Umami: Solving Geolocation (City and Region) with Cloudflare Tunnels
Umami is one of the best privacy-focused, self-hosted alternatives for web analytics. However, an extremely common issue when deploying it behind …
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Isilon OneFS: Virtual Cluster Deployment - Part 1: Installation & Initial Configuration
Welcome to the first installment of the Isilon / PowerScale series. In this documentation, we will explore the depths of Dell EMC’s scale-out …
GitHub: Hybrid Cloud CI/CD - Building a Zero-Downtime Pipeline with Self-Hosted Runners
Introduction: The Evolution of a Pipeline
In the previous posts of this series, I detailed my journey from a broken, 25-minute SFTP deployment …
Cloudflare: Cryptographic Security for Your Domain with DNSSEC
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the Internet’s address book, but by original design, it is not secure. When a user types a domain into their …
Umami: Deploying Umami Analytics with Docker
Maintaining absolute control over your visitors’ demographic and behavioral data is essential in the world of Enterprise technology. Umami …
GitHub Actions: Optimizing CI/CD Deployments (From SFTP to Rsync)
Introduction: The Hidden Cost of “It Just Works”
When I first migrated this Knowledge Base to Hugo and set up a CI/CD pipeline using …
TrueNAS: Enable Computer Management & OpenFiles Access (Access Denied Fix)
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When managing a TrueNAS or FreeNAS file server integrated with Microsoft Active Directory, you may …
Proxmox: How to Resolve "Bulk Start Waiting for Quorum"
When running a Proxmox VE cluster, a sudden power outage or network partition can bring down multiple nodes simultaneously. When a single node powers …
Proxmox: How to Import Hyper-V VMs (.VHDX) to Proxmox
Migrating your infrastructure from Microsoft Hyper-V to Proxmox VE is a common step for organizations seeking a powerful, open-source virtualization …
Proxmox: How to Expand Local Storage (Remove Local-LVM)
When you install Proxmox VE on a single drive—for instance, a 1TB SSD—the installer automatically partitions the space into local (root file …
Proxmox: How to Add Nodes (Hosts) to a Cluster
Scaling your virtualization environment by creating a Proxmox VE Cluster allows you to centrally manage multiple physical nodes from a single web …
Proxmox: How to Add Active Directory Authentication (LDAP)
Integrating Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) with Microsoft Active Directory allows you to centralize user management and apply your …
Proxmox VE: How to Apply a Valid Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate via ACME DNS
By default, Proxmox VE generates a self-signed SSL certificate during installation. While this encrypts the traffic between your browser and the …
Proxmox VE: Post-Install Configuration using Helper Scripts
After completing the bare-metal installation of Proxmox VE, you will quickly notice a few initial hurdles: the persistent “No Valid …
Proxmox VE: Bare-Metal Installation & Boot Partitioning Guide
When it comes to building an enterprise-grade homelab or deploying production hypervisors on a budget, Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) is the …
TrueNAS: How to Apply System Updates
Keeping your TrueNAS installation up-to-date is crucial for maintaining system stability, improving ZFS performance, and patching critical security …
TrueNAS: How to Create an SMB Share Drive
The primary purpose of deploying TrueNAS is often to act as a highly resilient network file server. Server Message Block (SMB), also known as CIFS, is …
TrueNAS: How to Join an Active Directory Domain
When deploying TrueNAS in an enterprise environment, integrating it with a central Windows Server Active Directory (AD) domain is essential. Joining …
TrueNAS: How to Import and Apply SSL Certificates
Securing your TrueNAS web interface with a valid SSL/TLS certificate is a critical step in deploying a production-ready storage server, especially …
TrueNAS: How to Create a New ZFS Storage Pool
The core of any TrueNAS deployment is its storage configuration. At the heart of this system is the ZFS file system, which organizes physical disks …