Raspberry Pi – Change SWAP Size
Sometimes you just need more SWAP space on your Raspberry Pi. Per default, it is set to 100 MB if I remember correctly, which is low and depending on what you are running on your Raspberry Pi, filled up pretty...
Quick Update Script for Your Docker Containers
From time to time, you need to update your docker containers. And when built with docker-compose I have a little update script for you. Nothing incredibly magical here, just a script that runs through the update commands and restarts the...
SearXNG – Build Your Own Search Engine
Well, I have to admit, the title is a bit clickbait. You don’t build your own search engine per se, instead, you use an already-built open-source solution. All you need is your own server, VPS, Raspberry Pi or whatever you...
PrivateBin – Your Self-Hosted Pastebin Instance
A Pastebin is a quick and handy way to share logs, debug output, etc. They are usually used in support situations. There are quite a number of public pastebin services out there, with the most known being pastebin.com. But they...
Raspberry Pi – Install PHP 8.1
Installing PHP on a Raspberry PI is actually pretty straightforward, PHP is available in the Raspberry’s package repository. But, at the time of this writing, Just PHP 7.4 is available. Still ok, not terribly outdated, but dropped out of active...
Raspberry Pi – Full Backup with `dd`
If you’re running a Raspberry Pi with a somewhat important service in your network, like a DNS-Level Adblocker, Nextcloud, a proxy web server and so on, you’ll probably like to back it up on a regular basis. One way could...
Lego – Automatic SSL Certificates and HTTPS for Everyone and Everywhere
Lego is a Let’s Encrypt client written in Go, hence the name. It serves as an alternative to Let’s Encrypt’s own client certbot which can be found in many Linux distribution repositories to install. It is relatively simple to handle...
Raspberry Pi – Disable Bluetooth and WiFi
By default, when setting up a Raspberry PI, Bluetooth and WiFi are enabled. This is not always what you want, especially when you don’t need either of them. So, time to disable them, because having them enabled and probably unsecured...
Git/SVN Repository Information Displayed in the Console
For someone who works a lot with Git repositories, it is interesting to see some basic information in the console while working on the repo. Stuff like which branch or tag is currently active. Sure, there are commands to show...
Gentoo Linux – kernel_update script, a Quick Helper to Update Your Kernel
Keeping your kernel up to date on Gentoo can be a bit daunting, especially when you are running the “keyworded” kernel, meaning not the stable version, but the “always latest” version by keyword ~amd64. There’s a new version almost every...