ubuntu Archives

Personal Optimization

Gmail Filters for unattended-upgrades Reboots

Getting tired of seeing emails from unattended-upgrades? Here's how I configured Gmail to separate the signal from the noise.

Embedded Systems

Protecting the Root Filesystem on Ubuntu with Overlayroot

Overlayroot provides a convenient means to protect the root filesystem by using OverlayFS to overlay a read-write tmps on top of a read-only mount.

DevOps & System Admin.

Debian and Ubuntu Automatic Security Updates

Automatic security updates for Debian and Ubuntu with unattended-upgrades provides an easy way to keep your servers patched against recent vulnerabilities.

DevOps & System Admin.

Multiple Ubuntu Installations with Grub

The steps I used to configure a small Grub partition used to chainload multiple Ubuntu installations on separate partitions.

DevOps & System Admin.

Setting up BIND9 and DHCP3 on Ubuntu with Dynamic DNS

Learn how to set up a DNS/DHCP server on Ubuntu with BIND9 and DHCP3-server to perform Dynamic DNS updates, also troubleshoot common problems and errors.

DevOps & System Admin.

Setting Up a Network Share – Part I: NFS

Setting up NFS on a Linux server to provide client access to Mac OS X boxes can be a challenge. Proper setup and configuration are necessary.