In the previous blogs, we have discussed the installations of the OPNSense firewall, setup Wizard and how to backup OPNSense Firewall. This blog will discuss configuring multiple LAN and DHCP static assignments. Let’s get started. Full Video Multiple LAN Setup Login to the OPNSense firewall and go to Dashboard Lobby. On the side menu, go to the ‘Interfaces’, and there are LAN and WAN setups that we have already set up.
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In a prior blog, we discussed how to download and install the OPNSense firewall. OPNSense is an open-source firewall and routing platform based on the FreeBSD operating system. This blog will discuss how to set up a wizard and have a backup in OPNSense. Let’s get started. Full Video OpenSense Setup Wizard Once you complete the installation process and set the root users’ password, you need to restart your system to configure the installation.
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How to Install OPNSense Firewall? OPNsense was released as a simple fork of PfSense, but it has evolved into a completely independent firewall solution. OPNsense is an open-source, easy-to-build, and easy-to-use FreeBSD-based routing platform and firewall. It includes most of the features available in commercial firewalls with the benefits of verifiable and open sources. Do you want to learn how to download and install the OPNsense firewall? This tutorial will show you all the steps required to install an OPNsense firewall using the original ISO file.
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Introduction What we are going to be doing is creating a low resource FreeBSD Jail used as a docker or container system to host our Nginx Proxy. You could do this same let’s encrypt on the actual NextCloud instance. The reason we’re doing it this way is because when the jail or plugins update, it can possibly break some customizations and such. Creating your Jail Get logged into your TrueNAS.
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Introduction In this article we will talk about how to get HAProxy 2.4 installed and setup on Ubuntu Download To download HAProxy’s latest release, you will go to https://haproxy.debian.net. To follow this article you will choose Ubuntu, then Focal (20.04 LTS), and our HAProxy version will be 2.4-stables (LTS). This will provide you with the exact commands needed for installing on the versions you will need. Installing What you must first do is get SSH’d into your server.
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Introduction This will be a tutorial on how to improve our search for our windows file servers, using the Windows Search Service. What we will be working with is Windows Server 2012 R2, however, this will also work for both 2016, 2019, etc. Getting Into the Server The first thing we are going to do is go to our server dashboard and add a role. To do this we are going to select the button that says, “Add roles and features”.
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Introduction In this article we will go over how to Backup Office 365 or SharePoint to TrueNAS. This can be useful to make sure there is a synced copy or offline storage in the case that Microsoft, OneDrive, or SharePoint is down. TrueNAS The first thing we will do is open up our TrueNAS. You will then select System and choose Cloud Credentials. What we’re going to do is take our Office 365 account and connect it, and then pull the SharePoint drive down to our NAS to have a local copy of it.
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Introduction PowerShell and why you should be using it. If you’re not using PowerShell and you’re a system admin, it’s time to hop on that train and get started. Windows Defender Antivirus Windows Defender is the default antivirus that comes pre-installed on your Windows 10 PC’s. This software does a decent job of managing, scanning, and updating your machine. This could be useful for if you have a bunch of machines that just require scans.
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Backup TrueNAS to the Cloud with Wasabi (S3 Compatible Storage) TrueNAS is a NAS software that is super secure and protects your data from malware. A network-attached storage (NAS) software is a file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network, and it makes the stored data available to heterogeneous clients. Wasabi, on the other hand, is a cloud storage service that is much cheaper than Amazon S3.
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Go into your TrueNAS and go to the virtual machine menu Click Add to add a new virtual machine You want these settings: Guest operating system: Linux Name: UBUDocker (or whatever you want it to be) System Clock: Local Boot method: UEFI Shutdown time: 90 Start on boot enabled Enable VNC enabled Click next to dedicate resources to the VM Here is how I have it setup, you can change it to your needs
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First pull up your TrueNAS, from our last video we created a virtual machine with ubuntu and docker installed on it so if you missed that video go check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxSAGY5zRwQ&ab_channel=PhasedLogixITServices Go to plugins and install Nextcloud, it should only take a few seconds to install. Now that it is installed click on post install notes which will give your database info including the user and password. You can now test the login information for your nextcloud.
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Are you a PC enthusiast wanting to play around with virtualization and have you just recently upgraded to a 3000 series RTX card and don’t know what to do with your 2000 series well I have a project for you. I am going to assume you have a Proxmox Host with an extra GPU setup. Once you pass the GPU through to a VM the host will not have access to the GPU anymore.
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How to upgrade FreeNAS 11.3 to TrueNAS core 12 Log into your FreeNAS and go to System > Update Click on the Train - FreeNAS 11.3 drop down menu Select the TrueNAS 12 stable release Checkmark the confirm box on the switch update trains Hit continue Click download updates Checkmark the “Include Password Secret Seed’ box (this will make a configuration backup) Hit save the configuration Check the apply updates box Hit download It will begin downloading and will restart the new TrueNAS login back in and it should be successful!
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Conflicting Virtual Machine ID If you have conflicting VM IDs while trying to backup to a shared storage this article may be able to help you Make sure you have both VMs stopped Click on the VM that you want to change ID’s on then hit more then clone Pick an unused Virtual Machine ID: You can keep the name the same Select a resource pool if applicable Keep target storage as same as source Click Clone It will take a few seconds.
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One of the first websites we are going to check out that provides free websites is https://wordpress.com/pricing/ WordPress is probably the largest content management system out there during the current time and many websites are working off WordPress so many people can help you out since it is common. WordPress offers a Free Tier which is the one you will be selecting for no price. On the free tier you get SSL Certificate, this is important to make sure all your websites have this.
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I have one of my Proxmox machines up and one of the first things you will want to do is to update. apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y The next thing we will do is install a few things that will be needed by default, it will install packages to allow apt to use a repository over https. apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg2 software-properties-common Next follow it with these commands.
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I open up my linux box and make sure its always updated before anything by this command: sudo apt-get update Now we will install apache sudo apt-get install apache2 and then y for yes Now we will check on the firewall sudo ufw app list which shows all of apaches are all setup sudo ufw app info "Apache Full" This shows ports 80,443
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I will be using DigitalOcean Droplet. Before you start installing anything ever you want to do a basic update by typing: sudoapt-get update Then type: sudoapt-get upgrade After you are finished you will want to type: ` apt-get install apache2mariadb-server libapache2-mod-php7.2 apt-get install php7.2-gd php7.2-json php7.2-mysql php7.2-curl php7.2-mbstring apt-get install php7.2-intl php-imagickphp7.2-xml php7.2-zip ` This will install apachemariadb and the couple php One useful command to check your version of mariadbis:
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Remote Desktop to your work computer from home for free! Login to your google account using. On your work computer go to https://remotedesktop.google.com/ and make sure you are using google chrome. At the top of your browser you should see remote access, click that. It will prompt you to download the chrome extension, accept and install it. Once you have accepted and allowed access to download you should be prompted to turn on remote access.
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Start off by opening your FreeNAS. On the side menu scroll down until you see virtual machines, click that. Once you are under VMs you will want to click add. Operating System For this video I will be making a Linux machine, call it whatever and whatever description helps you. We are leaving system clock at local, UEFI on, Start on Boot, Enable VNC, Delay is off, and bind is the VNC network interface IP Address.
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You will want to start by going to the FreeNAS website to install it at https://www.freenas.org Once you have gone to the website you will see a big download button, click that and it will take you to another page. You can choose to fill out the information or you can just click “No thank you” at the bottom. You will want to download the most stable version which the one I am downloading is (11.
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\ Begin by opening up your NAS, I am using my Buffalo NAS for this video. You will want to create a new folder, I am calling it “proxmoxbackup”. For shared folder support and I am choosing SFTP so that if I need to WinSCP or SSH into it then I can, so then save it. Go to the Network tab, then NFS tab and then first thing we need to do is to turn on NFS.
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Go to Datacenter, go to backup and then click add. You will select the time preference for your backup, select snapshot for mode. Under compression I am picking LZO because it is fast and easy but you can pick GZIP but it will be slower. Select the VMs you want and click create. You will now want to go to storage, my ZFS can’t do backups but the local directory can so go into that one and select the content types that has VZDUMPS.
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1.) Downloading ISO File You will first open up proxmox. Then you will want to upload a windows 10 ISO to the proxmox machine. Open up a new tab and google windows 10 media creation tool. It should be the first link you see and it should say “Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File) - Microsoft”. You will then want to click “Download tool now”. This will get you the media creation tool, now this is something you can use if you are just needing a windows ISO.
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General Program Shortcuts Ctrl+N: Create a new document Ctrl+O: Open an existing document Ctrl+S: Save a document F12: Open the Save As dialog box Ctrl+W: Close a document Ctrl+Z: Undo an action Ctrl+Y: Redo an action Alt+Ctrl+S: Split a window or remove the split view Ctrl+Alt+V: Print Layout View Ctrl+Alt+O: Outline View Ctrl+Alt+N: Draft View Ctrl+F2: Print Preview View F1: Open the Help pane Alt+Q: Go to the “Tell me what you want to do” box
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Firefox If you go to google you will see “https” this means that it is basically a secure site so when you go to that website the traffic between your computer and the website is in a encrypted tunnel. You will see a lock which indicates that the website is a secure website. If you click on the lock it will say it is secure and you can find more information.
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We found a bunch of Excel keyboard shortcuts so you don’t have to take all the time to search for them. Here is a wide selection of shortcuts! CTRL + Pg Up : Switches between worksheet tabs, from left-to-right CTRL + Pg Dn : Switches between worksheet tabs, from right-to-left CTRL + SHIFT + ( : Reveals any hidden rows within the selection CTRL + SHIFT + ) : Reveals any hidden columns within the selection
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It is a very simple task to zoom in and out on your computer and will help you tremendously at reading or seeing whatever you need How To: Locate the Ctrl key on your keyboard. It will look the picture included down below. Zoom In You will want to press the ctrl and the + key on your keyboard to zoom. The key is located at the top near the backspace key or if you have a numpad included with your keyboard you can locate it on the numpad.
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How to: If you are logged into your microsoft account on windows already you can follow this step first, if not then you will need to sign in first. On the bottom right of your screen you will see a white cloud. Right click the white cloud and click “settings”. You will see see a tab called Backup, click on that and then you will be able to check boxes if you want to backup photos, videos, and screenshots automatically.
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How to: Open up a browser and go to google, type in backup and sync google. It should be the first link available for you to click. After you click on the link there will be a download button to click. Click that and accept to download it. Once it is downloaded then run the program. Once the program is running you will click “get started” then you will login to your google account.
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History: Screensavers were allegedly written for the original IBM PC by John Socha December 1983. Screensavers were originally designed to protect computer monitors from phosphor burn-in. Early CRT monitors, particularly monochrome ones, had problems with the same image being displayed for a long time.⠀ Screensavers are often set up to offer a basic layer of security, by requiring a password to re-access the device. Some screensavers use the otherwise unused computer resources to do useful work, such as processing for distributed computing projects.
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How to enable clipboard history so that you can copy multiple things to your clipboard! Just click on your windows start menu and then search “clipboard settings” After you click that then you will be able to click and turn on clipboard history! Once clipboard history is on then you can press your windows key + V as a shortcut and it will open it up! If you do not understand the term clipboard for windows it’s where it saves whatever you copied to it.
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Today we are going to be using Storage Sense to clear some space to make more room! 1. Just click on the start menu and then click on the gear icon. This will take you into the settings. Then you can go to system, scroll down on the left side to Storage. You will see all your drives in there but you will want to scroll down until you see “Storage Sense”.
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**Today we are going to be customizing our Windows Taskbar to gain a little more space to work. ** We are first going to get rid of the people icon because no one really uses that and it will open a little space. Just right click the taskbar and select “Show people on the taskbar” this will then take it off and if you right click the taskbar again you will see it is no longer checked.
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Proxmox clusters can be very usefull. But sometimes you need to remove a node from a cluser for one reason or another. It could be that the hardware is getting old and you need to replace it with a new machine. In this video I walk you though all the steps needed to remove a node from a Proxmox cluser. If you enjoyed this video, please click the like button, and share it on your favorite social networking platform (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
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Migrating virtual machine from one Proxmox node to another (within the same cluster). When I tried using the GUI to migrate I received an error. It complained about needing the “with local disk option”. In this video, I show you how to get around that error. Below is the command line needed to migrate. 106 is the number of the virtual machine and pve2 is the name of the Proxmox node you will be migrating to.
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In this video, I go over the best budget #security system of 2019. I’m showing you #cameras with 1080p HD video display, fields of view at 120 degrees or above, and the ability to zoom in for some great detail. The system will have two-way audio, which allows the user to speak to the person they’re recording, and night vision. Cameras have both cloud and local storage. You’re already on Facebook, right?
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In this video, I will show you a few essential waterproof gear you will want to use this summer at the pool or the beach. You’re already on Facebook, right? This is the perfect place for anyone who has any tech-related questions, comments, concerns or news…or just want to nerd out in an extremely beneficial and satisfying intelligent conversation with one of our computer techs. Sometimes we have small questions and we don’t necessarily want to call a tech right away.
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Have you ever been frustrated by your email service telling you the file you are trying to send is too large. I have a solution for this technology headache. Firefox Send (send.firefox.com) Firefox Send lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires. So you can keep what you share private and make sure your stuff doesn’t stay online forever. This website allows you to share up to 2.
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In this video, I will show you a few cool tips and tricks for Windows 10 that you wish you knew earlier and my favorite password manager. Bonus: Security Tip If you’re using the same password over and over and over again, it’s about time you stop. Here’s how you can start securing your accounts — it’s a lot easier than you’d think.
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