Rsync upload local files without replacing remote files Rumi, May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 Disclaimer: This is basically one way sync- use at your own risk and dry run before any production deployment. Suppose you have a list of files on a remote host, some of which already exist locally. What you want is to transfer only those files that are not found locally…. Continue Reading
Install ZFS on Ubuntu Rumi, May 17, 2023 Installing ZFS Filesystem on Ubuntu We will be using the command line Terminal application for the installation of the ZFS filesystem. To launch the command line Terminal, use the Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut. Now to install the ZFS filesystem on Ubuntu, issue the following command in Terminal: $ sudo apt install… Continue Reading
MikroTik Router SNMP Configuration Rumi, April 18, 2023 First, you need to access the console of your MikroTik router. On the prompt screen, enter the administrative login information. Factory default access information: Username: admin Password: (No password) After a successful login, the console command-line will be displayed. Use the following command to enable the SNMP service on the… Continue Reading
Add User to Sudoers on CentOS Rumi, March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 You can do this in 2 methods- however, IMHO method-2 usually works great for me. Method-1 Step 1: Verify the Wheel Group is Enabled Your CentOS 7 installation may or may not have the wheel group enabled. Open the configuration file by entering the command: visudo Scroll through the configuration… Continue Reading
Installing new fonts in Collabora Rumi, February 24, 2023 For the core MS fonts: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer You may be asked to accept the license agreement, i was not asked. They end up in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts Next is to install the clear types such as calibri This is a bit different but can be done with the vista fonts… Continue Reading
Install Collabora Online on Ubuntu 20 for Nextcloud Rumi, February 24, 2023 First, log in to your Ubuntu 20.04 server through SSH as the root user or any other user with sudo privileges: ssh root@IP_Address -p Port_number You will need to replace ‘IP_Address‘ and ‘Port_number‘ with your server’s respective IP address and SSH port number. Additionally, replace ‘root’ with the username of… Continue Reading
Install Discourse on Ubuntu 20.04 Rumi, November 14, 2022 Secure the Server Turn on automatic security updates. $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades Setup a firewall with ufw. $ sudo apt-get install ufw $ sudo ufw default allow outgoing $ sudo ufw default deny incoming $ sudo ufw allow 22 comment ‘SSH’ $ sudo ufw allow http comment ‘HTTP’ $ sudo… Continue Reading
Set Up a Radius Server on pfSense Rumi, November 2, 2022November 5, 2022 Installing the Package The pfSense 2.X package manager includes both FreeRadius and FreeRadius2 as installation options. For this example, I’m going to be using FreeRadius2 since it has some additional features not found in the previous version. Only one version of radius can be installed on pfSense at a time…. Continue Reading
Install MariaDB 10.3 on CentOS Rumi, October 23, 2022 Step 1: Add MariaDB Yum Repository Create a new repo file /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo and add the below code changing the base url according to the operating system version and architecture. # vi /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo [mariadb] name = MariaDB baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/10.3/centos73-amd64/ gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB gpgcheck=1 Step 2 – Install MariaDB Server Let’s use the… Continue Reading
CentOS 7 Server Installation with Software RAID Rumi, September 4, 2022 Install the Operating System Boot from the USB flash drive and select Install CentOS 7 When the welcome screen of the CentOS installer appears, choose your language and just click on Continue Continue Reading