Add Synology NAS to Proxmox with NFS Overview Proxmox offers multiple features and tools to expand and add storage, such as NFS and CIFS network shares. These are great options not for just storage expansion but these are great options to add backup locations as well. Since Synology also supports these storage protocols, this article will cover the steps how to add Synology NAS to Proxmox with NFS mount share....

Deploy Wordpress on Docker using Ansible Overview The following article will cover the steps how to deploy Wordpress on Docker using Ansible. Purpose of this procedure is to automatize the deployment process of Wordpress on Docker with the Ansible playbook. In order to deploy wordpress on docker using ansible successfully, there are some requirements first to configure(listed bellow in the prerequisites) Prerequisites Docker installed and running on the target host machine(Docker installation can also be automated with Ansible – link to the POST) SSH access enabled on the remote hosts with the login parameters preset in the Ansible hosts file Ansible installed on client machine(your machine) Installed Python and Python docker module for Ansible on target machine Installed Python on your local machine Install Python Docker module for Ansible Most Linux distros have Python3 preinstalled but for others the Python Docker module that Ansible uses may be missing....

Deploy Nextcloud on Docker using Ansible Overview In this article we are going to go through the steps how to deploy Nextcloud on Docker using Ansible. Purpose of this procedure is to automatize the deployment process of Nextcloud on Docker with the Ansible playbook. In order to deploy nextcloud on docker using ansible successfully, there are some requirements first to configure(listed bellow in the prerequisites) Prerequisites Docker installed and running on the target host machine(Docker installation can also be automated with Ansible - link to the POST) SSH access enabled on the remote hosts with the login parameters preset in the Ansible hosts file Ansible installed on client machine(your machine) Installed Python and Python docker module for Ansible on target machine Installed Python on your local machine Install Python Docker module for Ansible Most Linux distros have Python3 preinstalled but for others the Python Docker module that Ansible uses may be missing....

Deploy Docker container using Ansible Overview This article will showcase the steps how to deploy docker container using Ansible on a remote Linux machine. This will enable us to automate the process of Docker container deployment, when required, on a multiple remote Linux hosts, with a preset of environment variables and configs for the needed Docker container. Prerequisites In order to successfully deploy Docker container using Ansible on a remote Linux machine, there are following prerequisites that are required:...

How to install Docker using Ansible Overview This article will showcase a process how to install Docker using Ansible. We’ll be creating an Ansible playbook which will contain only five lines of code. What will enable us to have such a small playbook is the official Docker install script, which will automate the Docker install process for us. The script works on many major Linux distributions such as - Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RedHat, CentOS, OpenSuse and Raspbian....

How to install Zerotier VPN on Synology NAS Overview The following article will showcase the steps how to install Zerotier VPN on Synology NAS. The procedure will be done step by step. The method we’ll be using to install, configure and deploy the VPN on the Synology is by running the Zerotier VPN using Docker, aka as a Docker container. This procedure will allow us to connect to our Synology more securely....

Convert Virtualbox VMs to QEMU/KVM[VDI to QCOW2] Overview In the following article, we’ll go through the steps how to convert Virtualbox VMs to QEMU/KVM hypervisor, or in another words, how to convert VM files from VDI to QCOW2 extenstion. This process is useful especially when you need to migrate from virtualbox to KVM or just want to try out the KVM hypervisor without the need to create new machines from the start....

Install Gnome on Debian 11 Overview In this article we will cover the process how to Install Gnome Debian 11. That’s one of the most wonderful features that you can do with Linux. The ability to install multiple different desktop environments and to fully customize it per your liking. Thing to consider before installing another Desktop Environment Installing multiple Desktop Environments is not without risks. It requires time and some in-depth GNU/Linux knowledge in order to make ti all working smooth and to troubleshoot with ease, if some issues do come up....

Setup Urbackup server on Ubuntu Overview The following post will showcase the steps how to setup Urbackup server on Ubuntu. By this we mean that we’ll be install Urbackup server on Ubuntu and also, we’ll show to add a client on the server and how to run a backup job. UrBackup is an Open Source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups features, differential backups and other tools can do various backup jobs while the system is running without interrupting current processes....

Install NFS server on Rocky linux 8[NFS share mount] Overview The post will showcase the steps how to install NFS server on Rocky linux. On another post, we covered the other method as well where we showed the process mounting the network shared drive on Linux, but with this method we used cifs-utils tools(LINK). The principle behind this process is basically the same - mount a network shared folder or drive from another machine and access it via local network....

Vim commands for navigation and editing Overview Vim is an extremely powerful text editor and can be especially useful when editing larger files. It can speed up/ease up the process. We’ll be looking at some essential Vim commands for navigation and editing text.This article focuses on every day Vim usage, meaning - to help out or increase productivity for a individual or to jump start their journey working in Vim(vim navigation and editing)....

How to setup Zabbix on Ubuntu 20.04 Overview Zabbix is an open source monitoring solution for diverse IT components, including networks and network devices, virtual machines, servers, and cloud services. Zabbix provides monitoring metrics for most of the components, such as CPU usage, network utilization, RAM and disk space consumption, temperatures, etc. Software can monitor operations on Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, HP-UX natively, but for Windows monitoring usage of agents is needed....