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What I run on my VPS I currently run all my services on a VPS (Virtual Private Server) due to just graduating and not having anywhere to host a homelab fulltime. I use an OVH Essential VPS with 2 vCo…

A few months ago I made a post on Proxmox and what I run/ran on my physical home server, and whilst I have now fixed my hardware issues (by geting completely different hardware) I am yet to recreate a…

I was looking for a way to lock my sites that need some sort of authentication that does not come built in. I had tried Autheila but I could never get it working. So here is a quick tutorial on lockin…

How to install and setup Uptime Kuma What is Uptime Kuma It is a self-hosted monitoring tool like “Uptime Robot” with support for notifciations, status pages and many types of monitors. Intall Uptime…

How to install NGINX proxy manager and Cloudlfare What is NGINX Proxy Manager NGINX proxy manager is what it says on the tin, its a proxy manager allowing you to point a domain to an IP and port on y…

How to install Docker and Docker Compose What is Docker Docker is a set of platform as a service (PAAS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. De…

How to install Portainer What is Portainer? Portainer is a GUI that can be hosted within a docker container that allows you to manage other docker containers with features such as Starting and stoppi…

On Saturday we hosted a programming and algorithms competition where teams of up to 3 would pit their wits against the 8 programming puzzles and try and solve as many as they could in just 3 hours. We had teams from across the degree levels, from our first year certificate stage all the way to our masters level.…

Last weekend Climax Studios, a game development studio based out of Portsmouth, hosted a game jam in support of the mental health charity Mind. They invited our students to take part and, since we were about due another game jam anyway, we hosted a local jam site in our labs and ordered in some pizza.…

This post has been in the works since November 2021, or rather I thought of around then, it hasn't been until February 2022 that I have started drafting anything, as such early details about setting t…

In the previous article we secured our NTP configuration. However you will have likely noticed that the NTP servers are given as domain names, rather than IP addresses. This has benefits; as mentioned…

A ramble about GitHub by someone fairly new to it # (This may become a series of posts on GitHub) # First, a little background information # A few years ago, back when I was in secondary school doin…

This Saturday, just passed, we once again hosted a local site for the UK and Ireland Programming Competition (http://ukiepc.info/2021/). We had one valiant team enter the fray.…

NTP is the protocol through which your computer ensures that the clock is accurate. It is insecure, but now can be secured through the use of NTS. This post goes through the process of configuring NTS…

Opensimulator Grid Backup & Restore is a guide describing good backup practices for Opensim Grids. It covers basic backup principles and requirements for Opensim. Finally, it links to two additional articles, one for Ubuntu and another for Windows. This article is part of a larger whole covering all aspects of Continue Reading The post Opensimulator Grid Backup & Restore appeared first on Sara Payne's Blog. …