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Rundeck with Ansible

How to build a NICE Ansible environment? Let’s use Ansible with a dynamic inventory, with Rundeck as a GUI (graphical User Interface) and vscode server for file editing directly on the server! I am providing installation scripts for Rundeck with Ansible with vscode server on... View the visualization2.

No more ads ;-) (DNS Filters)

DNS Filtering - no more ads with Pihole or AdGuard

No more ads - and parental control. Those are two use cases for ad blockers and DNS Filters like AdGuard Home or Pi-hole (R). Privacy and protection of your data in the internet, blocking ads and the use of... View the visualization2.

VLANs in OpenWrt 21

The VLAN Konfiguration has changed in OpenWrt 21.02 - Bridge VLAN Filtering and Distributed Switch Architecture (DSA)…

The VLAN Konfiguration has changed in OpenWrt 21.02 - Bridge VLAN Filtering and Distributed Switch Architecture (DSA) change the way we configure the network segmentation in a Guest, IOT and LAN Network.

Ansible and Rundeck

Rundeck with Ansible

How to build a NICE Ansible environment? Let’s use Ansible with a dynamic inventory, with Rundeck as a GUI (graphical User Interface) and vscode server for file editing directly on the server! I am providing installation scripts for Rundeck with Ansible with vscode server on... View the visualization2.

ProxMox Sandbox project on discord

Discord session to install a Test Network for Proxmox

We will run project sessions on the Discord Server every 3 weeks or so.

Our first project will be to build a ProxMox sandbox - that means, we will add a virtual network with a graphical client running in... View the visualization2.

Kali Linux with GUI in a Docker container

Kali Linux in a Docker Container - with Graphical Desktop!

We’ll run Kali Linux ( or any other Linux distribution) with a graphical user environment such as xfce or KDE or mate inside a Docker Container! I’ll explain briefly Docker images, Docker containers and Dockerfiles. I provide you with... View the visualization2.

Run Docker in a Proxmox LXC Container

Run Docker in a Proxmox LXC Container

#shorts #docker #proxmox

If you want to run Docker on Proxmox VE (https://www.proxmox.com) then the documentation suggests you run Docker inside a VM. But if you tick the right two or three boxes then you can easily run Docker inside an LXC... View the visualization2.

Portainer with self-signed certificates

Portainer and self-signed certificates

I am currently preparing videos in a test environment with self-signed certificates. One of the tests was to use Authelia with Portainer for SSO. I just couldn’t get it to work until I realized that Portainer (as of Version 2.17) does not seem to honor... View the visualization2.

Windows 11 with Hyper-V on Proxmox

How to install Windows 11 without TPM on Proxmox

The Windows 11 installer by default needs the “Trusted Platform Module” (TPM) and Secure Boot enabled. In a virtual environment such as KVM / QEMU (like we have it in Proxmox) those are not available. (Update - on Proxmox 7... View the visualization2.

IPv6 from scratch

IPv6 basics

The basics of IPv6, IPv6 addresses, IPv6 scopes - kind of IPv6 for dummies ;-) I took a looong IPv6 course on Udemy in order to learn the very basics of IPv6 - but - I was struggling with it. Until I freed up my mind and... View the visualization2.

More IPv6 explained

More IPv6 basics

More basics of IPv6 explained - how does IPv6 Multicast work, More about IPv6 ICMP (ICMPv6), Router Solicitation and Router Advertisements. We’ll have a look at SLAAC and DHCPv6. Follow up on my first “IPv6 from Scratch” episode.

How to build Kali Linux from Debian

How to build Kali Linux from Debian

You know what Kali Linux does or what it’s good for - but what is it ? Kali is a Linux Distro based on Debian. In this video I show how to build Kali from Debian. We will change the apt installation... View the visualization2.

Running Kali Linux in Virtual machines

Things to consider when running Kali Linux in a VM

Installing Kali inside a VM is easy - where things become interesting is when we want to chose the right solution and the right network setup for tools such as wireshark or arpspoof. With the virtual network adapters you... View the visualization2.

Running Kali Linux in WSL2

The Windows Subsystem for Linux

The Windows Subsystem for Linux or WSL2 allows you to run full Linux distributions under Windows. We will install Kali Linux in wsl2 and have a look at some options. Kex is using TigerVNC and is a nice solution, but there is an easier... View the visualization2.

Kali Linux with GUI in a Docker container

Kali Linux in a Docker Container - with Graphical Desktop!

We’ll run Kali Linux ( or any other Linux distribution) with a graphical user environment such as xfce or KDE or mate inside a Docker Container! I’ll explain briefly Docker images, Docker containers and Dockerfiles. I provide you with... View the visualization2.

Running Kali Linux in a Proxmox container

KALI LINUX in a PROXMOX CONTAINER!

In this Kali Linux episode we will run Kali Linux with a graphical desktop environment such as XFCE or MATE inside an LXC container on Proxmox. We’ll talk about Remote Access using VNC, RDP or X2go. We’ll have a look at container templates... View the visualization2.

Upgrade and Revert using Grub and efibootmgr

Proxmox Upgrade

I wanted to upgrade my Proxmox VE Server from version 6 to version 7. But I did not want to do this without a Plan B, a fail back plan. For this I used GRUB and efibootmgr. I converted a small swap partition into a bootable... View the visualization2.

X.509 Certificates explained

Certificates from Scratch - X.509 Certificates explained

What are X.509 Certificates? What is a “Certification Authority” or CA? How can we create our own CA? How can we sign our own Server certificates? How does LetsEncrypt work? How do private and public keys work? What is a certificate Chain... View the visualization2.

Self Signed and LetsEncrypt Server Certificates for the LAN

Self Signed and LetsEncrypt Server Certificates for the LAN

How to use Certificates in the LAN? What are our options? We can use self-signed certificates, but we can also use public Let’s Encrypt Certificates LOCALLY - in the LAN. In this video we will look at the options such... View the visualization2.

TLS X.509 Client Certificates

TLS X.509 Client Certificates

How to secure Internet Servers with X.509 Client Certificates? How to deploy X.509 Client Certificates ? How does a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) work ? In this hands-on video we will run a little nodejs Server that requests Authentication with an X.509 Client Certificate, we... View the visualization2.

Authelia as OpenID Server on Proxmox

How I use Authelia

I use Authelia as an Identity Provide in my network. That means that everyone who wants to use resources (such as Jellyfin or Gitea or Nextcloud) or who wants to “traverse” VLANs (e.g. to manage an OpenWrt router or switch or my Proxmox VE) has... View the visualization2.

Portainer with self-signed certificates

Portainer and self-signed certificates

I am currently preparing videos in a test environment with self-signed certificates. One of the tests was to use Authelia with Portainer for SSO. I just couldn’t get it to work until I realized that Portainer (as of Version 2.17) does not seem to honor... View the visualization2.

Authelia on Proxmox - 2FA SSO with Nextcloud, Proxmox, Portainer Gitea OpenID Connect Single Sign On

Running Authelia on Proxmox

This video is really following up to this blog article which I published earlier here on my blog.

Video content

I will show how to Self-host Authelia in a Proxmox Container and use it as an OpenID Connect (OIDC) Identity Provider for 2FA... View the visualization2.

example.com in Proxmox VE

Running the example.com domain in Proxmox VE

Let’s create a fully blown example.com domain on Proxmox including Certificates and e-Mail in less than 20 minutes! You can use this domain to test drive software or as a staging environment.

The blog article w/r to the certificates is here

Monitoring and Alerting with Zabbix

Zabbix

Zabbix is a great and Awesome Open Source Monitoring and Alerting Software. This is why Brian from @Awesome Open Source and I decided to make two episodes together. In this Episode We will configure Zabbix to Scan our network, dynamically add hosts for monitoring and alerting.

The first... View the visualization2.

IPv6 from scratch

IPv6 basics

The basics of IPv6, IPv6 addresses, IPv6 scopes - kind of IPv6 for dummies ;-) I took a looong IPv6 course on Udemy in order to learn the very basics of IPv6 - but - I was struggling with it. Until I freed up my mind and... View the visualization2.

Monitoring and Alerting with Zabbix

Zabbix

Zabbix is a great and Awesome Open Source Monitoring and Alerting Software. This is why Brian from @Awesome Open Source and I decided to make two episodes together. In this Episode We will configure Zabbix to Scan our network, dynamically add hosts for monitoring and alerting.

The first... View the visualization2.

More IPv6 explained

More IPv6 basics

More basics of IPv6 explained - how does IPv6 Multicast work, More about IPv6 ICMP (ICMPv6), Router Solicitation and Router Advertisements. We’ll have a look at SLAAC and DHCPv6. Follow up on my first “IPv6 from Scratch” episode.

DIY LTE/4G Rooter

Watch the video on... View the visualization2.

DIY 4G/LTE Router with Rooter

Let’s build a 4G/LTE hotspot. For this we will use the Mikrotik RBM33G Routerboard, a miniPcie LTE/4G modem and - Rooter. Yes, this is no typo. Rooter is a fork of OpenWrt and specializes on LTE/4G Hardware.

Router On A Stick with OpenWrt and Raspberry Pi

Router On A Stick with OpenWrt and Raspberry Pi

We will use a Raspberry Pi and a managed Switch in order to extend the Pi’s Ethernet Port to a LAN and WAN Port using VLANs with OpenWrt. This will effectively turn the Pi into a Router with a WAN... View the visualization2.

VLANs in OpenWrt 21

The VLAN Konfiguration has changed in OpenWrt 21.02 - Bridge VLAN Filtering and Distributed Switch Architecture (DSA)…

The VLAN Konfiguration has changed in OpenWrt 21.02 - Bridge VLAN Filtering and Distributed Switch Architecture (DSA) change the way we configure the network segmentation in a Guest, IOT and LAN Network.

DIY Wi-Fi mesh with OpenWrt

A DIY 802.11s Wi-fi Mesh with OpenWrt

We will build a DIY 802.11s Wi-fi mesh with OpenWrt and two cheap commodity consumer routers using fast roaming 802.11r. Please use my affiliate links if you want to buy them

Affiliate links:

Archer... View the visualization2.

No more ads ;-) (DNS Filters)

DNS Filtering - no more ads with Pihole or AdGuard

No more ads - and parental control. Those are two use cases for ad blockers and DNS Filters like AdGuard Home or Pi-hole (R). Privacy and protection of your data in the internet, blocking ads and the use of... View the visualization2.

May the 4th be with you ! (B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced)

Watch the... View the visualization2.

DIY Wi-fi Mesh with batman-adv and OpenWrt for Everyone!

DIY Wifi Mesh for everyone with commodity Hardware and Free and Open Source Software OpenWrt! The B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced protocol can be used to build a mesh of virtually any size ! Wired and Wi-fi !

What is new in OpenWrt version 22.03

What’s new in OpenWrt 22.03?

OpenWrt 22.03 will be out soon - whats new? nftables will replace iptables - what are the impacts? How about upgrading OpenWrt? Added Wifi-6 support? We’ll look at the OpenWrt user interface (LuCI) for apparent changes, go through the OpenWrt change log and have... View the visualization2.

The OpenWrt upgrade process

How to upgrade OpenWrt?

An upgrade of OpenWrt can be done in many ways - Upgrade with LuCi, Upgrade with sysupgrade or Upgrade OpenWrt with the new Attended SysUpgrade functionality asu through the OpenWrt Firmware picker or using the OpenWrt Attended Upgrade Client, acu. We will talk about the... View the visualization2.

DIY LTE/4G Rooter

Watch the video on... View the visualization2.

DIY 4G/LTE Router with Rooter

Let’s build a 4G/LTE hotspot. For this we will use the Mikrotik RBM33G Routerboard, a miniPcie LTE/4G modem and - Rooter. Yes, this is no typo. Rooter is a fork of OpenWrt and specializes on LTE/4G Hardware.

IPv6 with OpenWrt

Episode... View the visualization2.

IPv6 with OpenWrt

There are at least three ways to use IPv6 ith OpenWrt: Prefix Delegation, NDP Proxy and 6in4 tunnel with Hurricane Electric or the like. In this video we will walk through the configuration for each of them.

The IPv6 from Scratch Episodes are here:

Router On A Stick with OpenWrt and Raspberry Pi

Router On A Stick with OpenWrt and Raspberry Pi

We will use a Raspberry Pi and a managed Switch in order to extend the Pi’s Ethernet Port to a LAN and WAN Port using VLANs with OpenWrt. This will effectively turn the Pi into a Router with a WAN... View the visualization2.

ProxMox Sandbox project on discord

Discord session to install a Test Network for Proxmox

We will run project sessions on the Discord Server every 3 weeks or so.

Our first project will be to build a ProxMox sandbox - that means, we will add a virtual network with a graphical client running in... View the visualization2.

A virtual network Sandbox in Proxmox

(A video version of this blog is available on Youtube : Watch it on YouTube

Why would I want a Test Sandbox on Proxmox?

Sometimes I need to have a test sandbox. A virtual representation of my LAN really. Why? Here are some things that I want to... View the visualization2.

Windows 11 with Hyper-V on Proxmox

How to install Windows 11 without TPM on Proxmox

The Windows 11 installer by default needs the “Trusted Platform Module” (TPM) and Secure Boot enabled. In a virtual environment such as KVM / QEMU (like we have it in Proxmox) those are not available. (Update - on Proxmox 7... View the visualization2.

Running Kali Linux in a Proxmox container

KALI LINUX in a PROXMOX CONTAINER!

In this Kali Linux episode we will run Kali Linux with a graphical desktop environment such as XFCE or MATE inside an LXC container on Proxmox. We’ll talk about Remote Access using VNC, RDP or X2go. We’ll have a look at container templates... View the visualization2.

Run Docker in a Proxmox LXC Container

Run Docker in a Proxmox LXC Container

#shorts #docker #proxmox

If you want to run Docker on Proxmox VE (https://www.proxmox.com) then the documentation suggests you run Docker inside a VM. But if you tick the right two or three boxes then you can easily run Docker inside an LXC... View the visualization2.

How to dynamically allocate RAM to a VM on Proxmox

How to dynamically allocate RAM to a VM on Proxmox

#shorts #proxmox #virtualmachines

The ballooning option allows Proxmox VE (https://www.proxmox.com) to manage the RAM of a Virtual Machine dynamically. Rather than having a fixed amount of RAM for each VM on Proxmox, you can use the dynamic RAM allocation... View the visualization2.

Upgrade and Revert using Grub and efibootmgr

Proxmox Upgrade

I wanted to upgrade my Proxmox VE Server from version 6 to version 7. But I did not want to do this without a Plan B, a fail back plan. For this I used GRUB and efibootmgr. I converted a small swap partition into a bootable... View the visualization2.

X.509 Certificates explained

Certificates from Scratch - X.509 Certificates explained

What are X.509 Certificates? What is a “Certification Authority” or CA? How can we create our own CA? How can we sign our own Server certificates? How does LetsEncrypt work? How do private and public keys work? What is a certificate Chain... View the visualization2.

Self Signed and LetsEncrypt Server Certificates for the LAN

Self Signed and LetsEncrypt Server Certificates for the LAN

How to use Certificates in the LAN? What are our options? We can use self-signed certificates, but we can also use public Let’s Encrypt Certificates LOCALLY - in the LAN. In this video we will look at the options such... View the visualization2.

TLS X.509 Client Certificates

TLS X.509 Client Certificates

How to secure Internet Servers with X.509 Client Certificates? How to deploy X.509 Client Certificates ? How does a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) work ? In this hands-on video we will run a little nodejs Server that requests Authentication with an X.509 Client Certificate, we... View the visualization2.

Authelia as OpenID Server on Proxmox

How I use Authelia

I use Authelia as an Identity Provide in my network. That means that everyone who wants to use resources (such as Jellyfin or Gitea or Nextcloud) or who wants to “traverse” VLANs (e.g. to manage an OpenWrt router or switch or my Proxmox VE) has... View the visualization2.

Authelia on Proxmox - 2FA SSO with Nextcloud, Proxmox, Portainer Gitea OpenID Connect Single Sign On

Running Authelia on Proxmox

This video is really following up to this blog article which I published earlier here on my blog.

Video content

I will show how to Self-host Authelia in a Proxmox Container and use it as an OpenID Connect (OIDC) Identity Provider for 2FA... View the visualization2.

example.com in Proxmox VE

Running the example.com domain in Proxmox VE

Let’s create a fully blown example.com domain on Proxmox including Certificates and e-Mail in less than 20 minutes! You can use this domain to test drive software or as a staging environment.

The blog article w/r to the certificates is here

VLANs in OpenWrt 21

The VLAN Konfiguration has changed in OpenWrt 21.02 - Bridge VLAN Filtering and Distributed Switch Architecture (DSA)…

The VLAN Konfiguration has changed in OpenWrt 21.02 - Bridge VLAN Filtering and Distributed Switch Architecture (DSA) change the way we configure the network segmentation in a Guest, IOT and LAN Network.

May the 4th be with you ! (B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced)

Watch the... View the visualization2.

DIY Wi-fi Mesh with batman-adv and OpenWrt for Everyone!

DIY Wifi Mesh for everyone with commodity Hardware and Free and Open Source Software OpenWrt! The B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced protocol can be used to build a mesh of virtually any size ! Wired and Wi-fi !

DIY Wi-Fi mesh with OpenWrt

A DIY 802.11s Wi-fi Mesh with OpenWrt

We will build a DIY 802.11s Wi-fi mesh with OpenWrt and two cheap commodity consumer routers using fast roaming 802.11r. Please use my affiliate links if you want to buy them

Affiliate links:

Archer... View the visualization2.

May the 4th be with you ! (B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced)

Watch the... View the visualization2.

DIY Wi-fi Mesh with batman-adv and OpenWrt for Everyone!

DIY Wifi Mesh for everyone with commodity Hardware and Free and Open Source Software OpenWrt! The B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced protocol can be used to build a mesh of virtually any size ! Wired and Wi-fi !

Windows 11 with Hyper-V on Proxmox