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  • Checking out Rudder (Installation & Overview)

    While looking around for some sort of dashboard to keep an eye on my Linux servers, I came across Rudder. Rudder allows you to keep track of all your Linux installations, and even force changes to make your servers meet compliance requirements for your organization. In this video, I’ll go over the process of setting up the server and agent components, as well as an overview and my thoughts.

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  • Setting up the YubiKey on Ubuntu

    I’ve recently had a chance to check out some newer YubiKeys, and decided to make a video on it. In this video, I’ll show you how to set up the YubiKey on Linux, with examples that include setting it up on your local laptop/desktop as well as using it to secure OpenSSH to a remote server.

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  • Checking out the Turing Pi

    The Turing Pi is an awesome Mini-ITX board that allows you to slot up to 7 Raspberry Pi compute modules and have them each share the same ethernet cable and power supply. It’s great for Homelab and testing out things like containers. This is the first video featuring the Turing Pi, more to come! Let me know if you’d like to see tutorials for the Turing Pi.

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  • Encrypting Files with Ansible Vault

    Have you ever wanted to create a wide-open file share on your LAN to enable your users to quickly and easily share files? In this video, the viewer is shown the process of setting up a custom Samba implementation on Debian/Ubuntu that makes sharing files on your LAN easy.

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  • Getting Started with Ansible 16 – Templates

    Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties.

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  • Getting Started with Ansible 15 – Host Variables

    Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties.

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  • Getting Started with Ansible 14 – Roles

    Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties.

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  • Setting up Simple Samba File Shares

    Have you ever wanted to create a wide-open file share on your LAN to enable your users to quickly and easily share files? In this video, the viewer is shown the process of setting up a custom Samba implementation on Debian/Ubuntu that makes sharing files on your LAN easy.

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  • Getting Started with Ansible 13 – Managing Users

    Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties.

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  • Getting Started with Ansible 12 – Managing Services

    Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties.

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  • Getting Started with Ansible 11 – Managing Files

    Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties.

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  • Getting Started with Ansible 10 – Tags

    Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties. In video 10, we learn how to add tags to our plays that can make it easier to target specific things when we don’t want to run the entire playbook each time.

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