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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/html2023-12-23T13:07:19+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)IPMI CLI Tools
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IPMI CLI Tools
Much copied from Adam Sweet's wiki on IPMI.
What is IPMI?
IPMI is standard which allows remote server management, primarily developed by Intel. IPMI cards, known as Baseboard Management Cards (BMCs) are primitive computers in their own right and are operational all the time, so long as the server has a power source. The server itself does not need to be powered on, or the operating system operational for the BMC to work, it just needs a power source…text/html2025-01-03T00:55:46+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Back-up Server Old Setup
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Back-up Server Old Setup
This has been more difficult than I would have thought. I have used rsnapshot the past couple of years (2020-21), but have never really been happy with it for many reasons. The main reason is that it has never worked well, the rsync is reasonably fast, but the rsnapshot takes far too long. Other problems include; difficulties in set-up, and concerns will reliability. Recently I noticed that Debian no longer …text/html2025-05-18T07:27:42+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)IPMI Console Setup
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IPMI Console Setup
I have 3 computers from Supermicro with BMC and IPMI. The Supermicro provided utility program IPMIView is good, but the iKVM console redirection facility is woefully unreliable and also seems to be poorly documented! (Probably because it is based upon Java.) Interestingly this utility program is provided for Windows and Linux, and is even available in Manjaro AUR repositories. (This probably actually makes sense as many Supermic…text/html2025-08-17T00:27:04+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Network Setup
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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/html2022-01-16T03:13:47+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Set Up and Ubuntu APT Cache
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Set Up and Ubuntu APT Cache
The apt-cacher-ng looks to be a self container apt caching server. Basically the apt cacher stores all the relevant apt update and upgrade related files and and acts as a proxy server to multiple clients. A handy feature to improve speed and reduce Internet bandwidth where a virtual machine server is used with multiple clients. There is another package called apt-cacher but it depends upon th…text/html2023-11-19T02:47:59+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)SWAP Files
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SWAP Files
As I have a computer with enough memory I see no need or value in a SWAP partition. In fact as I am using a SSD for the system drive a SWAP is a concern to the reliability of his drive. The following is a list of method to check and disable SWAP function.text/html2024-03-24T06:04:40+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)VIM Editor
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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
colorscheme desert
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/html2023-12-26T03:44:19+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Webmin
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Webmin
I don't bother to use Webmin, it has been well over a year since I tried to use.
Old, tl;dr;
I am a bit lazy sometimes and use Webmin to help setup certain services, e.g. Samba. Webmin is a web interfaced system administration system for Linux and has lots of plugins for various Linux apps/packages. Webmin has its own mini webserver built in. There are lots of web page discussing Webmin, how to install and use, e.g.text/html2023-05-13T02:20:29+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)NUT (Network UPS Tools) Setup
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NUT (Network UPS Tools) Setup
I purchased my current main UPS the Powershield Commander RT PSCRT1100 / Voltronic Power Otima II 1.1K in 2014 and setup NUT about this time, including early conversion to systemd scripts. I notice the Techno Tim Network UPS Tools (NUT) Ultimate Guide late 2022 has a perhaps more modern take on this.text/html2026-01-25T05:14:50+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Home Server Notes
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Home Server Notes
The main reason for these notes is a reference to assist me with maintaining my home server. This includes upgrading the existing or setting up a new server in the future.
There are many reasons to setup a home server and many different options available. For me one of the big reasons is the tinkering and learning associated with such a set up. There are many other benefits. Perhaps also one of the largest negatives is also the time invested …text/html2023-12-26T03:36:17+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)apt package management
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apt package management
I recently had a sudo apt upgrade error along the lines of:
mariadb-server : Depends: mariadb-server-10.3 (>= 1:10.3.25-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) but 1:10.3.23+maria~bionic is installed
Basically the apt / dpkg package manger got confused with the old distribution installation. I suspect this only happen as I updated the distribution from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. Basically thetext/html2025-09-29T01:46:34+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)My Home IT Setup
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My Home IT Setup
Hardware - I have censored this for the time being....
A special mention goes to the Opensprinkler sprinkler controller, that is probably the best network interfaced sprinkler controller available, both for home and some commercial use. See separate section on my home sprinkler setuptext/html2025-02-08T09:11:05+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)KVM Setup
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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/html2025-11-22T03:58:17+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)BASH Customisation
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BASH Customisation
The standard BASH colour configuration uses a blue colour for listing directories (ls) which is difficult to read on a black background. While this is the “standard colour”, due to the impracticality I have decided to change it.text/html2026-01-31T14:34:43+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Rsync
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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 summary