv "${URL}:${PORT}/live/${KEY}" Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.
twilio Fun
Call Forwarding using TwiML Bins
Login to your account at Twilio. Create TwiML Bin HERE Add a Friendly Name and some TwiML, and then click create. (create a friendly name) Paste the example into the box <Response> <Dial> +12345559876 </Dial> </Response> | replace 2345559876 with your phone number Configure this TwiML bin on your Twilio number HERE Go to Voice & Fax Accept Incoming Voice Calls Configure With Webhook, TwiML Bin, Function, Studio Flow, Proxy Service A Call Comes In TwiML Bin Choose the TwiML Bin you created earlier Lookup up numbers with Twilio API and get a nice pretty JSON output.
tmux Fun
By default the prefix is Ctrl+B for tmux
How to save pane to file Use prefix + :
We need to puts those lines into a buffer by typing in capture-pane -S -150 | Replace -150 with however many lines you’d like to save, or - for all lines.
Hit return (enter)
Now we have to save the buffer to a file by doing the following prefix + :
Type in save-buffer filename.
Autorestic Fun
Install autorestic with the below
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cupcakearmy/autorestic/master/install.sh | bash
Now we install the config with the below
cat <<EOF > /root/.autorestic.yml version: 2 global: forget: keep-daily: 5 keep-weekly: 15 keep-monthly: 15 backends: storj: type: s3 path: https://gateway.us1.storjshare.io/bucket.name.here env: aws_access_key_id: aws_secret_access_key: backblaze: type: s3 path: https://s3.us-west-002.backblazeb2.com/bucket-name-here env: aws_access_key_id: aws_secret_access_key: locations: root: from: - / to: - storj - backblaze options: backup: exclude: - /dev - /media - /mnt - /proc - /run - /sys - /tmp - /var/tmp - /var/lib/mysql - /swap* EOF Now autorestic is installed
DynamicDNS with Cloudflare bash
Here is a bash script I use to update DDNS with CloudFlare, I could use ddclient, but I like this it works for me
apt -y install dnsutils jq curl
#!/usr/bin/env bash # A bash script to update a Cloudflare DNS A record with the external IP of the source machine # Used to provide DDNS service for my home # Needs the DNS record pre-creating on Cloudflare ## Based on https://gist.
Gitea Auth using Authentik Proxy Outpost
RIGHT NOW GITEA KEEPS LOGGED IN AS FIRST USER SO IT’S NOT PERFECT, THERE’S A KNOWN ISSUE We need to update the logout button to the authentik logout URL: wget -O /var/lib/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/go-gitea/gitea/main/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
Replace the old logout URL with the new: sed -i 's#/user/logout#/akprox/sign_out#g' /var/lib/gitea/custom/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
I did notice when replacing the URL to logout it doesn’t directly log you out, but will be logged out next time you try to do anything Now it’s time to config gitea; nano /etc/gitea/app.
Grafana Auth using Authentik Proxy Outpost
nano /etc/grafana/grafana.ini
[auth.proxy] # Defaults to false, but set to true to enable this feature enabled = true # HTTP Header name that will contain the username or email header_name = X-authentik-username # HTTP Header property, defaults to `username` but can also be `email` header_property = username # Set to `true` to enable auto sign up of users who do not exist in Grafana DB. Defaults to `true`. auto_sign_up = false # Define cache time to live in minutes # If combined with Grafana LDAP integration it is also the sync interval sync_ttl = 60 # Limit where auth proxy requests come from by configuring a list of IP addresses.
Rundeck fun
nano docker-compose.yaml
version: '3' services: rundeck: image: 'rundeck/rundeck:3.4.8' restart: unless-stopped environment: RUNDECK_GRAILS_URL: 'https://rundeck.domain.com' RUNDECK_SERVER_FORWARDED: 'true' RUNDECK_DATABASE_DRIVER: org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver RUNDECK_DATABASE_USERNAME: rundeck RUNDECK_DATABASE_PASSWORD: rundeck RUNDECK_DATABASE_URL: jdbc:mysql://mysql/rundeck?autoReconnect=true&useSSL=false ports: - 127.0.0.1:4440:4440 volumes: - ./data/data:/home/rundeck/server/data - ./data/projects:/home/rundeck/projects - ./data/realm.properties:/home/rundeck/server/config/realm.properties depends_on: - "mysql" mysql: image: mysql:5.7 restart: unless-stopped environment: - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root - MYSQL_DATABASE=rundeck - MYSQL_USER=rundeck - MYSQL_PASSWORD=rundeck volumes: - ./data/db:/var/lib/mysql First you’ll want to comment out - ./data/realm.properties:/home/rundeck/server/config/realm.properties then docker exec -it rundeck_rundeck_1 cat /home/rundeck/server/config/realm.properties > ./data/realm.properties to get the file.
Usenet Basics
Here’s a quick rundown of how usenet works:
The three things required are a server, indexer, and downloaders.
Server: Where you download the articles from. (Eweka, SuperNews)
Indexer: A search engine for the usenet servers. (NZBGeek, NZBCat, DogNZB)
Downloader: This is used to download and extract the files since they are put into RAR files. (NZBGet, SABnzbd)
Arr software searches via the indexer which then sends the .nzb file to the downloader.
Headscale Notes
Client DNS If you don’t want to use magic DNS like myself. I was having issues with it so I did this.
Add the following to ~/.bashrc this will allow you to SSH to clients in the following way tailssh $USER $HOSTNAME you can also just run tailssh and that will show you all of the servers
function tailssh () { if [[ -z $1 ]] && [[ -z $2 ]]; then tailscale status | grep -v 'filter/INPUT' | column -t else host=$(tailscale status | grep $2 | awk '{ print $1 }') ssh ${1}@${host} fi } Now we need to install column apt install bsdmainutils
How to set up Headscale
Here I will walk you through setting up Headscale
Create Directories
mkdir -p /opt/headscale/config /opt/headscale/bin
Install Reqs
apt install -y wireguard-tools nginx apt-transport-https
Generate Key
wg genkey > /opt/headscale/config/private.key
Download newest release from HERE
wget https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/releases/download/v0.15.0-beta5/headscale_0.15.0-beta5_linux_amd64 -O /opt/headscale/bin/headscale
Add headscale ~/.bashrc echo PATH=$PATH:/opt/headscale/bin >> ~/.bashrc
Source the new PATH source ~/.bashrc
Create config Create a config in /opt/headscale/config/config.yml
nano config.yaml
--- # The url clients will connect to. # Typically this will be a domain.
Apaches Alias with ProxyPass
I was trying to get an alias to work with a ProxyPass. This is pretty easy in NGiNX you just add locations where they need to be, but it appears in Apache/HTTPD you have to specify to ignore the location without the ProxyPass Module
The below needs to be added into your VirtualHost. This specific use was for the AppRise_API server
Alias "/s" "/opt/apprise/server/apprise_api/static" <Directory "/opt/apprise/server/apprise_api/static"> AllowOverride None Require all granted </Directory> ReWriteEngine on ProxyPassMatch ^/s !
Fix Nextcloud Issues
Below is how to fix the Your web server is not properly set up to resolve /.well-known/webfinger /.well-known/nodeinfo error if using NGiNX since everything else I could find was for Apache/HTTPD.
Add the following to your NGiNX config file for nextcloud. Usualy found in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ or /etc/nginx/conf.d/
location = /.well-known/webfinger { return 301 $scheme://$host/index.php/.well-known/webfinger; } location = /.well-known/nodeinfo { return 301 $scheme://$host/index.php/.well-known/nodeinfo; } ACPu errors when doing stuff on the command line.
Git fun
Here’s some simple things to do with git When updating a repo this is the simplest way to do it
git config --global user.name FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME | this sets the person who made the commit (first/last name)
git config --global user.email [email protected] | this sets the person who made the commit (email)
git diff | this is the see any lines you’ve changed
git status | this will show which branch your on and which files have changed (not the contents of the file like git diff, but just the files themselves)
Restic systemd
init repo apt install -y restic export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='KEY_ID_HERE' export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='ACCESS_KEY_HERE' export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="REPO_HERE_IS_USE_MINIO" export RESTIC_PASSWORD='RANDOM_PASSWD_HERE' restic init Service time nano /etc/systemd/system/restic-backup.service
[Unit] Description=restic Wants=restic.timer [Service] Type=oneshot User=root Group=root Environment=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='KEY_ID_HERE' Environment=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='ACCESS_KEY_HERE' Environment=RESTIC_REPOSITORY="REPO_HERE_IS_USE_MINIO" Environment=RESTIC_PASSWORD='RANDOM_PASSWD_HERE' ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/mysqldump --defaults-file=/root/.my.cnf --all-databases > /opt/backup/mysqldump.sql' ExecStart=/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/restic --exclude={/dev,/media,/mnt,/proc,/run,/sys,/tmp,/var/tmp,/var/lib/mysql,/swap*} backup / && /usr/bin/restic forget --prune --keep-daily 5 --keep-weekly 15 --keep-monthly 15' ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/rm /opt/backup/mysqldump.sql [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Timer time nano /etc/systemd/system/restic-backup.timer
[Unit] Description=restic Requires=restic.service [Timer] Unit=restic.service OnCalendar=daily AccuracySec=1h Persistent=true [Install] WantedBy=timers.
perl/awk/sed/cut fun
sed With the last g all text is replaced not just the first
Replace text inline using sed (does not work with symlinks)
sed -i 's/TO_BE_REPLACED/NEW_TEXT/g' FILE_HERE
Replace text output to stdout
sed 's/TO_BE_REPLACED/NEW_TEXT/g' FILE_HERE
awk Show specific column of line
awk '{ print $N }' where N is column number
cut cut -d' ' -fN where d is the delimiter and N is the colum number
perl Replace new line with space
Vi/m Fun
I’m honesly not sure if these are vi or vim specific as I use a mac and Debian machine, but here’s some fun stuff I’ve learned over the years. I started as a nano person, but am finaly sitting down and using vi/m more and more.
In command mode (make sure to hit esc) Go to start of file gg
Go to end of file G
Delete from line to start of file dgg
Autostart Tdarr via systemd
The folowing are the systemd units locations and content
nano /etc/systemd/system/tdarr-node.service
[Unit] Description=Tdarr Node Daemon After=network.target [Service] User=plex Group=plex #StandardOutput=null Type=simple WorkingDirectory=/opt/tDarr/Tdarr_Node ExecStart=/opt/tDarr/Tdarr_Node/Tdarr_Node TimeoutStopSec=20 KillMode=process Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target nano /etc/systemd/system/tdarr-server.service
[Unit] Description=Tdarr Server Daemon After=network.target [Service] User=plex Group=plex #StandardOutput=null Type=simple WorkingDirectory=/opt/tDarr/Tdarr_Server ExecStart=/opt/tDarr/Tdarr_Server/Tdarr_Server TimeoutStopSec=20 KillMode=process Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target nano /etc/systemd/system/tdarr-node.service
[Unit] Description=Tdarr Node Daemon After=network.target [Service] User=plex Group=plex #StandardOutput=null Type=simple WorkingDirectory=/opt/tDarr/Tdarr_Node ExecStart=/opt/tDarr/Tdarr_Node/Tdarr_Node TimeoutStopSec=20 KillMode=process Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Now to enable everything you can type the following.
Uninstall program via powershell
This is useful if using remote shell to do things. I used this when I migrated from RemoteUtilities (great software, but I can’t seem to find a cheap host for a Windows OS, MeshCentral only requires a small Linux server) to MeshCentral. I was able to use the remote shell through SentinelOne to do this. SentinelOne is by far the best NextGenAV out there.
If remote shell uses CMD we’re going to want to open/start powershell
Install Duplicati as Windows Service
Here’s how to install Duplicati as a Windows Service
Download Duplicati from HERE
During install don’t mark Auto Start up option
Open CMD as admin
Navigate to the installation folder in CMD (this should be the same as long as you left it as default) cd "C:\Program Files\Duplicati 2\"
Now we will install the service .\Duplicati.WindowsService.exe install
Now restart your computer (this isn’t needed, but it’s a good way to test)
Remote shell access to Windows machine on Domain
This seems to be just like connecting via SSH to a Linux machine, but with Windows. I’ve only tested with Windows 10, but it works great.
Download PSEX HERE. Extract ZIP wherever (I like to use 7zip). CD to that location via CMD as domain admin (this is assuming domain environment, run CMD as administrator by right clicking, then run as administrator) Run the following .PsExec.exe \PCnameORip cmd.exe You are now in a remote shell You can also use winrs as well
Multi-Domain SSL Setup with “Subject Alternative Names”
Here’s how to create a cert/csr with more than one domain name.
First you’ll want to create the directory. I use NGiNX so I like to put my certs in /etc/nginx/ssl, but you can put yours anywhere So now we will create the directory mkdir /etc/nginx/ssl/domainName Now we will cd into the directory cd /etc/nginx/ssl/domainName Now we will paste the following in the sslConfig.txt file.
[req] default_bits = 4096 prompt = no default_md = sha256 req_extensions = req_ext distinguished_name = dn [ dn ] C=US ST=YOURstateHERE L=YOURcityHERE O=YOURorgNAMEhere CN = YOURmainDOMAINhere [ req_ext ] subjectAltName = @alt_names [ alt_names ] DNS.
Printers not working after KB4557957 update
I noticed an issue where after updating Windows 10 2004 with KB4557957 some printers were no longer working.
BetaNews did a good writeup HERE about the issue.
Microsoft released a couple off-schedule patches to fix it. HERE is the BetaNews article about it.
In short here are the links for the fix’s with the correct Windows 10 version.
Windows 10, version 1909 (KB4567512)
Windows 10, version 1903 (KB4567512)
Windows 10, version 1809 (KB4567513)
Change username for cPanel user
Unfortunately it doesn’t appear cPanel allows you to easily change the username. Most documentation I’ve read says to use the “Rearrange an Account” option, but if you only have one disk that doesn’t seem to get you an option. The downside to this is that is doesn’t fully do a normal restore it will restore the new account to the new directory, but it will symlink the old username to the new directory.
Acme.sh with NGiNX
First you have to install acme.sh. I like using acme.sh because it’s all bash based. As with all posts I take no responsibility for anything and this is more of a quick help instead of a full guide.
I have a script that I use to deploy my WordPress sites. The only thing I recommend is if you use it make sure to add the xml-rpc.php block. I haven’t added that to it yet.
Fix Domain Trust Issues
There error comes in many forms one of the forms are “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.” If you’re able to log into the machine as a local admin it’s easy, you just do the following.
Use a local administrator account to log on to the computer. Select Start, press and hold (or right-click) Computer > Properties. Select Change settings next to the computer name. On the Computer Name tab, select Change.
Remote Control Terminal Session Windows Server
I just learned that you can remote control terminal sessions. They call it shadowing. I’ve only done it on Windows Server 2012 r2, but was super easy. You just need to open server manager, go to remote desktop services, then collections, then QuickSessionsCollections. Then you’ll see the connections in the upper right hand corner. Once you find the one you want you right click on the session and hit Shadow. By default this will ask the user to allow, if you want to override that and allows allow you can do the following group policy change.
XCP-NG Quick Notes
I learned about XCP-NG not to log ago and love it. It’s great and easy to use. My only issue is I guess on newer versions of Windows 10/Server 2019 they were having freezing issues. I had the issue with Windows 10. I just went with Windows 7 VMs for what I needed until they get the problem worked out. XCP-NG works great with Linux. Here are some useful commands I’ve found.
Search and replace Wordpress Database
I NO LONGER RECOMEND USING THIS WAY. I RECOMEND USING WP-CLI SEARCH-REPALCE. HOW TO USE CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Below is the search and replace for WP which I find really helpful when changing to a new domain. I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR USING THIS. MAKE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE. ALSO THIS MAY NOT BE THE NEWEST VERSION SO IF YOU WANT THE NEWEST VERSION FOR SURE GO TO THE SITE.
NextCloud with Apache behind NGINX reverse proxy on CentOS
This is probably useful to figure out how to reverse proxy Apache behind NGINX, but I was finally able to get NextCloud working on NGINX with no problem I like to use NGINX as my web server because that’s what I’ve always worked with. I’ve tried a couple times to get NGINX to work with NextCloud, but it would also end up not letting me log in. I did some Googleing and I guess it has something to do with how the cache is handled in NGINX.
Supermicro X9 Hangs on Windows 10 reboot
This data has been copied from HERE
Please follow the steps below:
Turn off the system completely, and turn it back on, you should be able to get back into the OS. 2)Download the following driver and extract it:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22655/Intel-Chipset-Device-Software-for-HECI or
my link here, this may not be the newest intel_chipset_SPS_MEI_NULL_v1.2.3.2003
Open up Device Manager
View » Show hidden devices
In the main window, expand System devices and look the device written exactly as “Intel(R) Management Engine Interface”
Static IP KVM Guest
Copied from Here
If you don’t want to do any configuration inside the guest, then the only option is a DHCP server that hands out static IP addresses. If you use bridge mode, that will probably be some external DHCP server. Consult its manual to find out how to serve static leases.
But at least in forward modes nat or route, you could use libvirt’s built-in dnsmasqd (More recent versions of libvirtd support the dnsmasq’s “dhcp-hostsfile” option).
MySQL/MariaDB Not Securing
mysql_secure_installation doesn’t seem to work on the newest Debain
After some googling I think I found what works for me.
Delete anon user
DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User=’';
delete non local root user
DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User=‘root’ AND Host NOT IN (’localhost’, ‘127.0.0.1’, ‘::1’);
drop test database
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS test;
drop all other root users
drop user ‘root’@’localhost’;
drop user ‘root’@‘127.0.0.1’;
drop user ‘root’@’::1’;
create a new root user with password
Disable SuperMicro IPMI ADMIN user
Disable ADMIN user Before doing this bit you may wish to check that the new user you added works for everything you need it to. Those things might include:
ssh to [email protected] Log in on web interface at https://192.168.1.22/ Various ipmitool commands like querying power status:$ ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.22 -U somename -a power status Password: Chassis power is on If all of that is okay then you can disable ADMIN:
IPTables Fun
I found these scripts years ago and decided to use them. I might as well share them
First the ipset and iptables need to be installed
apt install iptables ipset Now we need to create the ipset lists
ipset create drop hash:net ipset create allowHTTPS hash:net ipset create allowSSH hash:net ipset create directHTTPS hash:net ipset create google hash:net script to update files and countries. If you go to the ipdeny site you can find which countries you can add.
VMware vSphere – How to activate Windows Server OEM licence in virtual machine
Copied from LINK PUBLIKOVÁNO 23 SRP ’17 , AUTOR: TOMAS KALABIS
VMware vSphere – How to activate Windows Server OEM licence in virtual machine I have installed a Windows Server 2012 R2 with a Fujitus OEM licence on ESXi 6.5, but when i try to activate this operating system i got always an error with licence key. The solution is add following lines to the .vmx file of affected VM.
create CD iso from folder
Download IMGBURN
Now all that’s left is to glue the iso back together. In ImgBurn this accomplished by: Mode -> Build In the ‘Source’ section, click the ‘Browse for a folder’ icon. Select c:\iso\ms-iso. In the ‘Destination’ section, click the ‘Browse for a file’ icon. Give your iso a name and put it where you’d like. Under the Options tab on the right, set ‘File System’ to ‘UDF’ and ensure that ‘Recurse Subdirectories’ is checked.
Install FusionIO ioDrive2 on Debian
If using Debian 10 you’ll have to use the github VSL. I just started using it, I will update if there’s issues. HERE’S the link.
Now we need to make the module be loaded.
mkdir /lib/modules/4.19.0-10-amd64/kernel/drivers/iomem cd root/usr/src/iomemory-vsl-3.2.16 cp iomemory-vsl.ko /lib/modules/4.19.0-10-amd64/kernel/drivers/iomem Now we need to add it to be loaded on bootup
nano /etc/modules Paste iomemory_vsl into the /etc/modules file. ``
First go to LINK and download the needed items I also have a copy that I downloaded HERE.
How to enable vlans on Debian 9
I just did this on Debian 9, it might work on older versions and more than likely Ubuntu
Do everything as root: sudo su -
Install vlan package: apt-get install vlan
Load 8021q module: modprobe 8021q
Add 8021q module at bootup: echo 8021q | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
Make sure it is in the file: cat /etc/modules
Now we need to edit the interfaces file: nano /etc/network/interfaces
There will probably be something like below
UEFI CloneZilla
When cloning using clonezilla I notice sometimes if the PC was using UEFI it wouldn’t clone. After some googleing I was able to find a post that mentioned you had to manually copy over the bootloader. It is very simple to do. Once booted into CloneZilla you enter shell instead of the normal start. Once in the shell you’re going to become root. sudo su. Once you’re root you going to type the following command.
Install Need for Speed Underground and Most Wanted together
I DO NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS I JUST FOUND IT AND PUT IT ON MY SITE. IT WAS ON A SITE CALLED cowgod.net, BUT THE SITE NO LONGER EXISTS :-( Install Need for Speed Underground and Most Wanted together If you own both Need for Speed Underground and Need for Speed Most Wanted, you’ve inevitably tried to install them together. The first game will install and play flawlessly, however, something strange happens when you run autoplay on the second game.
Useful Scripts
for f in *; do cd $f; mv * ..; cd ..; rmdir $f; done find . -type f ! -iname "*.mp4" ! -iname "*.jpg" ! -iname "*.wmv" ! -iname "*.mkv" ! -iname "*.mpg" ! -iname "*.avi" ! -iname "*.m4v" sed 's#^#what to add to begging of line#' oldfile > newfile sed 's#$#text to add to end of line#' oldfile > newfile mkvmerge -o <output>.mkv –default-track 0 –language 0:eng <subtitles>.srt input find .
Docker and IP-Tables
Over the weekend I got attacked. I realized the cause of this was because I rebooted my server and the docker IPTables rules overwrote the IPTables-Persistent rules I had. After realizing this was the case I uninstalled docker since I wasn’t using it and while I was making firewall changes I set up ipset to block most foreign countries. I also removed IPTables-Persistent and instead just added the post up to the /etc/network/interfacespost-up ipset restore < /etc/iptables/ipset.
Install KodExplorer
How I installed KodExplorer.
This is running on Debian 8.1. Things might be different on whatever OS/Version you’re running. I am by no means a pro. This is pieced together from everything I’ve learned.
You first have to install nginx and php
apt install ngnix php5-fpm git if it’s a newer version of debian or ubuntu you might have to run apt install php7-fpm
mkdir -p /etc/nginx/ssl/site.com cd /etc/nginx/ssl/site.com Fill out the info the next step asks.
Make nginx return 403 error when accessing non defined sites or direct IP
I was running into an issue where when people would go to the IP of my server or a domain was pointed at my server and the domain wasn’t configured in NGINX it would for some reason redirect to one of my domains when I didn’t want it to. Below is the config block that I added to a file. This make NGINX return a 403 error when accessing the server via IP or an reconfigured domain.
pfSense/VMWare/Cisco 3560/Server 2016
Over the past couple days I’ve been trying to get a Cisco 3560 with VLANs to work. Finally I was able to get it working. This is my first blog post FYI it’s not the most detailed. It’s just info on what I’ve learned. This is not the best post to read if you have no technical knowledge. If you have some you should be able to work your way thru my horrible instructions.