Step 1 – Install Required Dependencies The latest version of Python is not included in the Oracle Linux 8 default repo, so you will need to compile it from the…
How to check if AES-NI is enabled for OpenSSL on Linux
Intel Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (AES-NI) is a special instruction set for x86 processors, which is designed to accelerate the execution of AES algorithms. AES-based symmetric encryption is widely…
Using a Yubikey for SSH on macOS
SSH 8.2 introduced support for using any U2F key in place of a private key file. Using it on macOS with full support for ssh-agent is a bit more complex.…
Install Remote Desktop Server on Oracle Linux
Xrdp is an open-source implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that allows you to graphically control a remote system. With RDP, you can log in to the remote…
Chroot into an Ubuntu on zfs system
Mount everything correctly: zpool export -a zpool import -N -R /mnt rpool zpool import -N -R /mnt bpool zfs load-key -a # Add “UUID” at the end, if appropriate; use…
Resize a disk in Linux
The following example shows the volumes on a Nitro-based instance: $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 30G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 9.9G 0…
Hello world!
I finally got around to re-deploying my site. I will slowly add content and notes from things that I work on. Some topics I have in mind include: Ubuntu 18.04…