Jon's Repository of Info - computers

esxi

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-13T02:34:59+00:00

VMWare ESXi How & Why What hardware to get Dell R710 ISOs iDRAC 6 Setup Recommended Additions/Modifications Secondary Hard Drive Remove the CD Drive up front and buy a CD bay SSD holder Storage Cards See below, but ideally, you'll want the Perc H200

fail2ban

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-03-10T14:45:58+00:00

Fail2Ban Configs SSH [DEFAULT] enabled = true ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8 #Add any other local IPs here ignorecommand = backend = systemd mode = normal filter = %(__name__)s[mode=%(mode)s] findtime = 600 maxretry = 3 bantime = 600 bantime.increment = true bantime.factor = 1 bantime.formula = ban.Time * (1<<(ban.Count if ban.Count<20 else 20)) * banFactor banaction = route action = %(banaction)s[blocktype=blackhole] [sshd] # Mode: normal (default), ddos, extra or aggressive (combines all) # See "…

ffmpeg

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-15T16:40:34+00:00

What is ffmpeg? Why use ffmpeg over pre-made programs? My Workflows VHS Tapes * Rip VHS to AVI via VirtualDub * Upscale, resample, and deinterlace raw file in VirtualDub (Break out large video into separate pieces here using batch operations)

freenas

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-09T04:00:09+00:00

FreeNAS Guides to follow Overall Guide FreeNAS is one of those things where people aren't being jerks when they tell you to RTFM. The documentation is highly detailed, and lists almost everything you'll need to get up and running, or reference in need of a fix.

guacamole

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-14T19:45:34+00:00

Apache Guacamole What is it, and why should you use it? Apache Guacamole is an client-less server appliance that leverages current remote access protocols on the back end and allows you to just use an Apache based web interface to remotely access your computers or servers. No need to expose RDP to the outside world (which no one should do, EVER), or anything other than one port to allow http traffic.

hackintosh

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-06-11T19:51:59+00:00

What this wiki provides When I've been between spells of MacBooks, or when I wanted a desktop experience with some horsepower, hackintoshing provided a way to allow me to keep using macOS while not breaking the bank. Hackintosh is a slang used to describe running macOS on non-Apple hardware. The concept revolves around essentially

homekit

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-12T17:07:24+00:00

Apple HomeKit Why HomeKit? Setup & Configuration Home Hub - Apple TV Phillips Hue LiFX Belkin WeMo August Smart Door Lock Supplimenting HomeKit: HomeBridge Troubleshooting Known Issues/Frustrations

homer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-12-07T21:33:02+00:00

Homer What is Homer? Homer is a fancy web page to centralize all of your services on your network in one, easily accessible location. All the hip kids are earning karma points on /r/homelab with it /s. Setup Things not ELI5'ed in the README Getting your docker files onto the server

mac

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-03-28T13:11:42+00:00

Apple HomeKit Fixing Corrupt Time Machine Backups Establishing VNC Connections Say - The VoiceOver Prompt TFTP - Flashing Firmware to Devices Running x86_64 Java apps on ARM

macrosetta

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-03-28T13:30:54+00:00

Running Java based x86_64 arch apps on ARM based Macs One of the biggest issues I've run into with my work Mac is running some open source tools such as Apache Directory Studio and Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool to aid in my day to day work. While Eclipse now has an ARM-based package, the Directory Studio still does not. This is where Rosetta2 is supposed to help even things out. Rosetta translates the x86_64 arch binary to ARM, so that the M series Macs can utilize it. This comes with a small pe…

macvnc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-12-08T03:27:48+00:00

Establishing VNC Connections Why go into discussion about this? Most typical Mac users who are connecting to another Mac use Screen Sharing. You check the box under System Preferences -> Sharing for Screen Sharing, and boom, you're connected with the right credentials. But, there's more to this if you are trying to remotely (and graphically) access a Mac from Windows or Linux, you may be using antiquated connection protocols, which in a production environment can be insecure to standards.

nginx

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-11T20:57:15+00:00

Nginx What is it? Uses Reverse Proxy Steps to setting up: * Install nginx * Unlink default config * Create new config under sites-available * Link to sites-enabled * Test * Secure your hostname or dynamic DNS * Test * Harden system

powershell

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-11-26T16:36:27+00:00

Powershell Tips, and examples Enabling, and using SSH with Powershell One quirk with using OpenSSH Server via Windows is that the authorized_keys file is used only for standard users. If the user you are trying to connect with is an admin, you have to use the administrator_authorized_keys file in ProgramData/ssh/ -

raspberry_pi_linux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-19T17:21:39+00:00

Raspberry Pi The Raspberry Pi is a remarkable piece of technology that enabled a whole slew of budget-friendly projects and allowed people to get extremely clever without having to break the bank. Useful commands Projects I have completed Retro-Pie

robpowershell

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-22T13:07:31+00:00

Copied from Rob Sickler's Wiki Powershell Powershell is quickly replacing the Command Prompt as the go-to command line interface for many IT admins. While I don't think PS will ever replace CMD, I do feel it will come very close to doing so. For the most part, CMD was written for batch files and basic commands and, as such, has a fair amount of limitations. However, PS was built on the

saymacos

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-12-29T03:29:47+00:00

say --voice='?' | grep "en[_-]" Agnes en_US # Isn't it nice to have a computer that will talk to you? Albert en_US # I have a frog in my throat. No, I mean a real frog! Alex en_US # Most people recognize me by my voice. Allison en_US # Hello, my name is Allison. I am an American-English voice. Bad News en_US # The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of a fast appr…

synology

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-05T20:21:01+00:00

Synology NAS Disk Break-In With any new hard drive you receive, disk break-in is necessary to ensure that the drive is fit to hold data. The process is no different, but finding the right disk path is. You can run fdisk -l which will output a lot of mounts.. which in the case of the DS220+ I own, isn't much in theory. But, after a lot of trial and error, I have found that /dev/sata is the correct mounts to reference for full access to the disk. To list those disks in your NAS, run

tftpmac

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-24T17:49:07+00:00

TFTP on macOS Client Before entering tftp, change your directory in terminal where the file you want to push is sent. tftp 192.168.x.x Prompt switches to tftp> bin # sets tftp to binary mode trace on # gives you verbose output put [firmware file]

tmfixup

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-07-02T01:26:34+00:00

hdiutil convert shortusername.sparseimage -format UDRW -o shortusername.dmg hdiutil attach -nomount -readwrite -noverify -noautofsck “/Volumes//.sparsebundle”

windows

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-01-29T18:48:25+00:00

Sections ---------- Powershell Rob's Powershell Code Examples Windows 10 Tips Enable/Disable Built-In Admin Account Run an elevated command prompt (Right-Click, run as admin) Type in this to turn on net user administrator /active:yes Type in this to turn off net user administrator /active:no