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Tiago Stoco

Tiago Stoco

I.T and technology enthusiast with a creative mind working in a data centre and dedicating his free time to fun tech-related personal projects and family.

Arch Linux - Enabling Testing Repositories

1) Add to /etc/pacman.conf the testing repositories. Check the list of Arch repositories to enable the desired. 2) As recommended the testing repositories should be added before the stable ones as seen on the file below. # The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the # repo

Arch Linux - How to Install NamelessMC

Arch Linux - How to Install NamelessMC

Quick guide on how to install NamelessMC a website software for Minecraft. 1) PHP Configuration 1.1) Upgrade your php main package if not the latest supported. pacman -Rsc php74 I will use php-legacy since 8.1 is the recommended by NamelessMC documentation pacman -Syu php-legacy php-legacy --version PHP 8.

Minecraft - Fabric Server with Carpet Mod

Minecraft - Fabric Server with Carpet Mod

This article contains very basic instructions on how to run a server with Fabric and carpet mod. BASIC SETUP 1) Download the fabric server from this link https://fabricmc.net/use/server/ 2) Download the vanilla server.jar from https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server 3) Modify fabric-server-launcher.properties

Proxmox - Resizing VM Disk

Sometimes virtual machine disks runs out of space. Follow the steps below to resize the its partition. 1) Proxmox Configuration Select the VM you want to resize the disk in the WebUI and navigate to Hardware>Hard Disk>Disk Action> Resize and set the size increment. 2)

OPNsense - WAN Bridging for Public IP Addressing

OPNsense - WAN Bridging for Public IP Addressing

With only a single public /29 subnet available, consuming the remaining two addresses from the range is a challenge. After some research, the not ideal bridging solution is the best of the worst solution as seen in the picture below. The diagram below from the pfSense documentation illustrates a typical

OPNsense(23.7) - bugfix ACME Plugin Upload to Hashicorp Vault

OPNsense(23.7) - bugfix ACME Plugin Upload to Hashicorp Vault

When trying to use the OPNsense ACME Client feature to upload Let's Encrypt certificates to Hashicorp Vault, it needed to be fixed. The challenge started when the automation began to fail because it could not find the VAULT_TOKEN as an environment variable. At first, it seemed easy

OPNsense(23.7) - Acme Plugin Upload Certificates to Hashicorp Vault

OPNsense(23.7) - Acme Plugin Upload Certificates to Hashicorp Vault

Let's Encrypt certificates are a blessing, no doubt. But they come with an inconvenient fact that they short live—usually, three months. And their rotation is easy if you have just a few around; however, when you have more than ten around your infrastructure, their rotation becomes a