Exposing visitor IP to apache through varnish
In a previous post, i posted how you can put varnish on a virtual machine to cache content for your web server, But there was one small thing that we did not deal with, The IP address in the logs and...
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ZOIPER setup for a SIP account
Basically I need to give a friend of mine who is traveling a VOIP account of a special kind, So to make his experience as simple as possible, I took screenshots of the setup process, but generalized...
View Articleufw – the 2 minute guide
apt-get install ufw ufw allow ssh but what do you know, i got an error ERROR: initcaps [Errno 2] modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'ip6_tables': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see...
View ArticleForce mount hibernated NTFS volume
This problem is one i face often, because of how older versions functioned, the answers online no longer apply, online, you will find that ntfsfix /dev/sdc2 should do the trick, in reality, it will not...
View ArticleDisable windows automatic restart in Windows 10, the new way
So, Microsoft decided to change things a bit on how this can be done. To make a long story short, this is no longer inside “Advanced options” But rather in a different link names “Restart Options” on...
View ArticleConverting DVD to MP4 (H264) on windows (With the free ffmpeg tool)
Converting DVD files to MP4 Video files on a DVD are usually in the video_ts directory and have the extension VOB. On Windows, the easiest way to do this is by copying the files in the video directory...
View Articlegoing back to original firmware on tp-link
Let me start with the warning, DO NOT FLASH THE ORIGINAL TPLINK FIRMWARE BACK BEFORE FINDING OUT IF YOU NEED TO STRIP THE FIRST NUMBER OF BYTES OUT, YOU WILL BRICK YOUR ROUTER, IF YOU SEE Failed to...
View ArticleI7 930 VS I7 980, 180% faster, at least theoretically !
I upgrading my I7 930 to an I7 980 worth it ? The answer is YES, the I7 980 at the time of writing cost me $135 used on ebay. there are 2 extra cores in the CPU, so it is like having an extra dual core...
View Article(SOLVED) Failing to install debian stretch (9) on an asus p9x79 motherboard
At first, i checked the MD5 of the DVD which was as follows b894f1e8ebf3065a488b6c01a742cf4e = debian-9.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso The lowdown: Bottom line before you waste your time, the trick is disabling...
View ArticleBCACHE – how to setup
About this tutorial Despite being lengthy, this tutorial is in fact easy and fast, I have split it to parts so that you can get down to business instantly if you need to. Worth mentioning is that i...
View ArticleFinding duplicate files on NAS storage
I have this bad habit of copying things so many times when modifying them, when that is a large database, we talking many gigas, so here is a script to find those duplicate files among many hard drives...
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GPS / u-blox and Adafruit-Mediatek
The things i add here are primarily for my reference, but they could save you a lot of time, so here i am only covering the practical side, wikipedia can help you with the theory. things here are sort...
View ArticleGodaddy / Wild west domains, reseller examples
Godaddy / Wild west domains, reseller examples (List is work in progress) fxdomains.com polodomains.com hostingdude.com cheap-domainnames.com Super resellers (Sells reseller accounts)...
View Article3.3V Power supply – Linear Voltage Regulator
As usual i will start with the main points / the lowdown 1- Car voltage can (Depending on car) can go up to 15.3 when bulk charging the battery, the maximum voltage for the LD1117AV33 is 15V, so it is...
View ArticleUsing losetup
Add a loopback device, Where the number at the end is the starting point (You can get it from parted) losetup /dev/loop1 /hds/3tb/2tb.img -o 700144058880 See what devices are linked losetup -a Remove...
View ArticleSearching for text within file contents
Searching for text within file contents in Linux When you want to do this, odds are, you know what kind of file you are looking for, My first guess would be you would not be looking in zip, mp4, flv,...
View ArticleStoring whatsapp media (video, photo, etc) to SD card.
To have android treat an SD card like internal storage, you will need to format it as internal storage, a feature of android disabled by most manufacturers, so here is how to do it even when the button...
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Backup or move an LXC container
You can not just copy an LXC container, wat you need to do is among the lines of cd /var/lib/lxc tar --numeric-owner -cf container_125_fs.tar vm125 The magic is mainly about maintaining the numeric...
View ArticleEnable adoptable storage for the J5 J500H (3G)
Allowing Adoptable storage on the Samsung J5 20165 – J500H There are a few tricks for this particular phone 1- We need to replace the recovery system with TWRP Enable phone developer mode, then USB...
View ArticleWordPress, Varnish, nginx: The SSL https detection problem
I have a certain setup with a Varnish5 caching reverse proxy, with nginx to terminate SSL connections. The problem with this setup is that wordpress can’t detect https, hence, it can not enforce it,...
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