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Backup to Amazon S3

Published: 10. June 2018  •  Updated: 4. February 2022  •  linux

How to install a backup job that runs daily and sends files to Amazon S3

Putty, a free Windows SSH client

Published: 10. June 2018  •  linux

A quick introduction to the free Windows SSH client Putty. How you can connect to an SSH server and how to set up public/private key authentication.

Sending emails from your Linux server

Published: 16. June 2018  •  linux, selfhost

In this tutorial, I present two ways how to send emails from your self-hosted Linux server. A configuration with SSMTP that relies on a 3rd party mail server and an example with exim4, a self-hosted SMTP server.

First configuration steps on a new VPS Server

Published: 10. June 2018  •  linux, selfhost

A description of initial configuration steps after renting a new VPS server

Installing WireGuard on Amazon Lightsail

Published: 11. October 2018  •  linux

Installing WireGuard, a simple, fast, and modern VPN, on Amazon Lightsail virtual server and connect an Android mobile device.

Expose server behind NAT with Tor

Published: 10. January 2019  •  linux

In this blog post, I'm going to show you how to make services, installed on a server behind a NAT/Firewall, accessible from everywhere with the Tor network

Expose server behind NAT with WireGuard and a VPS

Published: 10. January 2019  •  linux

In this blog post, I'm going to show you how to set up a WireGuard VPN between a computer, located behind a NAT/Firewall, and a VPS in the cloud to expose services running on the private server to the Internet and make them accessible from everywhere

Setup a NanoPi Kiosk with Chromium

Published: 5. January 2019  •  linux

In this blog post I'm going to show you how to set up a kiosk mode with a full-screen Chromium on a NanoPi

Netgear Aircard as Internet gateway with pfSense

Published: 5. January 2019  •  linux

How to connect a Netgear Aircard to a pfSense router and use it as an Internet gateway

Setting up WireGuard on Windows

Published: 17. July 2019  •  linux

Installing WireGuard, a simple, fast, and modern VPN, on Windows and connecting to a WireGuard server.

Simplified WireGuard server installation

Published: 21. February 2020  •  Updated: 22. December 2021  •  linux

In this blog post, I show you how to install WireGuard server in a very convenient way with a batch script

Backup with restic

Published: 2. April 2020  •  linux, windows

How to backup your data with restic, an easy, fast, efficient, secure, and free command-line tool.