Adventures in IPv6, Firewalls & the “Oops-I-Forgot” Department 🚀
So, a few days ago I thought: “Hey, let’s be cool, ditch Apache, and hop onto the Nginx hype train because… HTTP/3, baby!” 🎉 Fast-forward to today, when I decided…
Switching to HTTP/3 – A Hands-On Upgrade for My WordPress Blog
Tonight’s TV lineup was pure garbage, so I decided to geek out with some server tinkering instead. What better way to spend the evening than diving into a protocol-level performance…
How I Managed to Wreck My Firewall Appliance With a Debian 13 Upgrade
Yesterday I proudly hit publish on a post about my super smooth upgrade to Debian 13… feeling like a proper Linux wizard. 🧙♂️ A few hours later, reality slapped me…
Debian 13 Upgrade Adventure – With a Little Help from ChatGPT 🐧🤖
So today I did something both brilliant and borderline reckless: I asked ChatGPT to whip up a Bash script that upgrades a Debian 12 system to the fresh new Debian…
The Day I Pimped My Router – Or: How I Almost Brickrolled My Whole Network
So today I swapped out my trusty old router – a Fritzbox 7590 AX – and replaced it with the slightly shinier, ever-so-slightly sexier Fritzbox 7690. Yes, yes, I know……
🔐 Apache under AppArmor: A Clean Static Profile Setup on Debian 12
Running Apache with AppArmor on Debian 12 doesn’t have to be messy. Forget about mod_apparmor, forget about “hats”, and ignore the dynamic module rabbit hole. We’ll use a simple, maintainable…
🛡️ Getting ClamAV Daemon to Play Nice with Nextcloud’s Antivirus App (Like a True Nerd)
If you’re like me and want your Nextcloud to scream the moment something shady shows up in your files, then you’re probably using the Antivirus for Files app. But here’s…
🛡️ Nextcloud Backup Like a Pro – Automated with Bash
Ever wanted to backup your self-hosted Nextcloud instance without sweating bullets? Tired of rsync-ing folders manually or risking broken databases? Buckle up, sysadmin – here’s a neat little Bash script…
🚀 Mission: FreeBSD – Or How I Rage-Quit to Debian at Warp Speed
Last night, in a galaxy not that far away (namely, under my desk), I felt a sudden and powerful urge to finally install FreeBSD on my tower PC. This idea…
🛡️🧙♂️ Deploying Nextcloud: My Ansible Quest for Ultimate Automation ⚔️☁️
🤖 So, What Is This “Ansible” Magic? Ansible is basically the spellbook every modern sysadmin dreams of. It’s an open-source automation engine that lets you write playbooks—YAML files describing exactly…