Use sudo su to login without any password prompt Rumi, January 15, 2024 Step 1 Edit sudoers file with command visudo: $ visudo You should get something similar to this content: # # This file MUST be edited with the ‘visudo’ command as root. # # Please consider adding local content in /etc/sudoers.d/ instead of # directly modifying this file. # # See… Continue Reading
Proxmox create VXLAN using its native SDN Rumi, January 12, 2024 Prerequisite: You need to have an Installed Proxmox and Configure a Clustered setup. The first step in any installation is to make sure your hosts are updated. By default, Proxmox hosts will reach out to the enterprise repository, so I need to configure the pve-no-subscription repository. To enable that, I… Continue Reading
Disable gpgcheck while running updates Rumi, January 12, 2024 Problem Statement: # su -c ‘yum install *.rpm’ which produced a long list of packages and depchecks, apparently successfully, but then gave: Install 50 Package(s) Total size: 436 M Installed size: 436 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Package libobasis3.3-en-US-base-3.3.0-6.x86_64.rpm is not signed [dave at davehost RPMS]$ Resolution:… Continue Reading
reset root password on CentOS 7 Rumi, January 10, 2024 You need to have a console access for running this operation. 1. Inside java or HTML5 console, please reboot your server and wait for the GRUB menu 2. Inside the GRUB menu select your first entry and press “E” key to edit. 3. Find a line with ro and change it to rw Continue Reading
Install MySQL 5.7 on Ubuntu 20.04 Rumi, January 9, 2024 Prerequisites Linux servers running Ubuntu 20.04 root privileges Step 1 – Add MySQL APT repository in Ubuntu Ubuntu already comes with the default MySQL package repositories. In order to add or install the latest repositories, we are going to install package repositories . Download the repository using the below command:… Continue Reading
Resctrict RDP Session Rumi, January 8, 2024 Problem statement: RDP to Windows 10 hangs at the ‘Please wait’ screen forever until rebooted. Remedy: Need to apply the Group Policy (gpedit.msc) setting: Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Remote Desktop Services >> Remote Desktop Session Host >> Connections At that level Enable the following setting… Continue Reading
ZFS Manager Webmin Module Rumi, January 8, 2024January 8, 2024 I found this wonderful webmin module of ZFS Manager. Kinda love its feature and functions as it literally shortened the tedious siwtches and values of zfsmanager! I’m just quoting from the developer’s readme section down here- ZFS administration tool for Webmin This is in early development, not for production. That… Continue Reading
Install PHPIPAM using Docker on CentOS 7 Rumi, January 7, 2024 Update Docker Package Database. In a terminal window, type: sudo yum check-update Remove if any docker is preinstalled with your OS- sudo yum remove docker docker-client docker-client-latest docker-common docker-latest docker-latest-logrotate docker-logrotate docker-selinux docker-engine-selinux docker-engine Install the Dependencies sudo yum install -y yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2 The –y switch indicates to the yum… Continue Reading
Install Jitsi on Debian 11 Rumi, January 7, 2024 This article will go through the installation and configuration of the Jitsi Video Conference on the latest Debian 11 Bullseye. At the end of this guide, you will be able to create a meeting using the Jitsi Video conference. Before you get started, ensure you’ve got the following requirements: Operating… Continue Reading
Nextcloud Upgrade Issue via Web Rumi, January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 My Nextcloud update via web was constantly failing. So looked for alternate CLI methods. Method#1 Using occ cli sudo -u www-data php ./occ upgrade Nextcloud or one of the apps require upgrade – only a limited number of commands are available You may use your browser or the occ upgrade… Continue Reading