sgi

SGI NVRAM & Time Keeper Chips

DYI information on replacing/reviving NVRAM and RTC chips on SGI machines

flash

Old HP Server as Firmware Flashing Box

Using old HP DL380 G5/G6 to provide firmware flashing host.

iso

Manipulating ISO Images for BIOS/UEFI Boot Support

An example of how to repack a BIOS only ISO image for BIOS/UEFI dual boot

Basilisk II

Basilisk II, SheepShaver & AppleTalk on Ubuntu (QEMU/KVM)

Status: 12 September 2020 - Tested and have completed doing two "large" physical disk dumps to Virtual Mac using "sheep_net" kernel module. Basilisk II & SheepShaver are emulations for Motorola 68000 series and PowerPC series Apple Macintoshes. For retro-computing enthausiants they bring a virtualised retro computing experience. Both can be

fedora core

Creaky Old Fedora Core Linux for SGI L3/L2

Running SGI L2/L3 Emulator on Fedora Core (yarrow) with QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine

apache

Installing and Configuring PostgreSQL Based Authentication Module into Apache

Configuring Apache to use PostgreSQL RDBMS for authentication using mod_auth_dbd / mod_dbd .

ubuntu

Upgrading from End-of-Life Ubuntu Releases (18.10 to 20.04)

How to upgrade Ubuntu after becoming stranded on End-of-Life release (18.10 to 20.04 LTS).

osx

OS X Server Mail - Alias Debugging, Open Directory Setup & ClamAV Update

How to manage aliases with OS X Server Mail (postfix).

ubuntu

Converting Ubuntu from bios to UEFI

The simple way to convert Ubuntu VM from bios to UEFI boot

virtualization

Nested KVM / QEMU / libvirt Virtualization on Ubuntu

Running nested Ubuntu VMs on KVM / QEMU / libvirt

bhyve

Nested FreeBSD Virtualization with bhyve

Running FreeBSD as virtual guest host with bhyve and QEMU / Libvirt.

openvas

OpenVAS / Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) / Greenbone Source Edition on AWS

How to run OpenVAS / Greenbone Vulnerability Management via AWS

itunes

macOS Catalina (and Big Sur) and iTunes Media Files

iTunes is gone, but where has my media gone ? Here is how you get your media back under control.

git

Some tips on using git

Jottings on using git to help not forget.

macos

MacOS on Ubuntu with KVM/QEMU and OVMF/Clover EFI

Some guidance on running macOS (up to Catalina) on KVM

collectd

Building collectd Debian Packages

Tips on building collectd Debian package

sgi

Past Echos the Future (Part I) - Notes on SGI / IRIX Stuff

Vintage SGI (Silicon Graphics Incorporated) notes.

admin4

Admin4 for BIND DNS Management on Ubuntu (19.04) & MacOS

Install admin4 via source on ubuntu 19.04

nictool

Building NICTool on FreeBSD 11.2 (as KVM Virtual Machine)

This provide summary instructions for building NICTool DNS management solution on FreeBSD 11.2 (was a KVM Virtual Machine). In my case I am looking for way to manage a set of private IP address ranges (and get LetEncrypt certificates for these machines) in a repeatable and easy to manage

DNS

A diversion to DNS, DHCP, Certificates and private addresses

DNS and DHCP are two of basis TCP/IP building blocks and LetsEncrypt is simplest and most automated way to manage secure communications across a large number of machines within public / private cloud. You will need this stuff, so here are some tips.

collectd

Tool and tips on building & configuring collectd (on Ubuntu)

collectd is default standard mechanism to collect systems statistics from ICT infrastructure. However building it from source code is non-trivial due to the large number of plugins. Lessons learnt, tip and tools to make this easier.

Ghost

Ghost Blog Administration

What to do when Ghost goes wrong (ie you loose a password, upgrade fails etc). A few tips on some common Ghost Site Adminstration tasks. Status: Updated Sept 2022 following Ghost 4.x to 4.48 update More Ghost 4.x -> 4.48 update failures ... Unfortuately it now seems

Go

Go Language Tools & Make

STATUS: July 2019 - Draft / Writing Now based on work with Commento implementation STATUS: October 2022 - Revisiting as part of Commento Go 1.18 Update preparation Go (or GOLAN or Go Language) is programming language, a set of packages and tools. Both the language and the tools have some

commento

Commento gives Ghost a Voice.. Installing on Ubuntu 19.04

Commento is a newly developed Open Source commetry plugin for Ghost. As it is in early development getting Commento up and running is a bit of trial and error, so here are my notes on getting Commento going.

openvas

Running OpenVAS (GCE) Appliance / Greenbone Community Edition / Greenbone Security Manager TRIAL on KVM / QEMU

KVM/QEMU Machine Details for Greenbone GCE / GVM / GSM install.