Linux

Hugo Static Site Guide

This article goes over the basics of hugo and guides you through the process of using a static site generator.

LightDM Configuration

In this article I go over lightdm configuration. This will teach you how to modify lightdm to choose a default desktop environment, theme, autologin, and even a VNC connection.

How To Setup a VPN Kill Switch Server

This will show you how to set up a VPN Kill Switch so all traffic will come from that server. For this server, I am using CentOS, but you can easily use Ubuntu server if you are more familiar with that.

LVM (Logical Volume Management) – Combine Physical Drives and more!

LVM is a very cool volume management tool. It can be used for a variety of tasks and this guide explains all the things LVM can do. I also do an example video of combining physical hard drives using LVM.

How to Secure A Web Server

In this article, I show you all the steps needed to secure a web server and improve your security. I recommend doing all of these things on every installation. Also, just because you secure your server doesn’t mean you can neglect it. I highly recommend monitoring it and adjusting security as needed. Monitoring is required for proper security in my opinion.

How to Learn Linux

This article gives you the resources on how to learn Linux. If I am missing a resource, be sure and comment so I can add it.

Custom Kernel in Linux

This Guide walks your through how to install a custom kernel on Linux. I will go over performing this in a Debian-based system and an Arch-based system. Please note that the arch based system requires you to build the kernel yourself and will take much longer.

Linux File System | Directory Structure

This article details the Linux File System and it’s directory structure.

Linux File System – Root

• / -This is the root directory which should contain only the directories needed at the top level of the file structure
• /bin – This is where the executable files are located. These files are available to all users, but do not add programs manually here
• /dev – These are devices in your system – Not Mounted!
• /etc – Superuser directory commands, configuration files, disk configuration files, valid user lists, groups, ethernet, hosts, etc.
• /lib – Contains shared library files and sometimes other kernel-related files
• /boot – Contains files for booting the system /boot/efi for EFI systems
• /home – Contains the home directory for users and other accounts
• /media – Typically used to mount permanent file systems
• /mnt – Used to mount other temporary file systems, such as cdrom and floppy for the CD-ROM drive and floppy diskette drive, respectively
• /proc – Contains all processes marked as a file by process number or other information that is dynamic to the system
• /tmp – Holds temporary files used between system boots
• /usr – (Unix System Resource) Used for miscellaneous purposes, and can be used by many users. Includes administrative commands, shared files, library files, and others
• /var – Typically contains variable-length files such as log and print files and any other type of file that may contain a variable amount of data
• /sbin – Contains binary (executable) files, usually for system administration. For example, fdisk and ifconfig utlities
• /kernel – Contains kernel files

Home Directory Structure

/home/user is the home directory for your user and it is often abbreviated with a ~. Folders starting with a period are hidden and can be looked at via options in file browser or ls -al in terminal.

How to Setup a VPN Server and Clients Using OpenVPN

In this article, I go over how to setup a VPN Server and clients using OpenVPN. this will cover the setup process of the remote machine and then connecting to it via both Linux and Windows client machines.

The Ultimate SSH Guide

This is an SSH guide to help you set up, configure, connect, and transfer files using SSH.