The sole author on this site is a long-time running system engineer working in the banking IT sector (IT Operations). Passionate about Mac, NAS/SAN, virtualization, and Docker environments.
C2
📢UPDATE: 13/06/2022 - macOS support for C2 Backup has arrived! A practical example is presented below. 📢UPDATE: 16/03/2022 - Added a YT video covering C2 Backup process. Black Void was a co-host on this particular webinar 📢UPDATE: 02/03/2022 - Added information about the new
docker
📢UPDATE 23/12/2021 - BookStack v21.12 is out with new features including Outbound webhooks. Details on the bottom. 📢UPDATE: Added docker-compose for running BookStack via an external database as a separate container Another long overdue post. A while back I have been looking for a self-hosted wiki platform
docker
Considering that most of the time I run things in Docker and advocate for it, it is only fair that I mention (in case you missed it), that the Docker team has decided to make some changes in their business model. Docker goes PRO Docker always had a paid tier
dsm7
UPDATE: 31/08/2021 - VDSM (Virtual DSM) 6.2.4 to 7.0.1 update completed with no problems. UPDATE: 31/08/2021 (9AM CEST) - Running bare-metal update to 7.0.1 on a RS3614RPxs model right now from the current 7.0-41222 (beta2) version UPDATE: 31/08/
101
This will be a quick (DSM 7) tutorial to show how you can use two remote NAS devices and perform a Hyper Backup over the Internet while maintaining the security of your data both in transit and at the final destination. Example scenario - "Backing up to a friend&
dsm
UPDATE: 01/09/2021 - a new version of this Update 2 patch has been pushed today. Here is the delta update (rest is the same as the original update) (2021-09-01) Important Note 1. DSM 6.2.4-25556-2 is updated on September 1 to fixes the issues below. * Fixed an
giveaway
UPDATE: 01/09/2021 - burghy has accepted the prize, so this giveaway is officially over! Thank you again all for participating! UPDATE: 01/09/2021 - The lucky (random) winner has been selected! Congrats to 'burghy' for winning this PlexPass giveaway! An email has been send and
101
In this article, I would like to talk a bit about backup, your desktop backup that is. Specifically, macOS. Now, if you are a Mac user you must have heard about Time Machine right? TM is a built-in macOS backup app that allows you to run backups of your Mac
synology
📢UPDATE: 10/10/2022 - Reports on social media are indicating an elevated brute force attack against Synology NAS users. Be sure to read the "What should I do?" section below for some quick pointers on how to harden your box. At the moment an attack is not
dsm7
If you have been using Synology for a while, you will know that iSCSI support has been in there since forever. In the new DSM 7, this particular set of features are being removed from the DSM 6 Storage Manager, and now have a dedicated package called SAN Manager. Before
C2
📢UPDATE: 15/08/2022 - With the latest mobile update (v 1.2.2), you can now sign up for C2 Password right from the app. 📢UPDATE: 10.07.2022 - C2 Password iOS mobile app now offers in-app plan upgrades. Details on the benefits of a paid plan later
docker
⚠️WARNING: while this tutorial is functional, it will work with the image version 3.12.2. DO NOT use the latest image tag as it causes problems. The issue is still ongoing on Github. In the past, I did an article on running qBittorrent client via a VPN (OpenVPN protocol)