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Securing the IPMI Let s review the exposure of the IPMI to external world. Securing the Proxmox Continuing from the basic Proxmox setup, the goal here is to limit access to Proxmox itself via ssh and the web console. What to install? From the use cases I select the following popular solutions: After consulting Claude and Continue reading
Today I record my latest effort to build yet another server just because I can. Background First, let s list out what I want to achieve: Other obsessions: And such Storage and Virtualisation are the priorities with some odd bias on hardware features. Shopping time The timing for shopping couldn t be worst towards the end Continue reading
Pointers absolutely barbaric. On a more serious note it does make sense or does it? In this post I record some observations regarding pointers in Golang. At a glance Here s a table showing how pointers manifest in golang, by no mean it is complete: Golang tokens Value Stored at address var x int Continue reading
A very quick short post regarding updating Debian system. First get the sudo command. $ su # apt-get install sudo # usermod -aG sudo $user # exit Second follow the apt-get update # sudo apt-get update # sudo apt-get dist-update Now make sure all apt-get update errors are fixed; it so happened that the mirror Continue reading
Due to day job I was looking for Java project build systems. Whilst searching for that I saw references of Python build system. But hang on a second, Python is a scripting language; you simply run it using an interpreter right? There is nothing to build! That is also correct. This post I record what Continue reading
I have been an ARM employee for a good 9 years; in fact it is the only employer I have ever worked for professionally. When I first joined ARM in July 2006, ARM stock traded around £1 a share. Today (July 2016) Softbank is offering £17 per share that is 17 times gain over Continue reading
Installing Syncthing is the easy bit; deploying Syncthing is some what a different problem. This post records my Syncthing deployment experience. Root of the problem The first question is how many Syncthing instances do I need? in other words do I run one Syncthing per machine or per user? According to the FAQ, each user Continue reading
As part of the effort to setup a home backup server, I have acquired two huge HDDs and a small SSD. I plan to install stable Debian 8.2.0 plus additional software to facilitate the backup service. This post records the setup process. Why and what? There are plenty of reasons for encryption ranging from Continue reading
I have been looking for ways to backup files on my various machines to a local file server. With the emergence of various file synchronisation solutions, the Seafile and Syncthing stood out from my brief survey. Here are some observations and subjective views on the solutions. Working concepts The first task is to understand how Continue reading
I have been trying to install Kali Linux 2.0 on my HP nx7010; the problem is the CPU in the old laptop does not support PAE (Physical Address Extension). The official downloads do not support non-PAE i386 kernels but they do provide instructions to build custom live image. The live image works great with one Continue reading