Finding stories in everyday adventures
So I just found out today that Cloudflare provides free HTTPS/SSL support. I’ve been using Cloudflare free account for many years and it works flawlessly. In fact this WordPress powered blog and my several other sites use Cloudflare services. With the addition of HTTPS/SSL, I can have added security.
I was finally able to upgrade the firmware on my old but trusty D-Link DIR-868L router to Tomato firmware. The process is a little bit involved and it’s very easy to brick your router. Fortunately, this router provides a relatively easy way to perform recovery. Note this instruction is for DIR-868L rev A1. There are more than one version of this router and the process could differ for each of those versions. At a high …
If you have ever tried programmatically sending HTML emails, you probably know how giant of a pain in the rear it is. It’s all because while HTML has progressed in the world of Internet, the Email HTML is still way way behind. There are no set standards and most of the times, you end up doing too much manual HTML coding. In today’s world, surely there must be something you can do about it, right? …
This is most likely after effect of Spectre and Meltdown Kernel patches rolled out for CentOS. My OpenVPN container could not access /dev/net/tun device even though the Run Script had necessary parameters. Fix setsebool -P domain_kernel_load_modules=1
I recently started using Snapraid and Mergerfs setup to manage my disk pool. I have ~27TB of raw storage which I am managing. While setting up Mergerfs as usual ran into SELinux issues that will prohibit Docker and Samba access to the storage. So, here’s my fix. Samba setsebool -P samba_share_fusefs=1 Docker setsebool -P virt_sandbox_use_fusefs=1
SMTP Relay service allows you to use an external SMTP server to send your mails through. After many frustrating hours of working with several SMTP Relay Docker Images, I finally found the one that works. Link: https://hub.docker.com/r/tecnativa/postfix-relay/ Configuration is very easy; Sample Run script docker run \ –name name\ -d \ –restart=always \ -p localport:25 \ -e “MAIL_RELAY_HOST=smtpserver” \ -e “MAIL_RELAY_PORT=port#” \ -e “MAIL_RELAY_USER=user” \ -e “MAIL_RELAY_PASS=post” \ tecnativa/postfix-relay After this you will have a …
If you want to set external email address to be used as “To” address for System users then edit the file “/etc/mail.rc” Add entries such as alias root [email protected]
Been containerizing a lot of my tools and just added phpMyAdmin to that list. It’s very easy to get going with it esp. if you also happen to have a Docker container running MySQL albeit with one minor issue. Official docker hub page: https://hub.docker.com/r/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/ Use an example Docker Run script below docker run \ –name name \ –restart=always \ -d \ –link mysqlcontainer:mysql \ -p localport:80 \ -e “PMA_HOST=mysqlcontainer” \ phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin localport is the port …
Found this awesome container that has Transmission with VPN support which I can use with Windscribe VPN. Docker Hub Link – https://hub.docker.com/r/haugene/transmission-openvpn/ Run command: docker run \ –name somename\ –restart=always \ –cap-add=NET_ADMIN \ –device=/dev/net/tun \ -d \ -v localdir:/data:z \ -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \ –log-driver json-file \ –log-opt max-size=10m \ -p localport:9091 \ –dns 8.8.8.8 –dns 8.8.4.4 \ -e “OPENVPN_PROVIDER=WINDSCRIBE” \ -e “OPENVPN_USERNAME=user” \ -e “OPENVPN_PASSWORD=pass” \ -e “OPENVPN_CONFIG=US-East-tcp” \ -e “LOCAL_NETWORK=iprange” \ -e “TRANSMISSION_WEB_UI=combustion” \ …
I took my smart home journey one step further today. I installed a smart auto water shutoff valve. Wow, what’s that? Well, this device mounts to your main water shutoff valve and automatically open or close it based on your command. Sounds magic! Yes it’s magic. Seriously, we now have Z-Wave devices that do this magic. I bought one such device called “Dome Water Main Shut-Off”. Dome’s device mounts to your main water pipe and …