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Ich fühle mich gleich 30 Jahre jünger.
Hartkodierte Passwörter in 2025? 🤦
#cybersecurity #itstuff #itsecurity
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-warns-of-hardcoded-passwords-in-aruba-access-points/ -
Ich fühle mich gleich 30 Jahre jünger.
Hartkodierte Passwörter in 2025? 🤦
#cybersecurity #itstuff #itsecurity
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-warns-of-hardcoded-passwords-in-aruba-access-points/ -
User: Opening ticket about issue that's STILL HAPPENING even after opened previous ticket WHICH WAS IGNORED
Me (checks previous ticket and sees previous agent reached out four times and then closed ticket for lack of user response): Hmm. #ITStuff
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Why chat apps are called "productivity tools"?
In work environment there is hardly any larger productivity killer than Microsoft Teams, Slack and similar constantly blinking apps :ablobcatwobwork: Though, now that I think of it, shouldn't be surprised - we live in a world where "serverless computing" is a norm, so... :blobcatjustright:
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Why chat apps are called "productivity tools"?
In work environment there is hardly any larger productivity killer than Microsoft Teams, Slack and similar constantly blinking apps :ablobcatwobwork: Though, now that I think of it, shouldn't be surprised - we live in a world where "serverless computing" is a norm, so... :blobcatjustright:
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People be so offended at the idea of restarting a program or restarting the computer clearing an issue. #ITStuff
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@danie10 I use the multi-column web UI the most and there I was able to pretty much separate the different topics (especially with the new option in 4.2 that you can tell certain lists not to be part of your main timeline), it felt cleaner to me to split up in different accounts. I tried adding the hashtag #itstuff so people could filter my IT related posts out, but that only works for own posts, not for boosts.
I do not know how G+, Telegram handles/handled that, but the concept of to be better able to separate topics sounds nice though.
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@danie10 I use the multi-column web UI the most and there I was able to pretty much separate the different topics (especially with the new option in 4.2 that you can tell certain lists not to be part of your main timeline), it felt cleaner to me to split up in different accounts. I tried adding the hashtag #itstuff so people could filter my IT related posts out, but that only works for own posts, not for boosts.
I do not know how G+, Telegram handles/handled that, but the concept of to be better able to separate topics sounds nice though.
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Just installed Zabbix 6.4.8 (https://www.zabbix.com/release_notes) and was pleased to find there is now also a template for Nextcloud.
Had to download the template here and import it in Zabbix.
Created a Nextcloud user in the Admin group and created an app password and off it went!
Digging my Zabbix installs.
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Just installed Zabbix 6.4.8 (https://www.zabbix.com/release_notes) and was pleased to find there is now also a template for Nextcloud.
Had to download the template here and import it in Zabbix.
Created a Nextcloud user in the Admin group and created an app password and off it went!
Digging my Zabbix installs.
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So, it appears, that when you mount the fan to suck the warm air out of the rack, it works better than when you mount it in such a way it blows cool air in. 🤪
To my defense (hopefully), the fan looks real weird in my opinion when you mount it correctly, so that was the reason I mounted it false initially.
Rack temperature dropped from 46 degrees with one side open to 37 degrees with everything neatly closed.
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So, it appears, that when you mount the fan to suck the warm air out of the rack, it works better than when you mount it in such a way it blows cool air in. 🤪
To my defense (hopefully), the fan looks real weird in my opinion when you mount it correctly, so that was the reason I mounted it false initially.
Rack temperature dropped from 46 degrees with one side open to 37 degrees with everything neatly closed.
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Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. After much deliberation I have chosen Duplicati as my new backup tool for the homelab.
Duplicati ended up on my shortlist, together with Bareos. Bareos had in fact more potential, but I found it too un-intuitive and would have to put a lot of time in getting to know the program (time I do not have or am not willing to spend).
So my compromise is to use Duplicati.
What I like about Duplicati:
✅ Easy intuitive GUI
✅ Easy setup of backup target (I use remote systems via SSH and for some S3)
✅ It just worked out of the box. No steep learning curve.
✅ According to reviews, it can handle slow/instable network connections very goodWhat I dislike about Duplicati:
⚠️ No parallel backup jobs
⚠️ No on-prem central gathering of backup results (am doing it now via https://www.duplicati-monitoring.com (might change to just mail, not sure yet)
⚠️ No easy way in GUI to see which files were backuppedThanks again!
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Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. After much deliberation I have chosen Duplicati as my new backup tool for the homelab.
Duplicati ended up on my shortlist, together with Bareos. Bareos had in fact more potential, but I found it too un-intuitive and would have to put a lot of time in getting to know the program (time I do not have or am not willing to spend).
So my compromise is to use Duplicati.
What I like about Duplicati:
✅ Easy intuitive GUI
✅ Easy setup of backup target (I use remote systems via SSH and for some S3)
✅ It just worked out of the box. No steep learning curve.
✅ According to reviews, it can handle slow/instable network connections very goodWhat I dislike about Duplicati:
⚠️ No parallel backup jobs
⚠️ No on-prem central gathering of backup results (am doing it now via https://www.duplicati-monitoring.com (might change to just mail, not sure yet)
⚠️ No easy way in GUI to see which files were backuppedThanks again!
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❓ backup tools home-lab ❓
Re-evaluating the current backup tools for my home-lab as the lab grew over time in size and complexity. Currently am using a wild mix of tools. What tools do you use?
Requirements:
- Filesystem backups (full and incremental) of approx 15 Linux systems
- Central administration (preferably by GUI), distributed backup agents of course not a problem
- Various backup targets (local disk, SSH, S3?).
- Must run fully on-premise (no services in the cloud)Nice-to-have:
- Direct backup of PostgreSQL and SQL Server databases (instead of just backing up the database dumps)
- Windows backups (just file-based)
- Integration in Zabbix
- Open Source softwareI'm not only looking for free (as in free beer) solutions. I'm certainly willing to pay a (fair) price for good software.
Am I asking for the impossible here? Appreciate your suggestions! 🙏
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❓ backup tools home-lab ❓
Re-evaluating the current backup tools for my home-lab as the lab grew over time in size and complexity. Currently am using a wild mix of tools. What tools do you use?
Requirements:
- Filesystem backups (full and incremental) of approx 15 Linux systems
- Central administration (preferably by GUI), distributed backup agents of course not a problem
- Various backup targets (local disk, SSH, S3?).
- Must run fully on-premise (no services in the cloud)Nice-to-have:
- Direct backup of PostgreSQL and SQL Server databases (instead of just backing up the database dumps)
- Windows backups (just file-based)
- Integration in Zabbix
- Open Source softwareI'm not only looking for free (as in free beer) solutions. I'm certainly willing to pay a (fair) price for good software.
Am I asking for the impossible here? Appreciate your suggestions! 🙏
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A bit rainy day. Perfect to get a VPN server setup for a friend at his house. ✅
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A bit rainy day. Perfect to get a VPN server setup for a friend at his house. ✅
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Just found #Flameshot. This is the screenshot tool I have always been looking/waiting for. Super intuitive, the right features with the right handling. Available for all OS's, installable or portable.
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Just found #Flameshot. This is the screenshot tool I have always been looking/waiting for. Super intuitive, the right features with the right handling. Available for all OS's, installable or portable.
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Have been playing with Zabbix and the options are impressive. Have decided to go for it. Needed to improve the monitoring of mountains.social, so will implement it there as well.
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Have been playing with Zabbix and the options are impressive. Have decided to go for it. Needed to improve the monitoring of mountains.social, so will implement it there as well.
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Nextcloud updated. Bitwarden updated.
Next up: Mastodon sandbox to 4.2.0.
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Nextcloud updated. Bitwarden updated.
Next up: Mastodon sandbox to 4.2.0.
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With pain in my heart I just rebooted my switch after 372 days of uptime to activate a new firmware version. This hurts. Please be gentle.
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With pain in my heart I just rebooted my switch after 372 days of uptime to activate a new firmware version. This hurts. Please be gentle.
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Homelab is growing. The 100 free sensors of PRTG are not enough anymore. Am trying out Zabbix now as an alternative. Let's see.
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Homelab is growing. The 100 free sensors of PRTG are not enough anymore. Am trying out Zabbix now as an alternative. Let's see.
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My company just started enforcing more browser settings and deactivated my #Bitwarden and #Floccus extensions.
Back to the dark ages I guess ☹️
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My company just started enforcing more browser settings and deactivated my #Bitwarden and #Floccus extensions.
Back to the dark ages I guess ☹️
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After more than a year of using Bitwarden via my self-hosted instance, a friend of mine decided to also buy a Bitwarden Family license. Primary reasons were the ability to share passwords, use attachments and configure emergency access. Imported the license in my installation and after a quick walk-through of the features, he was good to go.
The reason why one should configure Emergency access is a topic no-one really wants to talk about, but once it is setup, it really gives you a peace of mind.
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After more than a year of using Bitwarden via my self-hosted instance, a friend of mine decided to also buy a Bitwarden Family license. Primary reasons were the ability to share passwords, use attachments and configure emergency access. Imported the license in my installation and after a quick walk-through of the features, he was good to go.
The reason why one should configure Emergency access is a topic no-one really wants to talk about, but once it is setup, it really gives you a peace of mind.
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Easy Nextcloud upgrade from 26.0.2 via 26.0.3 to 27.0.0. ✅
Would be nice if also a Mastodon share button can be added to https://scan.nextcloud.com.
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Easy Nextcloud upgrade from 26.0.2 via 26.0.3 to 27.0.0. ✅
Would be nice if also a Mastodon share button can be added to https://scan.nextcloud.com.
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Had issues the whole day with internet connectivity. Thought it was my ISP, as on their website it said there was maintenance ongoing in the area.
After long analysis it appeared to be the gateway monitoring IP of my WAN interface in pfSense. Was using 9.9.9.9 but apparently they were having issue somehow (saw around 30% loss in the WAN gateway). Changed it to 1.1.1.1 and connectivity was immediately restored.
No fun when working from home and had to perform maintenance myself at work. Luckily mobile coverage is very good in the area, so hotspotting saved the day.
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Had issues the whole day with internet connectivity. Thought it was my ISP, as on their website it said there was maintenance ongoing in the area.
After long analysis it appeared to be the gateway monitoring IP of my WAN interface in pfSense. Was using 9.9.9.9 but apparently they were having issue somehow (saw around 30% loss in the WAN gateway). Changed it to 1.1.1.1 and connectivity was immediately restored.
No fun when working from home and had to perform maintenance myself at work. Luckily mobile coverage is very good in the area, so hotspotting saved the day.
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Just found @digikam as photo management tool on (not just) Linux. Finally an easy to use tool to adjust the exif data on my library.
Now I can get rid of all those wrong dates which defaulted to 2002 on my old camera when I forgot again to set the correct date after changing batteries.
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Just found @digikam as photo management tool on (not just) Linux. Finally an easy to use tool to adjust the exif data on my library.
Now I can get rid of all those wrong dates which defaulted to 2002 on my old camera when I forgot again to set the correct date after changing batteries.
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Upgraded to Ubuntu Budgie 23.04 from 22.10. Smooth sailing except for Firefox. For some reason version 111 was bundled and therefore Firefox would not load it's profile (which was based on the previously already installed version 112). A "snap revert firefox" reverted back to version 112 and no more issues from there.
Thx @BuddiesOfBudgie!
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Upgraded to Ubuntu Budgie 23.04 from 22.10. Smooth sailing except for Firefox. For some reason version 111 was bundled and therefore Firefox would not load it's profile (which was based on the previously already installed version 112). A "snap revert firefox" reverted back to version 112 and no more issues from there.
Thx @BuddiesOfBudgie!
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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab3 laying around which I have running in flight mode, as a) Android 4.4 is not supported anymore and b) I do not want to connect to Google. I looked at /e/OS as alternative OS, but there is no image for the Galaxy Tab3. Does anyone have an alternative build which is privately friendly and still supported for this old device, so I can connect it to the internet in a safe way?
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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab3 laying around which I have running in flight mode, as a) Android 4.4 is not supported anymore and b) I do not want to connect to Google. I looked at /e/OS as alternative OS, but there is no image for the Galaxy Tab3. Does anyone have an alternative build which is privately friendly and still supported for this old device, so I can connect it to the internet in a safe way?
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Late to the party, but I do not like the looks of Android 12. 🤮
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Late to the party, but I do not like the looks of Android 12. 🤮
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There's something oddly satisfying in cleaning up digital stuff. Just deleted the 0's and 1's of the old VMs at Linode for mountains.social and all related artifacts (monitoring, connection infos, passwords, etc.).
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There's something oddly satisfying in cleaning up digital stuff. Just deleted the 0's and 1's of the old VMs at Linode for mountains.social and all related artifacts (monitoring, connection infos, passwords, etc.).
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Fun with #Citrix 😩
User startet Citrix Session:
- Citrix am Server 10: Hej Director - gib mir User - ich langweile mich
- Citrix Director: okay neuer User kommt auf Server 10. der hat nix zu tun
- neuer User? cool nehm ich lieber Director
- Citrix am Server 10: 😴 😴 😴
- Windows-System am Server -> die Usersession ist jetzt mehrere Minuten disconnected, beende ich mal.
- Director an User: Hej, Dein Client redet nicht so richtig, bye.User versucht's nochmal
- CitrixDirector: Hej User, du bist doch schon auf dem 10er ich verweiss dich wieder dahin zum Session Reconnect
- Citrix auf Server 10: 😴 😴 😴
- usw.Errors? ❌
Lösung: Citrix VDA deinstallieren / installieren 😭
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The big question for today, will my new fanless mini-PC be in time for #silentsunday? 🤞
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The big question for today, will my new fanless mini-PC be in time for #silentsunday? 🤞
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I have seen a video in the past of a guy who wrote a program for a windows system with lots of CPUs, where he sort of could show a "video" by bringing CPUs to 100% to activate this as a "pixel". Can't find it anymore. Does someone has a link to this?
(Sorry for the bad explanation, hopefully you get what I mean).
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I have seen a video in the past of a guy who wrote a program for a windows system with lots of CPUs, where he sort of could show a "video" by bringing CPUs to 100% to activate this as a "pixel". Can't find it anymore. Does someone has a link to this?
(Sorry for the bad explanation, hopefully you get what I mean).
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Well, hello! Now also my nephew has seen the light and we worked today in getting him out of the cloud and onto the selfhosted environment. 👌
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Well, hello! Now also my nephew has seen the light and we worked today in getting him out of the cloud and onto the selfhosted environment. 👌
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I can image, that not everyone is interested in my IT related posts.
Therefore I'll try to remember to use the following hashtags on those posts:
#mastoadmin - posts regarding administration activities for Mastodon instances
#itstuff - other IT related posts, like selfhosting projects, etc.
In that way you can easily filter them out when relevant.
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Hi everyone! My name is Christian Spannagel. I'm a professor for mathematics and computer science education at Heidelberg University of Education. I am interested in many things :), especially in the inverted classroom method (#flipclass), #itstuff, #sustainability, and #openscience.