During this walk-through we will guide you on how to install a web based POS and ecommerce solution that can be used to sell your goods via your physical and online stores from the same backend. If you don’t have a WordPress base to start with follow the links below. (This was done as a response to a request by on of our subscribers)
How to install the WordPress base server: https://youtu.be/vvOES877BAM How to secure your WordPress Server: https://youtu.be/XocAaMKuQ_k
In this walk-through we will install all the components needed to run WordPress on your own local or cloud Ubuntu 20.04 server. This video was done as a response to a direct request.
We walk-through how to build your own Minecraft server & run it for under €10 a month. This video was inspired by one of our kids that required a Minecraft server to play on with friends.
We have hosted the following open Minecraft server should you want to test before building.
Note: The aim is to show you how to build a minecraft server. What we don’t cover in this setup is how to secure the server. Highly recommend that you always follow industry security & hardening standards.
We walk-through how to build your own Minecraft server & run it for under €10 a month. This video was inspired by one of our kids that required a Minecraft server to play on with friends.
We have hosted the following open Minecraft server should you want to test before building. https://hendcraft.com/hcaws/
Note: The aim is to show you how to build a minecraft server. What we don’t cover in this setup is how to secure the server. Highly recommend that you always follow industry security & hardening standards.
Open your ssh client and ssh to the server you just commissioned.
ssh root@your-server-ip
Enter the password that was provided to you in the mail from Hetzner. It will prompt you to select a new password. input your password and again to confirm it.
update your server instances software
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Next install Java as Minecraft version we installing requires it. When prompted if you want to continue select yes.
apt-get install openjdk-14-jdk
Validate the JDK install
java –version
Create a directory for the Minecraft server to run.
cd /opt
mkdir minecraft
cd /opt/minecraft
Download the “server.jar” from the minecraft.net site.
Install screen. Screen provides the ability to run multiple shell sessions from a single ssh session. This will allow us to launch the minecraft server and detach from the session allowing the Minecraft server to continue to run.
apt-get install screen
Launch the Minecraft server for the first time.
cd /opt/minecraft
java -Xmx2GB -Xms1G -jar server.jar -nogui
You will be prompted to agree to the eula. Open the eula file with a file editor like vi or nano.
vi eula.txt. (Update the line “eula=false to eula=true“)
Once the eula has been accepted. Launch the Minecraft server again. Once running you can disconnect from the screen session with Ctrl+a+d
cd /opt/minecraft
java -Xmx2GB -Xms1G -jar server.jar -nogui
Launch your minecraft client. Select Play.
Select Multiplayer
Select Add Server
Input the details of your server. Provide a name and enter your server public IP. The select done.
Select the server entry you just added and click on “Join Server”
Got a request from “dedu mihail” & “Amandeep Singh” on how to block https sites. In this quick walk-through we show how to use the proxy with manual settings which is needed to block https urls / sites. It does not work via transparent mode. (We could not find a simple way to make it work via transparent mode).
1. Configure the end user machine to use the proxy.
2. Configure the proxy on IPFire to use the url filter capability.
3. Configure the url filter to block the https url 4. Configure the url filter to allow restriction bypass for listed IP’s.
Ever been away from home or office and wanted to use a VPN securing your network connection. (You should always use a VPN when on un-trusted networks!) You also never sure what the “Free” VPN providers are doing with your logs. Why not setup your own VPN, that you have full control off. In this how to guide we will go through the installation of IPFire with OpenVPN and the relevant configurations. This will enable you to make use of your own private VPN when away from home or the office.
In this walk-through we will demonstrate the basic steps used to install NextCloud on Azure.
This walk-through will include:
1) Create the Virtual Machine running Ubuntu
2) Install snap & NextCloud via snap on the Virtual
Machine.
3) Configure Static IP with DNS / FQDN.
4) Configure Firewall rules.
5) Configure HTTPS with lets Encrypt
6) Test the the NextCloud instance is accessible.
Commands used:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install snap
sudo snap install nextcloud
sudo nextcloud.enable-https lets-encrypt
Keep in mind this is only a basic install and will need to
be secured using best security practices etc. If enough demand, we might do a
future walk through on how to secure your public facing systems.
In this walk through we will show you how to install Pi-Hole to enable network wide ad blocking on your network. We will also show you how to configure a windows machine and the basic steps on how to enable it network wide via your router.
ssh to the OS you decided to use after the OS installation. (We used Debian 9 for the walk through.)– $ su– # wget -O basic-install.sh https://install.pi-hole.net– # bash basic-install.sh
login you our device/s and point its dns settings to the Pi-Hole server. Alternatively change the settings on your router to provide the Pi-Holes ip as your networks dns via DHCP. For more detail refer to the video provided by the link below or reach out to us.
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