Posted on ma 27 december 2021 in servers • Tagged with debian, backups
Some years back I had a rather complete puppet setup managing relatively small set of servers for personal use and some small business customers. In that setup I had a completely automated way of configuring duplicity backups to some server I rented somewhere safe, using puppet code and puppet external …
Posted on za 25 december 2021 in servers • Tagged with openbsd, security
Yesterday I received a short mail from Mischa running OpenBSD.Amsterdam that he had hardened the sshd configuration for the OpenBSD.Amsterdam servers based on test results from the site sshaudit.com
Most of my OpenSSH servers are behind restrictive allow lists, but my OpenBSD VM at OpenBSD.Amsterdam is …
Posted on wo 08 december 2021 in desktop • Tagged with apple, hardware, zorin, ubuntu
Somebody I know had her Macbook Air crash a long time ago and took that event as a good time to get a newer model. But the data on the laptop was never recovered. Recently she was getting ready to get rid of old stuff and this old MBA turned …
Posted on di 07 december 2021 in desktop • Tagged with macos, zorin
Having a setup of multiple external monitors at home is great for productivity. I can see a lot relevant info in the blink of an eye with all the screen real estate at hand. Managing windows and their placement does become more of a hassle. More mouse movements to place …
Posted on vr 03 december 2021 in desktop • Tagged with security
During my day I have secrets that I use a lot. Best example would be the ansible vault password for a particular environment to run a playbook or the password to access a API I use a lot.
On my mac I added a small bit of code to my …