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XCP-ng - Installation with Xen Orchestra and XO Lite

Last updated on October 21, 2024

With the release of XCP-ng 8.3 I thought it would be interesting to try XCP-ng in combination with Xen Orchestra to manage hosts and pools. I also wanted to try out XO Lite. For that I bought a small Asus NUC 14 Pro (i5 processor, 64 MB RAM, 2.5Gbe). If... [ Read More]

Tags: linux

NixOS - Guacamole Clientless Remote Desktop Gateway Setup

Last updated on April 23, 2024

Once Guacamole is installed on a machine, in my case running NixOS, all you need to access your desktop environment and CLI is a web browser. It supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH. [ Read More]

Tags: linux

NixOS - Ollama AI tool with Oterm and Open WebUI Setup

Last updated on April 2, 2024

After my adventure with [[Serge LLaMA AI Chat - Windows Podman Container Setup|Serge AI Chat]] it was time to take a look at other AI tools. But now in combination with NixOS. And I would like to use the GPU this time, cuda in my case, where Serge only used... [ Read More]

Tags: linux containerization ai

NixOS - Add Unstable Channel Packages and Services to Configuration

Last updated on April 1, 2024

Some packages are lagging behind within the default channel of NixOS. Then it is nice to have the option to use a newer package from the unstable channel [ Read More]

Tags: linux

Unifi Network - Setup Chromecast between VLANs

Last updated on February 23, 2024

Fortunately, it is nowadays very easy to use the Chromecast within different networks/vlans. All you have to do is make a few settings within the Unifi Network Application. [ Read More]

Tags: networking

Python - Download and Install Packages with Dependencies Offline

Last updated on January 6, 2024

In this note, I’ve summarized how you can download Python packages and quickly install them offline on other machines [ Read More]

Tags: linux development

NixOS - Installation with LUKS Disk Encryption

Last updated on December 13, 2023

I thought it would be a good idea to install NixOS on an encrypted disk. If something happens to the PC or server, at least all my data won’t be out on the street. [ Read More]

Tags: linux

Unifi Network - Setup VLANs including IoT and access to Pi-hole

Last updated on December 12, 2023

Here I describe which networks/VLANs and WiFi networks I have created. And how I configured the firewall and added a rule that allows the Pi-hole from the SERVER-VLAN to be used by devices in other VLANs such as the CLIENT-VLAN and IOT-VLAN. [ Read More]

Tags: networking smarthome

Unifi Network - Block Internet Access for Specific Devices

Last updated on December 12, 2023

I have a number of devices that I no longer want to give access to the internet. [ Read More]

Tags: networking

NixOS - Add Virtual Machines UI to Cockpit

Last updated on November 22, 2023

With Cockpit Virtual Machines you can create, run, and manage virtual machines in your browser [ Read More]

Tags: linux

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XCP-ng - Installation with Xen Orchestra and XO Lite

NixOS - Guacamole Clientless Remote Desktop Gateway Setup

NixOS - Ollama AI tool with Oterm and Open WebUI Setup

NixOS - Add Unstable Channel Packages and Services to Configuration

Unifi Network - Setup Chromecast between VLANs

Python - Download and Install Packages with Dependencies Offline

NixOS - Installation with LUKS Disk Encryption

Unifi Network - Setup VLANs including IoT and access to Pi-hole

Unifi Network - Block Internet Access for Specific Devices

NixOS - Add Virtual Machines UI to Cockpit

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