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Sandbox IOT Network

Created by: trent

Tags: ['RaspberryPi', 'linux', 'router', 'wireguard', 'tasmota']

date: 2024-04-27 Introduction This is a scheme for connecting your smart devices to an sandboxed subnet such that they cannot reach or be reached...

QuasselCore on Debian 11

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux', 'kvm', 'libvirt', 'virsh', 'irc', 'quassel', 'zfs', 'debian']

date: 2022-02-13 Introduction After discovering how amazing wireguard vpn is on Android, I decided to move my quasselcore server off of Ramnode,...

Forklift Upgrade Arch Linux To A Dell Precision 3561

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux', 'arch', 'luks', 'mdadm', 'raid', 'nvme']

date: 2021-10-19 Introduction I fork-lift upgraded my luks-encrypted Arch Linux installation from a Lenovo T460 to a luks-encrypted, software...

Ansible KVM Router Lab Part 6

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux', 'kvm', 'libvirt', 'virsh', 'ansible', 'bash']

date: 2021-10-17 Introduction This is Part 6 of a multi-part series of blog posts for building a router lab automatically using a series of bash...

Ansible KVM Router Lab Part 5

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux', 'kvm', 'libvirt', 'virsh', 'ansible', 'bash']

date: 2021-10-17 Introduction This is Part 5 of a multi-part series of blog posts for building a router lab automatically using a series of bash...

Ansible KVM Router Lab Part 4

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux', 'kvm', 'libvirt', 'virsh', 'ansible', 'bash']

date: 2021-10-17 Introduction This is Part 4 of a multi-part series of blog posts for building a router lab automatically using a series of bash...

Ansible KVM Router Lab Part 3

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux', 'kvm', 'libvirt', 'virsh', 'ansible', 'bash']

date: 2021-10-16 Introduction This is Part 3 of a multi-part series of blog posts for building a router lab automatically using a series of bash...

Ansible KVM Router Lab Part 2

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux', 'kvm', 'libvirt', 'virsh', 'ansible', 'bash']

date: 2021-10-16 Introduction This is Part 2 of a multi-part series of blog posts for building a router lab automatically using a series of bash...

Ansible KVM Router Lab Part 1

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux', 'kvm', 'libvirt', 'virsh', 'ansible', 'bash']

date: 2021-10-16 Introduction This is a multi-part series of blog posts for building a router lab automatically using a series of bash scripts and...

Add KVM Network With Virsh

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux', 'kvm', 'libvirt', 'virsh']

date: 2021-10-16 Introduction This is a short and sweet walk-through for how to create a new network for libvirt for kvm, from the command line,...

KVM On Arch

Created by: trent

Tags: ['Arch', 'linux', 'kvm', 'virtualmachine']

date: 2021-10-07 Introduction This is not intended to be a tutorial, but rather a walk-through of how I would install libvirt/kvm on Arch Linux....

RaspberryPi LTE-Failover Router With DNS Caching

Created by: trent

Tags: ['RaspberryPi', 'Arch', 'linux', 'router', 'tethering', 'android', 'winblows']

date: 2021-10-06 Introduction Apparently Windows has a problem resolving hosts when you tether from Mobile HotSpot. The solution is to build a...

Flutter Integration Test Server in Debian 11 Nspawn Container

Created by: trent

Tags: ['debian', 'nspawn', 'android', 'flutter']

date: 2021-09-24 Introduction Performance Your Debian Server is way more powerful than your laptop or desktop and flutter integration_tests suck....

Debian 11 TT-RSS

Created by: trent

Tags: ['rss', 'debian', 'tt-rss', 'apache']

date: 2021-09-11 Introduction Install tt-rss on Debian 11 the Debian way. Why? Debian packages tt-rss, so unlike instructions you may find...

Trent's Favorite Podcasts

Created by: trent

Tags: ['django', 'python', 'linux', 'podcast', 'antennapod', 'history', 'flutter', 'kotlin', 'travel']

date: 2021-07-23 Introduction Someone asked me 10 years ago what are my favorite podcasts, so here you go. Note that a lot of podcasts tend to...

Test QR SVG Django

Created by: trent

Tags: ['django', 'python', 'testing', 'pillow', 'beautifulsoup', 'opencv', 'cairosvg', 'pyotp']

date: 2021-04-19 Introduction I worked out a solution in django-testing, for testing a view that renders a qrcode as an svg as an inline svg xml...

Prosody Photo Uploads

Created by: trent

Tags: ['xmpp', 'prosody', 'debian', 'letsencrypt']

date: 2021-01-25 Introduction Install prosody on Debian 10 with photoupload, postgresql database, and letsencrypt certs. DNS Log into your dns...

XMPP Apt Notification

Created by: trent

Tags: ['apt', 'apt-get', 'prosody', 'debian']

date: 2021-01-09 Introduction In order to save yourself the work of checking your computer for updates, configure it to send you a weekly...

Apache Virtual Hosts

Created by: trent

Tags: ['Apache', 'Virtual Hosts', 'LetsEncrypt', 'Lets Encrypt', 'Reverse Proxy', 'DNS']

date: 2020-12-20 Use Virtual Hosts This is a very useful way to keep your server organized. Virtual Hosts On Your Lan You can practice on your...

SENDXMPP Handler for Python Logging

Created by: trent

Tags: ['Python', 'Logging', 'Flask', 'XMPP', 'SENDXMPP', 'logging.Handler']

date: 2020-12-19 SENDXMPPHandler for Python Logging app/__init__.py You may be familiar with adding a logging handler to a flask application, with...

Instruction For Tethering From Phone

Created by: trent

Tags: ['android', 'tethering']

date: 2020-12-17 Instructions Part One Turn off blutooth on computer Turn off blutooth on phone Turn off Wifi on phone Part Two Turn on wifi...

LMDE4 Custom Partitions for Disk Encryption

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux-mint', 'disk-encryption']

date: 2020-12-15 Introduction Linux Mint Debian Edition is the alternate version of Linux Mint, but built on a Debian base. The result is quite...

Linux Move Cursor With Keyboard

Created by: trent

Tags: ['X11', 'xdotool', 'cursor', 'keyboard', 'keyboard shortcuts']

date: 2020-06-21T22:01:35-07:00 Introduction Linux just makes everything so easy. On a laptop it can be tricky to place your mouse cursor on...

Simplified Raspberry Streaming

Created by: trent

Tags: ['raspberrypi', 'mpd', 'mp3', 'internet-radio', 'ncmpcpp', 'playlist', 'm3u']

date: 2019-05-12T18:32:55-07:00 RaspberryPi is a Great MPD Appliance I’m really pleased with the RaspberryPi as an MPD (music player daemon),...

Clear Linux Encrypted XFS Root

Created by: trent

Tags: ['xfs', 'clear-linux', 'luks']

date: 2019-04-13T21:44:37-07:00 Nothing to-it Burger I had intended to create a technical explanation how to install Clear Linux with disk...

Clear Linux Guest Virt Manager

Created by: trent

Tags: ['kvm', 'clear-linux', 'qcow2', 'virt-manager', 'parted']

date: 2019-03-11T01:39:09-07:00 Introduction download, convert, and resize the provided kvm-legacy image create a virtual machine and launch it...

Faster Partitioning with Sgdisk

Created by: trent

Tags: ['command-line', 'gdisk', 'partition', 'sgdisk']

date: 2019-02-11T04:23:52-08:00 Disclaimer If any of this is wrong, let me know so I can fix it. No actual hard drives were harmed in the...

LMDE3 XFS Full Disk Encryption

Created by: trent

Tags: ['linux-mint', 'disk-encryption']

date: 2019-01-25T23:25:36-08:00 Introduction Linux Mint Debian Edition is the alternate version of Linux Mint, but built on a Debian base. The...

Rewrite Hugo Themes Report In Python

Created by: trent

Tags: ['python', 'sql', 'sqlalchemy', 'html5', 'hugo-themes']

date: 2019-01-25T01:02:57-08:00 Ranking Hugo Themes by Stars, Commit Date A while back I was grazing the selfhosted subreddit, and noticed Hugo...