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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/html2025-01-03T00:55:46+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Back-up Server Old Setup
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:back-up_server_old?rev=1735865746&do=diff
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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
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:ipmi_console?rev=1747553262&do=diff
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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/html2025-11-22T03:58:17+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)BASH Customisation
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:bash?rev=1763783897&do=diff
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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/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
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/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/html2025-04-06T07:41:58+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Manjaro Setup Notes
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:manjaro?rev=1743925318&do=diff
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Manjaro Setup Notes
I tried Manjaro circa 2019 for a couple of years as my main Linux Desktop. I had no major problems with it. An occasional minor problem this nVidia graphic card and some minor issues with updates. Having used Debian / Ubuntu the past 10 years on servers I decided to switch to Debian testing desk top with XFCE. Debian testing basically give a similar level of latest updates as Manjaro/Arch. I have not …text/html2023-12-26T03:44:19+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)Webmin
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:webmin?rev=1703562259&do=diff
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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
https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:nut?rev=1683944429&do=diff
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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.