Prerequisites Add Google Drive remotes in rclone Once you have installed rclone and created your client ID in Google, you can now begin adding the “remote” in rclone. Remotes in rclone are your remote drives that you want to sync to locally. rclone supports syncing many remote drives, but here we will be specifically mounting…
Restore original Explorer context menus in Windows 11
These commands should be used in an elevated / administrator command prompt or PowerShell. Set old / original menus as default. Remove Explorer command bar Restart Windows Explorer You can follow the following steps to restore the new context menus and command bar. Beginning with restoring the Windows 11 context menu. Restore the Explorer command…
Docker Reference
Update Docker Compose image Make sure you are in the directory of your docker compose. First, list running docker images Stop the docker you want to update Pull the latest version If you want to pull a certain version, use Start the docker. You can optionally remove old images. Open a shell inside a container
Setting Up Remote Access VPN in FortiGate: Step-By-Step Guide
This guide will outline the steps to set up VPN Remote Access in FortiGate. Although you do not need FortiClient EMS, VPN with Fortinet is best used with it. Create a loopback interface and Virtual IP Although you can always just use the default outside interface, setting up a loopback and virtual IP (VIP) allows…
FortiGate / ArubaOS-Switch Reference Guide
This is a work in progress. Command ArubaOS-Switch FortiGate Show LLDP Neighbors # show lldp info remote-device # diagnose lldprx neighbor summary Set global remote auth timeout # config system global# set remoteauthtimeout <seconds> Show route table # show ip route # get router info routing-table all
Allow Python to use ICMP raw packets
icmplib uses raw packets to create ICMP packets. While this is not an issue in Windows, ping on Linux always runs as root to create those packets. icmplib will throw the following error if it is unable to get permissions to create raw network packets. Use the following command to allow Python to manipulate raw…
“agent refused operation” when logging in with ssh keys
Copying your SSH keys to a new server is usually accomplished by However, on Fedora 40, I encountered the following error after adding my keys. This appears to just be a permissions issue. To fix this, use the following commands.
Service check / Port check in LibreNMS
LibreNMS offers a way to check for services and/or ports. In this example, we will check for HTTPS/SSL. First we need to enable services. Make sure the value for show_services is “1”. If not, change it to “1”. We then need to install the nagios-plugins. Let’s add a dummy device. In this case, we will…
CrowdStrike: Update to supported kernel to remove RFM status in Ubuntu
To get the full benefits of the falcon-sensor on Ubuntu, you need to use a supported kernel, or your system will be in “RFM”. To remove the RFM status we will need to update to a kernel supported by your version of falcon-sensor. First verify your RFM status. You should see the following in the…
Essential Linux/Mac/WSL Terminal Apps
I usually forget what apps I regularly use on a Linux terminal until I get a command not found error. This will act as my reference to remember to install these apps when using a new terminal. This is a work in progress and apps may be added or removed. Most of these apps are…