Mateo
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Migrate WordPress installation from GCP to cPanel
tutorial is based on documentation available here: https://docs.bitnami.com/general/apps/ https://docs.bitnami.com/general/apps/wordpress-pro/ Let’s first identify the version of OS running on Google Cloud virtual machine root@vm:/home# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 9.12 (stretch) Release: 9.12 Codename: stretch Now let’s try to find Apache Document Root in Linux Chromium OS 11.0 To identify if your Bitnami stack uses MySQL or MariaDB run this command: root@vm:/home# test -d /opt/bitnami/mariadb && echo “MariaDB” || echo “MySQL” MySQL Check…
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Install macOS 10.15 Catalina on VirtualBox on Windows 10 PC
install Oracle VirtualBox 6.1 VirtualBox 6.1.14 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack Download macOS 10.15 Catalina VMDK File cd “C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\” VBoxManage.exe modifyvm “macOS 10.15 Catalina” –cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd bfebfbff VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.15 Catalina” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct” “iMac11,3” VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.15 Catalina” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion” “1.0” VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.15 Catalina” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct” “Iloveapple” VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.15 Catalina” “VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey” “ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc” VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.15 Catalina” “VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC” 1
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Unlock the full potential Raspberry PiHole
As of Pi-hole V5, the file /etc/pihole/adlists.list is no longer used. As discussed in the V5 release notes, adlists, domain blocks (regex, whitelist, blacklist), group assignments and gravity are in a single database in file /etc/pihole/gravity.db If you want to add the lists you show in your post, select the lot of them (without the commented lines), copy to your clipboard. Then go to web admin GUI > Group Management > adlists and paste the lot into the entry window,…
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Setup a Raspberry Pi Plex Server
ensure our operating system is entirely up to date: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade This package allows the “apt” package manager to retrieve packages over the “https” protocol that the Plex repository uses. sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https add the official Plex package repository: curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | sudo apt-key add – add the official plex repository echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list run the “update” command again to refresh the package list sudo apt-get update install the…
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Install Terraform 0.13.4 on Homebrew on MacOS
installing Homebrew available officially here and also here Install Terraform official instructions here 01. First, install the HashiCorp tap, a repository of all our Homebrew packages. $ brew tap hashicorp/tap 02. Now, install Terraform 0.13.4 with hashicorp/tap/terraform. $ brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform 03. Update to the latest, run: $ brew upgrade hashicorp/tap/terraform 04. Verify the installation: $ terraform -help
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Install Homebrew on MacOS Catalina 10.15.6
Official instructions here Paste this in a macOS Terminal and insert your user OS login password: /bin/bash -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)”
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Deploy PiHole and WireGuard using Terraform
Prerequisites: 1. Oracle Cloud Account, described here 2. Oracle API Keys (Official Oracle Guide) also described here 3. Terraform installed (Official Terraform Guide) also described here 01. Clone the repository with the following commands: $ git clone https://github.com/mateo-cogeanu/oracle-wireguard-pihole-terraform.git $ cd oracle-wireguard-pihole-terraform $ terraform init
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Install Docker on Ubuntu 18.04
Docker is an application that simplifies the process of managing application processes in containers. Containers let you run your applications in resource-isolated processes. They’re similar to virtual machines, but containers are more portable, more resource-friendly, and more dependent on the host operating system. 01.Create a virtual machine in Oracle Cloud, this part is covered here 02. Update your existing list of packages: sudo apt update 03. Next, install a few prerequisite packages which let apt use packages over HTTPS: sudo…
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WireGuard VPN + PiHole on Free Oracle Cloud
I will be using MacOS Catalina 10.15.6 for this tutorial, complexity level: Medium, time required: 30 minutes 01. Sign-up for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Free Tier 02. Create a new Compute (VM) Instance 03. Choose a name for your virtual machine and select as OS Image: Canonical Ubuntu 18.04 04. Save the Private and the Public Keys and create Create 05. after a few seconds the Public IP Address will be allocated and you need to copy that in order to…
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Secure email and chat OpenPGP Thunderbird v78 and Pidgin (Adium)+ OTR
Email – Thunderbird install Thunderbird v78.3.1 (64-bit) configure email account – create a app specific password (ex: Gmail, Hotmail, YahooMail….) back-up the generated keys in a safe location set a personal key pair for your email address – Account Settings – e2ee – End to End Encryption -add new key: expire in 1 year, Key type: ECC (elliptic curve) ensure both the communication parties have the same level of encryption test the system before using it regularly Chat – Install…