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My brief: “We need you to write a blog post. It needs to be good. We need it fast. And don’t write any more than 400 words.” My response (in my head): I can definitely write a blog post. I can even write a good 400-word one. Or a fast good one. Or a 400-word […]
This is a quick guide to setup the ultimate home server. To include file sharing & synchronising, email and website hosting, media sharing and streaming, and automatic downloads of TV, movies and music. Firstly install the latest Ubuntu 16 distro (Download from here: https://www.ubuntu.com/download/server ) Installing Docker sudo apt-get install \ apt-transport-https \ ca-certificates \ curl […]
Notes – Ubuntu and Docker need to be installed first to create this ultimate HTPC server. Setup the Environment Lets start by creating some shares for your media server to utilise. sudo mkdir /shares/tv sudo mkdir /shares/movies sudo mkdir /shares/transcode sudo mkdir /shares/downloads sudo mkdir /shares/music Plex Docker Install sudo docker create \ –name=plex \ […]
What is Docker? I stumbled across Docker a while ago and the concept just intrigued me. The ability to create an application that only ships with the parts it needs. Windows and its applications have often been criticised for their size and bloated overhead on the underlying hardware. This bloat also has security consequences in […]
Cloud features without the ‘Cloud Risk’ Cloud gives users the ability to backup and easily share files but with Pecha and other cybersecurity issues is ‘Cloud’ the best place for your data? For me it just isn’t worth the risk of putting my files on someone else’s hardware. Yes, I am a control freak when it […]
In this little project I am going to explain how you can create your very own Private Cloud for the cost of an averaged monthly Cloud subscription. Utilising a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and NextCloud you can sync all your devices and easily share files with friends, family and colleagues. If you don’t know […]
We’re all guilty of it. We take a photo on our phone. Back it up up to the cloud via an intuitive app like iCloud, Dropbox or Google Cloud Platform and then forget about it. Every now and again we might connect our phone to our laptop and plug in a hard drive. But we […]
Can an Intel NUC really replace your home server/lab? ***Spoiler alert**** Oddly the answer appears to be yes! About a month ago my micro server was just getting even more sluggish than normal… no surprise for a 5 year old AMD 2 core bag of junk. To be fair, I did want it to do […]
Do you think you’re safe? Don’t. It’s a mistake. If recent events have taught us anything, it’s that now is not the time to be complacent about cyber security. It doesn’t matter if you’re a two-man business or a giant corporation. It’s inevitable that you’ll lose data through human error or getting attacked at some […]
