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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 fast. One thing to keep in mind, your SWAP should never be higher than your… Read more
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 container afterwards. However, I assume your docker container is defined through a docker-compose.yaml file and built… Read more
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 have. Heck, you can even run this locally on your Linux machine. Reasons for hosting… Read more
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 be to unplug the MicroSD card – or any other kind of storage you use… Read more
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 and manages SSL certificates just fine, as long as the domain is publically reachable, meaning… Read more
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 is a potential attack vector into your network. Change Boot Configuration First, we need to… Read more
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 that kind of information, but after a while, it becomes tedious to have to put… Read more
There are times when you want to mount a remote network location into your local file system. Especially when you have a NAS or cloud storage with a provider who provides CIFS or NFS access to it. One way would be to add some lines to your /etc/fstab file to mount them every time your… Read more
Install ‘rpi-eeprom’ (Older Versions of Raspberry Pi OS / Raspbian) Newer versions of Raspberry Pi OS come with this utility already but if you are upgrading/have upgraded from an older version you may not have it in some cases. We can install it with the following commands: Once the utility is installed Raspberry Pi OS… Read more