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Actual Budget

So Firefly III is nice, but I just can't figure out what exactly the budget system is trying to do. I can set it to automatically add an amount each month to a budget, but it doesn't always actually add it. Plus it seems to change

Upgrading Debian Operating System, Part Three

Upgrading Debian Operating System, Part Three

Starting off where I left off last week. Upgrade FIREFLY-01 Steps performed on FIREFLY-01 * cat /etc/os-release * PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" Well it's an easy process when they're already running 12! Upgrade HOMEBOX-01 Steps performed on HOMEBOX-01 * cat /etc/os-release * PRETTY_

Upgrade Debian Operating System, Part Two

Upgrade Debian Operating System, Part Two

I'm continuing to work through upgrading all of my Debian virtual machines. Upgrade PH-01 Steps performed on PH-01 * cat /etc/os-release * PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)" * sudo apt-mark showhold * sudo apt update * 3 packages can be upgraded. * sudo apt upgrade * sudo apt full-upgrade * sudo

Update Debian Operating System

Update Debian Operating System

While going through my normal maintenance yesterday I noticed that my Debian virtual machines are behind on 11 and I've decided I'm going to work on upgrading them. Upgrade PH-02 I decide to start here because it is a redundant server to PH-01 and if I

Tandoor Recipes

Tandoor Recipes

Tandoor Recipes

I stumbled across Tandoor Recipes recently and I think it would be really cool to have our own shopping list and digital recipe application. I like the idea of it tracking when we cook a recipe so we can tell if we've fallen into a rut of just

Homebox

I'm going to give Homebox a go since SnipeIt is just a bit too powerful and I'd spend too much time just fussing and administering it. Create Virtual Machine Steps performed on HV-03 via Windows Admin Center * I navigate to Virtual Machines * I click on Add

SnipeIT, Part Four

SnipeIT, Part Four

So I have maybe touched this software for just a couple of hours. It is absolutely fantastic! If I was in an enterprise environment in need of inventory management I would spin this up in a heartbeat. It is amazing and exactly what every IT department needs to be using.

TubeArchivist, Part Five

TubeArchivist, Part Five

Automate Server Reboots I realized after a recent fileserver reboot that I need to have it also tell TUBEARCHIVIST-01 to reboot to help keep the mounts fresh. Steps performed on FILESERVER * Created c:\Scripts\tubearchivist.ps1 # Command to reboot TUBEARCHIVIST-01 ssh -t -i c:\Users\Administrator.DOMAIN\.ssh\tubearchivist david@

Bookstack Integration with Authentik, Part Two

Bookstack Integration with Authentik, Part Two

So the issue ended up being that Active Directory and Authentik were using the email address [email protected] for the administrative account, and Bookstack's administrative account, named david was also associated with the email address [email protected], which was trying to sync to my Active Directory/

TubeArchivist, Part Four

TubeArchivist, Part Four

Configure TubeArchivist I have not touched TubeArchivist in months so I am going to come back to it so I can try to close out some of my projects. Steps performed on TUBEARCHIVIST-01 * sudo apt update * sudo apt upgrade -y * sudo reboot Ok. So the web application is loading in

Bookstack Integration with Authentik

Bookstack Integration with Authentik

Today I am going to see if I can get the Bookstack integration working. Step 1 Steps performed in Authentik Security * I open the Admin Interface * I navigate to Applications * I click on Providers * I click on Create * I select SAML Provider * I click Next * Name: Bookstack * ACS URL: https:

Fileserver Offline, Part Two

Fileserver Offline, Part Two

I woke up extra early today, my mind racing about this hard drive. If you remember from yesterday my operating system drive for HV-01 failed yesterday. I was able to replace it with a nice brand new SSD and reinstall the operating system. However one of the eight data drives

Fileserver Offline

Fileserver Offline

I came home late and my little one told me he could not reach the fileserver. I go downstairs to take a look and as I get close to HV-01 I can hear a hard drive spinning like mad. It is super loud. A quick check confirms that the HV-01

Authentik Security, Part Twelve

Authentik Security, Part Twelve

Configure Authentik Enable LDAPS Part 3. Install and Configure Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS) Today I am going to pick up where I left off yesterday. I am hoping I can finish up part 3 today. Steps performed from desktop * From a browser go to https://fs-01.domain.local/adfs/

Authentik Security, Part Eleven

Authentik Security, Part Eleven

Configure Authentik Enable LDAPS Part 3. Install and Configure Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS) Steps performed on fileserver via mmc.exe * Click on File then Add/Remove Snap In * Select Certificates then click Add * Select Computer Account then click Finish, then OK * Right click on Personal * Navigate to All Tasks

Authentik Security, Part Ten

Authentik Security, Part Ten

Configure Authentik Enable LDAPS Part 2. Configure Secure LDAPs on Domain Controller I made some progress the past few days so hopefully now I can make some progress and finish up part two. Steps performed on desktop via Server Manager * Right click on DC-04 and select Certificate Templates * Click on

Authentik Security, Part Nine

Authentik Security, Part Nine

Configure Authentik Enable LDAPS Part 2. Configure Secure LDAPs on Domain Controller Well I don't have much time for this today but I was able to confirm that the RSAT tools were all installed successfully. The great news is that Certificate Authority is available now in Server Manager.

Authentik Security, Part Eight

Authentik Security, Part Eight

Configure Authentik Enable LDAPS Part 2. Configure Secure LDAPs on Domain Controller I'm coming back to this today. Let's get part 2 completed. It looks like I may have missed that the role Certificate Enrollment Web Services needs to be installed. So I install it to

Authentik Security, Part Seven

Authentik Security, Part Seven

Configure Authentik Enable LDAPS Part 2. Configure Secure LDAPs on Domain Controller The first step of part two is to open Certification Authority from Server Manager, but Server Manager on my desktop does not give me that option even though it lists DC-04 as an AD CS. Closing and reopening

Firefly III, Part Four

Firefly III, Part Four

Configure Firefly III After playing around with the Firefly III Importer for a while I figured out how to get my CSV data from YNAB to import. Here's what I had to do: * In my CSV from YNAB I add an additional column called Amount. * In the Amount

HV-02 High CPU Temperatures

HV-02 High CPU Temperatures

This morning after scheduling a nightly maintenance reboot I awoke to find this server unresponsive. The machine had power as I can see the front light is still lit up. I turned on HV-02's monitor to find a POST error that the CPU temperature is too high. Going

Firefly III, Part Three

Firefly III, Part Three

Configure Operating System Create SSH Key Steps performed on desktop via Windows Terminal * ssh-keygen -t ed25519 * Move-Item -Path c:\Users\david\filename* - Destination c:\Users\david\.ssh -Force * I open Windows Terminal Settings * I open the JSON file and add the following: { "colorScheme": "Ubuntu-ColorScheme", "

Firefly III, Part Two

Firefly III, Part Two

Install Operating System I'm going to give the recreated virtual machine a try here today. Nope it locks the host up as well. Huh. So the only difference I can see with this virtual machine and the other virtual machines working correctly is that FIREFLY-01 is utilizing the

Firefly III

The family is in desperate need for some new budgeting software. The old standalone version of YNAB has started constantly causing corrupted writes and has very sluggish performance all of a sudden. I find it hard to accept that I should pay a monthly fee for software that doesn'