If you use the Windows 10 Photos application to import photos from an SD card or camera, note the following to avoid creating duplicate files: Selecting a folder that was imported previously will cause duplicates of photos. The duplicates will be placed in the same folder but renamed with a number at the end, e.g. … Continue reading Windows 10 Photos Imports Duplicates
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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
OXO Connect with Mikrotik RouterOS
Mikrotik RouterOS based routers can be used as VPN endpoints to provide remote support for Alcatel-Lucent PABX’s. This includes the virtual device images (Cloud Hosted Router), so a dedicated virtual machine can be implemented to provide the VPN responder. At the time of writing this post, Mikrotik does not support EAP on the responding end, … Continue reading OXO Connect with Mikrotik RouterOS
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
Australian Linux (Debian)
To quickly deploy Debian GNU/Linux with presets for use in Australia, you can use the preseed files provided here. First download and write the Net Install ISO to a USB (or connect to your VM). Boot to the installer and select Advanced -> Automated install -> enter one of the below depending on your requirement: … Continue reading Australian Linux (Debian)
Guacamole on Debian Buster
Apache Guacamole is a HTML5 web application that allows remote access to servers through a browser. It has components to serve SSH or VNC through a web page, useable as an SSL VPN. The version (0.9.9) packaged with Debian Buster (and hence Raspbian for a Raspberry Pi 4) is years old and incomplete, making installation … Continue reading Guacamole on Debian Buster
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
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
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