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git clone
Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository (visible using git branch --remotes), and creates and checks out an initial branch that is forked from the cloned repository’s currently active branch.
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Watch Notification System - v 2023.09.5
Finally got my alerts working, so when a host goes haywire I get an alert on the Phone and Cloud, with E-Mail as backup.
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Virtual Machines (VM)
A Virtual Machine (VM) is a way to create a whole operating system, with many applications, that is able to be moved from one physical machine to another physical machine. This has advantages in case of hardware, location or network problems to quickly and correctly restore service …
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Network Management
The command line offers a wealth of network management commands. Here are some of my favorites.
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nmcli
NetworkManager has a command line interface (CLI).
Get status:
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Encrypting Files
You should protect your carefully built system and it's files from abuse, tampering, or just plain spying. It's easy to do, what are you waiting for? Encrypt your data directory now.
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Virtual IP Ethernet Interface
Virtual IP Interface behaves like a normal interface. All traffic routed to it will go through the master interface (for example, eth0) but with a VLAN tag. Only VLAN-aware devices can accept them if configured correctly, else the traffic is dropped.
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Set Up a New Server
I use this as a guide to enable proper monitoring and maintenance of any new server on the network.
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BeagleBone Single Board Computer (SBC)
The BeagleBone (BB) [1] line supports the Linux kernel and GPIO hardware connections to devices via device trees [2]. It is simular to the Rasberry-PI line, only BB is open source hardware.
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