Sysadmin-Devops

restic/rest-server install & configure

A guide to using `rest-server` top host repositories for `restic`-based backups, on a system running Alpine Linux.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Add man pages and other on-system docs

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Kernel and hardware notes

Setting kernel parameters for hardware and OS tweaks

April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson0 minutes

Guides for setting kernel parameters

A collection of information on setting kernel parameters for Alpine Linux, that applies to most devices (with minor variations)

April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes

Hardware-specific tweaks and configuration

Tweaks to the kernel and system settins for Alpine Linux with specific hardware, including the configuration of packages and kernel parameters"

April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Partitioning on the Linux command line (CLI)

Various methods of partitioning storage media on the Linux command line (CLI), for BIOS and UEFI (msdos or gpt disk labels).

May 1, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson3 minutes

The problem with thin (pools & volumes)

Linux LVM thin pools and volumes initially seem to be a great way maximize the use of hard drive space by using only the space that is actually allocated to files. There is a major fly in the ointment though. Thin pools cannot be reduced in size.

February 21, 2021 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes