Proxmox’ LXC containers do not have the /dev/fuse device created automatically. A quick way of doing that is by adding the following two lines to the container's configuration on the host node (in /etc/pve/lxc/<$container_id>.conf): lxc.autodev: 1 lxc.hook.autodev: sh -c "mknod -m 0666 ${LXC_ROOTFS_MOUNT}/dev/fuse c 10 229" I’m using “sh -c”…

Due to the SSL POODLE vulnerability, it is best to remove support for the outdated SSLv3 protocol. As OpenLDAP with GnuTLS is a beast of its own, here’s the quick change to remove SSLv3 support: cat > nossl.ldif <<EOF dn: cn=config changetype: modify add: olcTLSCipherSuite olcTLSCipherSuite: SECURE256:-VERS-SSL3.0 EOF ldapmodify -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f nossl.ldif And we’re done! Obviously, if you already have olcTLSCipgerSuite, then use “replace” instead of “add”.

I was setting up a small VPS as a backup e-mail server for the two already in place. What was supposed to be a 15 minute task, particularly as it was being installed using a proven recipe with Puppet, turned into a diagnostic nightmare for hours. …

Although I have a rather large amount of servers at my disposal, for some time I’ve had my personal website hosted with 5quidhost on one of their Turbo pans. They’re an UK-based company with headquarters in Scotland, and have recently celebrated their 10th anniversary. …

I had written this elsewhere before, but thought I would share it on my own site as well. The idea here is to create a Proxmox VE cluster with limited resources, in particular a lack of a private network / VLAN. …

During the long Easter holiday I’ve kept myself busy with a little pet project for my Raspberry Pi. So far I’ve been using the RPI as a small intranet server, DNS server and Proxy server. But it had plenty of room, both in RAM and storage, to do other things…

Since May 26 of 2012, the infamous “cookie law” has been in effect in the United Kingdom. …

A security feature available in WordPress is a “nonce”. Generally, a “nonce” is a token that can only be used once and are often used to prevent unauthorised people from submitting data on behalf of another person. Let’s simplify that: Person A is given nonce “A” Person B is given…

Did you notice a near-total collapse of the Internet today? Couldn’t Google if Gordon Brown owes you money? The stream of Facebook pokes suddenly stopped? No? That’s because the Internet kept working just fine, despite that today marks an important event in its history: 06/06/2012 was World IPv6 Launch day. What? …