Introduction After the installation is complete, there are some essential initial configurations and optimisations you should perform to ensure your Proxmox server is secure, efficient, and ready for action. In this guide, we will walk you through these crucial first steps. Step 1: Check DNS Settings Before diving into any…
Introduction Regular data backups are vital. We all know this. So in that spirit, I've made a simple bash script that does the following: 1. Stops all running Docker containers on the server. 2. Creates an archieve file of all the bind mount data. 3. Creates archieves of…
Introduction openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, RSync and many more ready to use. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. openmediavault is primarily designed to…
Introduction Homebrew is a popular package manager for MacOS. It provides easy access to thousands of programs and applications. It is developed and maintained by an open-source community on Github. Use Homebrew bundle to backup and restore your Homebrew configuration. If you haven’t installed it yet, go take a…
Introduction When you work on a computer, you often have specific preferences for how your applications or shell environment should behave. For example, you may prefer a certain colour scheme in your terminal, or you may want to have specific aliases for common shell commands. These preferences can be set…
Installation The LinuxCIFS utils package provides the tools needed to connect to a share and manage mounts on a Linux system. You use it to help create and manage a connection to a Windows, macOS, or Linux share. Update the list of available packages using the below command: sudo apt…
The log files for your Docker applications can grow to enormous size if allowed to - many 100's of GBs. I have heard of these logs crashing systems due to their filling up the storage on the server. Thankfully, the simple solution to this issue is the logrotaion…
Top-like interface for container metrics ctop provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers: as well as a single container view for inspecting a specific container. ctop comes with built-in support for Docker and runC; connectors for other container and cluster systems are planned for future…