ScottWiki - technical

24.04_apache2_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-11-11T14:59:39+00:00

24.04 Apache Configuration First we are going to move the document root of the apache webserver to be something more sensible, do this before we start installing any more web related things. First Disable the default site... a2dissite 000-default.conf

24.04_backup_using_rsync

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:53:25+00:00

Backup using RSYNC Now we create a little script to backup via RSYNC nano /srv/backup/backup.sh You will need to create the appropriate backup locations for the script to use. #!/bin/bash # ===================================================================== # Script to Rsync backup # # V1.00 2024-03-20 Initial Release (Scotty) # ===================================================================== source_file="backup" date=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d") new_filename="${source_file%.*}_${date}.log" …

24.04_bind9_dns_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T18:42:30+00:00

BIND9 / DNS Server Installation This will configure split DNS. This will allow you to create a local DNS zone “scottworld.net” which will handle all local requests. It will be an extension of scottworld.net which is the registered domain. Requests for scottworld.net hosts (and other traffic) that are not local are forwarded out to the internet.

24.04_certificate_provisioning

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-11-09T18:24:16+00:00

24.04 Certificate Provisioning Certificate Authority Security Certificates Install the required packages: apt install certbot python3-certbot-dns-ovh Create an OVH Consumer Key using the following details: Site: https://api.ovh.com/createToken/?GET=/domain/zone/*&POST=/domain/zone/*&PUT=/domain/zone/*&DELETE=/domain/zone/*/record/* Script name: certbot Script description: ACME client for security certificates Validity: Unlimited

24.04_dhcp_server_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T18:52:47+00:00

24.04 DHCP Server Installation We will now set up a DHCP Server and configure it to hand out a specific range of addresses and update DNS (once we set it up) Install the DHCP server package. sudo apt install isc-dhcp-server It will fail on startup as it is not configured yet.- stop the service

24.04_dynamic_dns_setup

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T18:56:51+00:00

24.04 Dynamic DNS setup My ISP provider allows an interface with their DNS via ddclient protocol. We will use the ddclient on the server to update DNS every time the external IP changes. Install the ddclient sudo apt-get install ddclient At the installation questions choose

24.04_fail2ban_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:09:32+00:00

24.04 Fail2ban installation OK lets bolt down a bit against brute force SSH attacks from the internet idiots, before we go any further. sudo apt install fail2ban sudo systemctl stop fail2ban.service The fail2ban service keeps its configuration files in the /etc/fail2ban directory. There is a file with defaults called jail.conf. Since this file can be modified by package upgrades, we should not edit this file in-place.

24.04_kvm_virtual_host_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:14:55+00:00

24.04 KVM Virtual Host Installation Install a few helper utils (Make sure Virtualization is enabled in the bios) apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system Check all is ok with a kvm-ok After installing Windows WSL and Virtual Manager you can set up SSH key login to enable virtual manager to connect nicely.

24.04_lamp_stack_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:21:36+00:00

24.04 LAMP Stack Installation A “LAMP” stack is a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym which represents the Linux operating system, with the Apache web server with PHP and MySQL database. The site data is stored in a MySQL database, and dynamic content is processed by PHP.

24.04_logwatch_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-11-13T17:56:18+00:00

24.04 Logwatch Install Logwatch is a handy utility that can parse the system logs and send you details of system errors or issues with the server. Lets stick this on and set it up to mail the logs to an email address daily. sudo apt install logwatch

24.04_mysql_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:23:43+00:00

24.04 Configure MySQL If you want to allow access to your MYSQL database from any other host rather than the LOCAL server you will have to tell MySQL to bind to the external ip address rather than the local TCP stack... 127.0.0.1 (which is the default)

24.04_next_cloud_scottcloud_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-23T23:25:51+00:00

24.04 NextCloud Installation Prerequisites Set up DNS (CNAME) to point to your nextcloud server. scottcloud.scottworld.net CNAME ---> Solaris Also make sure it is set internally (if we are using split DNS) Set up some directories Create a directory to hold the nextcloud files .. make this outside the standard WWW readable dirrectory

24.04_phpmyadmin_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:30:08+00:00

24.04 PHPmyAdmin Install. OK lets install a web interface into the MySql Server, as this makes administration much easier sudo apt install phpmyadmin Select the web server(s) that you have installed (usually APACHE2) Go in and set the root password for MySql if you have not done so already.

24.04_plex_media_server_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-10-25T17:13:13+00:00

24.04 Plex Media Server Installation To enable the Plex Media Server repository on Ubuntu only a few terminal commands are required. From a terminal window run the following two commands: First we need to add some NVIDA packages for doing encoding / transcoding etc.

24.04_samba_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-11-09T13:23:17+00:00

24.04 Samba Installation Install Samba and the required services. apt install samba Stop the samba service systemctl stop smbd.service Add the windows server discovery service - so you can find stuff on the network apt install wsdd-server First we will create a samba user and set a password for Windows users to authenticate. If we want multiple users we can repeat this process.

24.04_steam_client_install

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:42:48+00:00

24.04 Steam Client Install SteamCMD requires lib32gcc1 which can be installed using: apt install lib32gcc-s1 For security purposes, we do not want to run the server using the root account, so we'll create a new user named “gameserver” with the following command: Set its password and change its home directory. (this is handy for server software that writes to the users home directory)

24.04_teamspeak_server_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:40:20+00:00

24.04 Teamspeak Server Installation First, create a new user with your desired name, we will use the name “teamspeak” for this guide. adduser --disabled-login teamspeak Get the latest TeamSpeak 3 server files for 64-bit Linux. Check their website, a new version may be available.

24.04_time_server_chrony_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T18:43:21+00:00

24.04LTS Time server chrony Installation Install chrony apt install chrony Edit the config by creating a file in nano /etc/chrony/conf.d/solaris.conf server ntp0.zen.co.uk iburst allow 10.3.0.0/16 systemctl restart chrony.service You can check its all working with

24.04_transmission_daemon_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:32:00+00:00

24.04 Transmission Daemon Installation Install the backend bittorent client apt-get install transmission-daemon Close the running daemon (otherwise your settings will be overwritten) systemctl stop transmission-daemon.service Now edit the file nano /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json

24.04_ultimate_ubuntu_server_install

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-05T22:19:22+00:00

24.04 Main Ubuntu (Noble Numbat) Install Main Installation The main installation is slightly different in 22.04LTS, insert the Ubuntu Server (LTS 22.04LTS Live) installation CD/USB/DVD and follow the onscreen instructions. If you don’t understand the questions asked by the installer put the keyboard down and switch everything thing off and go back to being a user. You will be asked to select.

24.04_ups_setup_with_nut

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-14T16:27:12+00:00

APC UPS Devices Install the required packages: apt install apcupsd apcupsd-cgi Edit the conf file nano /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf:UPSCABLE usb UPSTYPE usb #DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 POLLTIME 60 BATTERYLEVEL 10 MINUTES 3 Restart the UPS monitoring service: systemctl restart apcupsd.service

24.04_webmin_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T19:12:02+00:00

24.04 Webmin Installation Download and save the Webmin repository signing key: curl -fsSL https://download.webmin.com/developers-key.asc | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/ubuntu-webmin-developers.gpg Add the Webmin repository in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webmin.list:

flightradar24

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-29T00:21:52+00:00

Main Installation This is the install process for setting up a Flight Radar 24 ADS-B feed using a raspberry PI (V4) and a SDR-Blog VR Dongle. It also includes the install and mechanism to switch to an SDR++ server to allow remote clients to attach and listen to ATC audio remotely.

frigate_nvr_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-01T16:15:39+00:00

Frigate NVR Installation Docker Installation Download and save the Docker repository signing key: curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg Add the Docker repository in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list:

homeassistant_install

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-04-19T22:16:15+00:00

To fix network issues with VM.... From the HA command prompt. network update enp8s0 --ip4-method auto --ipv6-method disabled

ms_activation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T20:22:41+00:00

Microsoft Activation https://massgrave.dev/ Download / How to use it? Method 1 - PowerShell (Recommended) Right-click on the Windows start menu and select PowerShell or Terminal (Not CMD). Copy and paste the code below and press enter irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex

nvidia_drivers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-04-23T16:33:52+00:00

NVIDIA drivers installation This page shows how to install the NVIDIA drivers from the command line, using either the ubuntu-drivers tool (recommended), or APT. NVIDIA drivers releases We package two types of NVIDIA drivers: Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) drivers - which are recommended for the generic desktop use, and which you can also find on the NVIDIA website.

reset_wsl

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T20:25:01+00:00

Reset Windows 11 WSL environment All run from powershell (with admin access) Show what distro you have wsl -l Clear the distro wsl --unregister Ubuntu Then run wsl -l Install using.. wsl.exe --install Ubuntu

ubuntu_cheat_sheet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-11-04T18:03:17+00:00

Ok.. here is a cheat sheet for all the useful commands you might need. Login Open a WSL session on your windows PC ssh username@hostname.scottworld.net sudo -s (to become root/admin) Reboot This will reboot the server (only really necessary after a kernel update)