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Apple TV 4 Screen Saver on OSX
Aerial is a Mac screen saver based on the new Apple TV screen saver that displays the aerial movies Apple shot over New York, San Francisco, Hawaii, China, etc. Aerial is completely open source, so fe
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Configure 2-Node VSAN on ESXi Free Using CLI Without VCenter
I’ve tried many different types of shared storage in my HomeLab, however I’ve never really found the “one”. The vSAN feature of vSphere has been high on the list for a long time and when I finally upg
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Connect a ESXi 6.5 Host to a UPS Connected to a Synology NAS
If you have a consumer UPS that connects via USB, you need to use this workaround to expose the UPS to the ESXi host. I use the built in NUT server on a Synology NAS to expose the UPS to the ESXi usin
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Restart the Web Service on the ERL
Sometimes, espescially if you cheat and quickly update the SSL certificate the dirty way, you may need to restart the UI on the ERL. Check here to catch up on the proper way to do this initially. Res
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Mount ESXi Datastore Snapshot/replica via CLI
Often used during DR situations ;) List available volumesesxcfg-volume -l Persistently mount using labelUsing the capital ‘M’ switch will make the mount survive reboots. esxcfg-volume -M dsHuml
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Upgrade ESXi to 6.5 Using Offline Bundle
The prerequisities are having SSH enabled, copy the Offline Bundles to a datastore and enter Maintenance mode. Although the last one is optional. Download HP Custom ESXi 6.5 installsI’m using the HP
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Reset a Unifi AP to Factory Settings via SSH
Sometimes you are forced into re-installing your UniFi Controller. And then you need to force re-adoption of your APs and really don’t want to take them down from the ceiling to press that little rese
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Automate Docker Image and Container Updates Running on Synology
Updating docker containers is as easy as pulling the image and drop and re-create the container. This can be automated using watchtower appliance, hosted in a docker container itself. Watchtower is a
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Setup CrashPlan in a Docker Container on Synology
CrashPlan is very popular for backing up NAS solutions. This post outlines the process for installing and configuring CrashPlan on a NAS in a Docker container and controlling it remotely from a CrashP
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Move HTTPS Redirection to Origin Server When Using Cloudflare
The first and simplest choice is to have Cloudflare handle the HTTPS redirection at their edge servers. This however requires the use of a catch all Page Rule which interferes when I want to use a Pag
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How to Cache ALL Content Using Cloudflare
By default, Cloudflare doesn’t cache your static HTML. Since I run hexo, a static site generator, I feel it is a bit of unused potential there. I’ve recently migrated over to a single droplet on Digit
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Additional Recommended Steps for New Ubuntu 14.04 Servers on DigitalOcean
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/additional-recommended-steps-for-new-ubuntu-14-04-servers Create new user on Ubuntu 14.04 Adding user to sudo group Configuring a Basic FirewallDis
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Hexo Git Deploy to DigitalOcean Droplet
Hexo has good built in support for deploying to git repositories. This writeup will detail how to set up hexo deploy to do a git push to your local git repository on a DigitalOcean droplet where the w
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Create New SSH Keys on Mac OSX Sierra
Generate new keys osx sierrassh-keygen -t rsa Set permissionssudo chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa Check newly created keyssh-keygen -l -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub Copy public key to
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Passthrough USB Keyboard and Mouse to VM on ESXi
My kids are still pretty young-ish so we make do with a mix of laptops and ipads. I do have a couple Windows VMs that are setup as gaming machines with dedicated GPUs via hardware passthrough. The iss
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Install CrashPlan on a Synology NAS and Control It Remotely
This howto outlines the process for installing and configuring CrashPlan on a NAS and controlling it remotely from a CrashPlan Client. The whole process is made easy due to the Synology packaging syst
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Install Sshpass on OSX
Ever needed to run ssh commands from a non-interactive shell, and not being able to use keys? Well sshpass is what you need! I use it for running ssh commands from Automator scripts on OSX. It is qui
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Always Serve Content Over HTTPS Using Cloudflare CDN
Cloudflare has a nifty feature where you can configure your site to always be served over HTTPS. Of course, this does require you have already enabled SSL support for your site in the first place. How
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Install PLEX on Synology NAS Using Docker
A new updated version using docker-compose is available here. A recent docker bug on Synology wiped all my container configuration which is the reason for switching to docker-compose, which I anyhow f
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Install and Configure New HTTPS Cert on EdgeRouterLite
As of version 1.8.5, the settings specifying the certificate is now available via the GUI which makes configuration much easier, including the now automatic restart of the web server. Upload the PE