Sysadmin-Devops

Add pre-mount filesystem check

Where possible it is a best practise to safely check your filesystems before mounting them. Here we add the needed packages.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Use encrypted LBU

Unless you need headless, or unattended reboots or power up, it is highly recommended to use an encrypted configuration backup.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes

Recommended tweaks and configuration

Configure backups on all systems, and create a more comfortable terminal environment for system on which you use the shell.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson0 minutes

Recommended tweaks and configuration

Configure backups on all systems, and create a more comfortable terminal environment for system on which you use the shell.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Configure off-system backups

April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Enable enhanced shell prompt

Add colour and context information to the ash prompt. This makes it more 'friendly', useful, and useable.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Add tmux

Tmux is a handy tool that gives the ability to have multiple (text) windows in a single terminal session, as well as persisting your session in case of disconnect.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Edit message of the day (MOTD)

The default MOTD (mesage of the day) is potentially confusing, and is annoying in any event with a configured system.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Install on Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi-specific notes for preparing and installing [Alpine Linux](https://alpinelinux.org)

April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson0 minutes

Use Alpine Linux on Raspberry Pi as a server

Raspberry Pi-specific notes for preparing and installing Alpine Linux to operate as a small server for low workloads or bench / lab use.

April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute