System & Network Admin

First of all, thanks to @parkan of Protocol Labs for soliciting the Nix community in Nix and IPFS · Issue #859 · NixOS/nix · GitHub. We at Obsidian Systems talked things over, submitted a proposal to the IPFS Grants Platform, and it has recently been accepted! IPFS is a peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed filesystem. It has been remarked before that Nix and IPFS would be useful integrated together and we are very excited to make this happen. Here is where we thin...

Hi, there. Appreciation to all the lovely people who make this possible. We’re planning to build a private network which allows us to duplicate files over. These are the constraints about this network: “private” here means we don’t want outside parties to join and we don’t want content to be available publicly even outsiders have the CIDs there should be only one “conductor” peer who can sort of control the network: add/remove files from the network control which peers get what there will ...

You can run IPFS inside Docker to simplify your deployment processes, and horizontally scale your IPFS infrastructure.

A step-by-step IPFS tutorial for creating a private network - Darkrove/Building-Private-IPFS-Network

Discover how to install an IPFS node on your Synology NAS and create your personal decentralized storage node.

The open-source hyperconverged infrastructure solution for a cloud-native world

Today, I am excited to announce project Harvester, open source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software built using Ku...

About six months ago, I learned about a new project called Harvester, our open source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) ...

Disk storage has exploded in the last 40 years. These days, even a terabyte drive is considered small. There is one downside, though. The more stuff you have, the harder it is to find it. Linux pro…

Author: Manolis Tzanidakis Like all pieces of electronic equipment, computers have a tendency to malfunction and break; if you have never experienced kernel core dumps or unexpected crashes, consider yourself lucky. Many common hardware problems are caused by bad RAM modules, overheated or broken CPUs, or bad sectors or clusters on hard disks. In this …

Crafty is a powerful controller platform for Minecraft servers. Install and deploy this versatile control panel on your Ubuntu server.

Last time, I gave a whirlwind introduction to a very small slice of systemd. If you aren’t comfortable with systemd services, timers, and mounts, you might want to read that now. Otherwise, p…

By facilitating the automation and orchestration of infrastructure components, IaC is central to the success of generative AI.

Last time, we looked into using a logic analyzer to decode SPI signals of LCD displays, which can help us reuse LCD screens from proprietary systems, or port LCD driver code from one platform to an…

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Setting up PostgreSQL for tests is crucial for achieving performance and reliability. In this article, I'll explain how to set up PostgreSQL for tests and discuss some common pitfalls to avoid.

I am new at scripting ... I can do very basic stuff, but now I need a hand. I have a local filesystem that only will be mounted when I need to do a backup. I'm starting with this. #!/bin/bash ex...

A quick and practical Bash guide to checking if a directory is mounted.

If you need to get rid of a Mac or external drive, how do you ensure that no one can access the data on it? Adam Engst runs through the various methods you can employ, one or more of which should address your situation.

Learn how to securely erase a Solid State Drive (SSD) on a Mac for enhanced data privacy and protection. Step-by-step guide for safe and efficient SSD data wiping.

We will show you how to securely delete files on different Mac versions in this post. Check it now to protect your data with a layer of security.

What does securely erase files mean and how do I securely erase files? Learn how to permanently delete the files in this article.

Are you worried about deleting sensitive files on an older Mac? If your Mac has a regular HDD, learn how to securely erase files so they're unrecoverable.