Testing the network speed to our Docker containers can be beneficial especially when running media services or file sync on a Raspberry Pi at home or in similar situations. We set up OpenSpeedTest as a stack in Portainer to achieve this need. Preparation Before we configure our application we should get…

IBM Cloudant databases can be backed up and restored easily using couchbackup — available GitHub where you can also find more detailed instructions for using this tool. Installing couchbackup Use npm to install the newest version globally: npm install -g @cloudant/couchbackup Credentials Before we start, we need to generate some credentials for our backup and restore operations, find your Cloudant instance in the resource list and click on Service credentials → New credential. Consider selecting a Reader role for extra security if you are just going to schedule a backup job.

Updated on 13 March 2022. We set up a simple seedbox using a Raspberry Pi and a containerised qBittorrent install. The focus of this setup is to be easy and maintainable. The security — or lack thereof — is not suitable for applications outside of a trusted home network. What We Need Raspberry…

Exporting a page for Error 404 in WP2Static isn’t immediately obvious, but thankfully the developers have given us a hint here. To do this with Netlify, follow these steps: Create a page on WordPress for your 404 error. This must be a normal page where you type the error message…

Considering IBM’s role in the IoT space and their support for Node-RED that is currently unmatched by any other cloud provider, it makes sense to use their Cloudant service for easy storage of unstructured data. Realistically, the Node-RED product and ecosystem are still maturing, so a novice user can be…

While Azure Notebooks lets us clone a GitHub repository when creating a new project, tracking and committing changes back to the origin is currently not supported. Utilizing Git and GitHub features in our private development environment can be achieved with a little configuration. TL;DR: Go to the end of this post for an automated script for this setup. A note of warning: the way of…

The importance of security around cryptocurrencies and the internet in general has never been more important. Crypto assets make value extremely portable and while this is one of their best features, it also attracts hackers, scammers or other nefarious actors to the space. One of the biggest risks to security…

The Q3 2016 State of the Internet / Security Report represents analysis and research from Akamai based on data from their global infrastructure and routed DDoS solution. Key points and insights from the report include: 71% increase in DDoS attacks between Q3 2015 and Q3 2016. 77% increase in infrastructure…

dmitry dmitry or the Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool can be used for a variety of reconnaissance purposes. It ships with Kali Linux and can be used to perform a whois lookup on the domain name of a host and save it to a text file like this: dmitry -winsepo example.txt example.com whois …