Category: Phoenix Ignited Tech Blog
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Install Apache2 on Linux
Install Apache2 on Linux Install Apache2 on Linux July 4, 2024 This tutorial goes through installing apache2 on bare metal. Nothing special. No configurations. Just installation. Supports major distros. Install Apache2 This one liner should install the Apache2 web server, ready to go. Copy to clipboard sudo apt-get install apache2 -y # for Debian/Ubuntu related…
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How to Create a Systemd Service File
How to Create a Systemd Service File How to Create a Systemd Service File July 4, 2024 This tutorial goes through creating a systemd service file. Simple and to the point. It assumes you have a linux service installed, for which your system can’t find systemd <service_name>.service file for. Checking Service Install Directory First off…
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Install Cmatrix Ubuntu
Install Cmatrix on Linux Install Cmatrix on Linux June 2024 July 2, 2024 This one liner will install Cmatrix on Ubuntu / Fedora Etc. (depending on the OS of choice). Cmatrix is as I describe it falling cyber-snow. Purely visual, the idea originated from the “The Matrix” for more history of this cool program see:…
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Installing Traefik with Docker
Installing Traefik with Docker Installing Traefik with Docker July 1, 2024 In this tutorial we will simply launch a traefik docker image with a whoami docker image over a docker network. The official Traefik docs can be found at: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/getting-started/quick-start/ The only pre-requisites are that you already have docker and docker compose installed. See my…
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Setup 2FA on an SSH Server with Recovery in Mind
Setup 2FA on an SSH Server with Recovery in Mind Setup 2FA on an SSH Server with Recovery in Mind June 29, 2024 When you’ve enabled time based 2FA authentication on a remote ssh server, have you ever wondered what you might do if you lost your phone? What about if your server lost track…
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Basic Linux Service Commands
Basic Linux Service Commands Basic Linux Service Commands June 29, 2024 This tutorial goes through basic Linux service commands including starting, stopping, reloading, restarting, disabling, enabling, and checking status of services on a Linux machine. Starting Services For most services on a Linux machine, you can start them via simply entering: Copy to clipboard sudo…
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Why You Might Not Want to Enable Time-Based 2FA on a SSH Server
Why You Might Not Want to Enable Time Based 2FA on a Remote SSH Server Why You Might Not Want to Enable Time Based 2FA on a Remote SSH Server June 29, 2024 This might seem against best principles in server management and protection, but if you’ve ever had a server’s time go hay-wire or…
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Encrypt Files with OpenSSL in Linux
Encrypt Files with OpenSSL in Linux Encrypt Files with OpenSSL in Linux June 28, 2024 Do you need to send a sensitive or secret email through Gmail or another email provider? Or have you ever needed to keep sensitive company info on a personal computer while traveling? If so you should encrypt these files so…
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Linux Services Reload VS Restart
Linux Services Reload VS Restart Linux Services Reload VS Restart June 28, 2024 Restarting a Linux a service stops and then restarts the service, it breaks all existing connections to the service by stopping the service, and then restarts the service. Reloading a service on the other hand does not break existing services, it simply…
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Install Keycloak with Postgres, & Traefik
Install Keycloak with Postgres & Traefik in Dev Mode Install Keycloak with Postgres & Traefik in Dev Mode With Docker Compose on Ubuntu on Localhost June 26, 2024 This tutorial goes through launching Keycloak using Postgres as the database and Traefik for a reverse-proxy in separate containers using Docker compose. This tutorial assumes the following: …
