Run Your Own Virtual Private Server in the Cloud
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Cloud Computing is a hot and current topic discussed and used by many businesses. But with smaller offerings available now from professional cloud providers, running your own virtual private server (What is a Virtual Private Server (VPS)?) in the cloud can be something you may feel intrigued to.
The Best Use Cases for your Home Server
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- Category: Home Server
There are many potential use cases for a home server. This article covers a selection of the best use cases and shows how these can be addressed by running your own home server.
Run your own home file server / NAS with Samba (SMB)
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Central data storage for your home with a file server or a so-called NAS (Network Attached Storage) is a real classic and currently the number one use case for most. Not only does having a file server make access and sharing much easier, but it also makes it much easier to perform backups, avoid redundancies, and to protect important files. The data can be centrally stored on the server and everyone with access can easily access the files. This article covers how to create file server functionality with Samba (SMB) on Linux Ubuntu Raspberry Pi 4.
Run your own VPN Server at Home on a Raspberry Pi with PiVPN
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To connect into your home network when on the road or to use a secure internet connection from an potentially non-secure connection, such as an open Wifi, you can run your own VPN on a home server. This article explains how to install a WireGuard VPN server on your home server.
Home Server Raspberry Pi 4 with Ubuntu Server Operating System
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The Raspberry Pi 4 (What is a Raspberry Pi?) is a very popular hardware for a home server. It comes with the essentials and is powerful enough for many use cases in small networks. Where Raspberry OS (or formerly Raspbian) was the standard operating system in the past, now the Linux Ubuntu operating system is a good alternative.
Dynamic IP addresses and how you can connect to your home from outside
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When you are connecting your router to the internet you will get in many cases a random dynamic IP address that may change any time. Read here how you can still connect from outside by using dynamic DNS.
The Myth about Commercial VPN
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- Category: VPN
The abbreviation VPN stands for Virtual Private Network which means an encrypted connection over the internet from a device to a network.
This article provides some basics about VPN connections and the privacy they cannot provide.
Boost Your Router with DD-WRT
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DD-WRT is an alternative router firmware that offers many advanced features not found in the original firmware of the devices. Read here what's all the fuss about.
Dynamic DNS with Telekom Speedport Smart Routers
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To execute dynamic DNS updates, Telekom Speedport Smart Routers seem not to be as smart as you would expect. Understand the standard it uses and learn how to outsmart some of its limitations.
Run Your Own E-Mail Server from Home?
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- Category: E-Mail Server
More and more tech-savvy home admins want to run their own e-mail server. Although the technology needed is not very simplistic, there are some options available.
Connect a Raspberry Pi to a WireGuard VPN Server
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- Category: Raspberry Pi
If you want to connect a Raspberry Pi running on Raspberry Pi OS (formerly called Raspbian) as a client to a Wireguard VPN server, this article is for you.
Log Files under Linux - Manage and Monitor
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The Linux system and many Linux based programs write their status messages into a log file. Read here about helpful commands under Linux to view and manage these files.
How to know your current external WAN IP address
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The WAN (=Wide Area Network) IP address is the external IP address your router is connected to the internet with. It gets assigned by your internet service provider (ISP) and typically changes every time when your router (re-)connects to the internet. There are a couple of way to get your current IP address when you are connected to a device in your network.
What is a Virtual Private Server (VPS)?
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This article explains briefly my understanding of a Virtual Private Server (VPS), in contrast to a dedicated server and a shared server.
Update your dynamic DNS IP address with DDclient
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To execute dynamic DNS updates with your current IP address you may use DDclient, a program that runs on a Linux server in your home network. Learn about the use case and get install and configuration tips here in this article.
AWS LightSail vs. Alibaba Cloud
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When we were looking at a cloud service provider for The AIRIX.NET we compared AWS Amazon Lightsail and Alibaba Cloud. Find below a summary of our findings.