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Linux, Networking, Virtualization, Windows

PXE Booting Guide

Configure DHCP ServerConfiguration below is for isc-dhcp-server on Linux: # For hardware LAN Boot ROMs:option tftp-server-address 192.168.1.200;filename “pxelinux.0”;# For HyperV Guests:# option 60 = client identifieroption dhcp-client-identifier “PXEClient”;# option 66 = TFTP server nameoption tftp-server-name “192.168.1.200”;# option 67 = Bootfile nameoption bootfile-name “pxelinux.0”; 2. Configure TFTP ServerOn Linux, tftp-hpa is recommended, with a directory structure … Continue reading PXE Booting Guide →

Linux, Networking

OXO Connect to Linux with Strongswan

Strongswan is a IPsec provider for Linux. It can be used to provide a responder endpoint for connection to phone systems using OXO Connect. Below are the key settings that have been tested to work with a OXO Connect PSK-PSK profile, using Debian Linux: /etc/ipsec.conf: conn ike2psk-clientA auto=add keyexchange=ikev2 ike=aes256-sha2_256-modp2048! # modify to match esp=aes256-sha2_256-modp2048! … Continue reading OXO Connect to Linux with Strongswan →

Web

Invoice Ninja behind Apache reverse proxy

Invoice Ninja is an invoicing web application, based on the Laravel framework. Configuring this behind an Apache 2.4 web server requires some special configuration. These notes assume you have an already working Apache2 server configured for reverse proxy operation, and separate working web server for Invoice Ninja. On the reverse proxy server: /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ninja: <Location /invoices> … Continue reading Invoice Ninja behind Apache reverse proxy →

Linux

Compiling Xfce 4.14, on Debian Buster

To compile Xfce 4.14 start with the build instructions here: https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/building Below are some notes to help build and run on Debian 10 (Buster). This install started with a working basic LXDE desktop with Lightdm. apt install build-essential apt install pkg-config apt install libgudev-1.0 libwnck-3-dev libnotify-dev libupower-glib-dev xinit Download the fat tarball from http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14/fat_tarballs/ export … Continue reading Compiling Xfce 4.14, on Debian Buster →

Linux, Networking

Configure Geo-blocking with Apache on Debian

To enable Geo-IP Blocking on Debian 9 Stretch, assuming you already have a running Apache web server: apt install libmaxminddb0 libmaxminddb-dev apt install apache2-dev Download and extract the latest MaxMind Apache mod version from: https://github.com/maxmind/mod_maxminddb/releases Follow the instructions to configure and install from the source code Download and install the GeoIP Update program to automate … Continue reading Configure Geo-blocking with Apache on Debian →