Easily Update Your Containers with Podman Auto-Update
Use this handy built-in feature of Podman to update all your container images with a single command.
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Linux Administration
Building a Reproducible Nextcloud Server, Part two: Podman containers and Systemd units
In the second installment of my Nextcloud server rebuild, we’ll get our containers set up with Podman and deploy them on a public-facing server.
Building a Reproducible Nextcloud Server, Part one: Choosing the stack
After successfully hosting a Nextcloud instance on the same VPS for 7 years, I decided to rebuild it from scratch with modern tooling.
Backups: Planning an Effective Strategy
If you’ve ever asked a sysadmin or computer geek for advice, you’ve probably heard the universal refrain: “Always have a backup” or “RAID is not a backup” o...
Better Nextcloud Photo Albums with Preview Generator and Exiftool
If you host and use a Nextcloud server, you know that it’s good at many things. Unfortunately, displaying photos is not one of them.
On-Demand NFS and Samba Connections in Linux with Systemd Automount
If you have a NAS, you probably want to be able to connect to it automatically each time you log into your Linux machine. Adding an entry to your fstab is gr...
Resize a Centos 7 Virtual Machine in KVM/QEMU
Being relatively new to the RHEL/Centos world, it’s safe to say I’m learning a lot as I go. While Linux is mostly, well, Linux between distributions, each on...
Setting up a ZFS-backed KVM Hypervisor on Ubuntu 18.04
The ability to run several virtual servers in a single physical box is what makes it possible for businesses of all sizes to run complex applications with mi...
Self-Hosting
Building a Reproducible Nextcloud Server, Part two: Podman containers and Systemd units
In the second installment of my Nextcloud server rebuild, we’ll get our containers set up with Podman and deploy them on a public-facing server.
Building a Reproducible Nextcloud Server, Part one: Choosing the stack
After successfully hosting a Nextcloud instance on the same VPS for 7 years, I decided to rebuild it from scratch with modern tooling.
Software Development
I Was About to Write a To-Do App for the Linux Desktop… and then I found Kalendar.
2022 was a great year for my Python skills. I had some unique problems to solve in my day job that got me over the hump of learning the language, and finally...