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https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:web_server_setup?rev=1733541215&do=diff
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Web Server setup
Basic Web Server setup on VM
I am moving away from Ubuntu to Debian. I find the instruction for here are good to setup a basic web server Digitalocean's LAMP on Debian 11 and Computing for Geeks LAMP on Debian.
Old, tl;dr;
The main reference used is Unixmen - How To Install LAMP Stack On Ubuntu 16.04, for the bas…text/html2026-01-31T14:34:43+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Rsync
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:rsync?rev=1769870083&do=diff
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Rsync
These are my rsync notes. I also used to use rsnapshot, however I was unhappy with the performance of this application and moved to restic. The original rsnapshot notes have been rolled up and moved to the bottom of this page.
Rsync Notes
Main rsync command usage summarytext/html2026-05-04T05:34:54+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)KPTree - Home Desktop Setup
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:mswindows_notes?rev=1777872894&do=diff
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KPTree - Home Desktop Setup
Background
I have Windows on my main desk top machine, it is dual boot with Debian/XFCE. I am using Debian almost exclusively now. The BIOS based dual boot works well, I have it defaulting to Debian. I do not currently have a Windows VM setup on my main server. My 3 sons also have computers with Windows on them. Lastly, I am required to used company Windows machines at work. Hence I like to keep a li…text/html2025-08-17T00:27:04+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Network Setup
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:network_setup?rev=1755390424&do=diff
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Network Setup
Most server have more than one network connection although one is technically enough. Routers by definition need to have a minimum of at least 2 network connections.
It would seem that Debian Linux supports multiple methods to define network connections:text/html2025-05-20T04:48:08+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)VNC Server
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:vnc_setup?rev=1747716488&do=diff
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VNC Server
This section is a bit of a mess and needs a clean up.....
I want a simple server GUI VNC system. Sadly most the instructions on the net do not seem to meet my needs.
* Install a GUI
* A light desktop system, e.g. xfce
* The x11 windows manager systemtext/html2024-03-24T08:01:21+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)KPTree - Email Server Setup
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:email_server?rev=1711267281&do=diff
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KPTree - Email Server Setup
Email Server Notes
Setting up the email server on my home server was probably the most difficult task. Email server setup is intricate, risky and involves significant commitment and effort to setup reliably and maintain.text/html2022-01-15T04:49:47+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)KPTree Torrent VM Setup
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:media_vm_setup?rev=1642222187&do=diff
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KPTree Torrent VM Setup
Deluge Headless setup
The main reference used is Havetheknowhow.com, specifically for the deluge headless setup, Havetheknowhow.com - How to install Deluge Headless. The Deluge support page is also a root source of knowledge Deluge systemd. Whatbox Deluge also has some interesting dialog.
If installing on a virtual machine (VM) it is important to also have set up the NFS to al…text/html2024-03-24T06:04:40+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)VIM Editor
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:vim?rev=1711260280&do=diff
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VIM Editor
When using sudo vim consider sudo -E. The -E flag to retain the user environment variables for vim.
VIM Customisation
~/.vimrc
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set nocompatible
syntax on
set number relativenumber
set autoindent expandtab tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on
set cursorline
set cursorcolumn
set shiftwidth=2
set tabstop=2
set expandtabtext/html2025-02-08T09:11:05+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)KVM Setup
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:kvm?rev=1739005865&do=diff
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KVM Setup
I original setup my main server and virual machines all with Ubuntu. However I have started using Debian and find it leaner than Ubuntu. I am slowly moving my various servers and virtual machines to Debian.
* Install And Configure KVM In Ubuntu 20.04 Headless Server
* Installing KVM on Debian 10
* How To Install KVM Hypervisor on Debian 12|11|10
* How to install KVM server on …text/html2026-03-05T13:20:52+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)snapraid
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:snapraid?rev=1772716852&do=diff
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snapraid
I have been using snapraid since circa 2015 for my main first past redundancy. I have a second home server used as a backup server that weekly backs up using restic.
The main snapraid commands I use are:
sudo snapraid sync to sync the files that have changes since last sync. I usually do this weekly, manually.text/html2025-09-29T05:35:59+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Commonly used commands and scripts
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:misc?rev=1759124159&do=diff
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Commonly used commands and scripts
dmesg
sudo dmesg lists the OS boot messages between grub and os up.
sudo dmesg --level=emerg,alert,crit,err,warn,notice,debug give a more succinct list of focus potential problem issues.
* emerg - system is unusabletext/html2025-09-29T11:22:11+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)dokuwiki setup notes
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:dokuwiki_setup?rev=1759144931&do=diff
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dokuwiki setup notes
Also see notes on setting up Docker Dokuwiki container
* Dokuwiki home page
* Dokuwiki Installation instructions
* Upgrading Dokuwiki
* DokuWiki Manual
* Docuwiki maintenance
* How to backup DokuWiki?
* How to move DokuWiki from one Server to another?
dokuwiki backup
Back-ups placed here: '/media/disk1/KarlData/Karl Data 2/dokuwiki_backups/' and named KPtreeWiki-backup_yyyy-mm-dd.
e.g. sudo tar zcpfv '/media/…