Posts tagged linux

Raspberry Pi LUKS Root Encryption

In this short guide I’ll go over how I implemented full disk encryption using LUKS on my Raspberry Pi’s root file system without needing a second Linux computer to run commands on. All you need is your Raspberry Pi running Raspbian and a USB flash drive.

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Postfix and Gmail Forwarding

You may be familiar with the local mail spool on your Linux system. Often error messages from failed cron jobs are sent there. However this isn’t much use if the server goes down or loses network connectivity. It would be nice to have it send those emails out to an external email inbox instead. That way you can be notified when disks fail in a RAID array or when applications/services fail or produce errors.

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Raspberry Pi on Project Fi

This guide will go over how to get a Raspberry Pi (or really any Linux system) on Google’s Project Fi cellular service. If you already use Project Fi as your main cellphone service provider then you can use their data only SIM cards to get your Raspberry Pi online for relatively cheap depending on your use case.

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Setting Up a Home Root CA

Tired of getting those SSL error pages when accessing your router’s admin interface? Sick of having to click three times to get to your IPMI web interface? Have I got a guide for you!

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