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Setting up a Libre Computer Sweet Potato SBC with Debian and Pi-Hole
November 2, 2023
I've been wanting to get a Raspberry Pi for ages, but they were out of stock for the longest time, so I never ended up with one. Recently I learned about the Le Potato from Libre Computer as a Pi-alternative, and after some research paid the $30 early access price for their new Sweet Potato SBC. Here's how I set it up.
Quick guide to setting up SMB shares
November 1, 2023
Setting up SMB shares is fairly easy, but I do it so infrequently I often forget the steps and need to look them up anyway. So I made myself two sets of smb config files for quickly setting up shares, either public or with a login required.
OpenMediaVault Quick Reference
July 30, 2023
I've been using OpenMediaVault 6 for over a year now, and it's user interface can be a bit obtuse, so I wrote myself a series of quick step-by-step guides for enabling certain features within the OMV workbench UI.
Using a forwarding resolver in Pi-Hole for DNS over TLS (Upgrade Pi-Hole v6)
July 27, 2023
A quick guide on configuring Pi-Hole to use either Cloudflared or Unbound as forwarding resolver to Quad9, for encrypted queries using DNS over TLS.
Setup a Cloudflare Tunnel to securely access self-hosted apps with a domain from outside the home network
July 20, 2023
Cloudflare Tunnels have been around for a few years and are well regarded alternatives for VPNs or port-forwarding on a router. They are often used to expose access to self-hosted apps from outside the local network with minimal config or hassle. Here's how it's done.