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Running duplicity backups again

Posted on ma 27 december 2021 in servers • Tagged with open source, backup

Some years back I had a rather complete puppet setup managing relatively small set of servers for personal use and some small business customers. In that setup I had a completely automated way of configuring duplicity backups to some server I rented somewhere safe, using puppet code and puppet external …


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OpenSSH server config hardended using https://www.sshaudit.com/

Posted on za 25 december 2021 in servers • Tagged with open source, security

Yesterday I received a short mail from Mischa running OpenBSD.Amsterdam that he had hardened the sshd configuration for the OpenBSD.Amsterdam servers based on test results from the site sshaudit.com

Most of my OpenSSH servers are behind restrictive allow lists, but my OpenBSD VM at OpenBSD.Amsterdam is …


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Preparing new rackserver setup with proxmox + opnsense + openbsd

Posted on zo 14 november 2021 in servers • Tagged with open source, proxmox, opnsense, openbsd

Physical server

Just for fun and for profit I'm preparing a new physical setup to be deployed in some rack not to far from my home. The first step was selecting hardware. I still have a Proliant ML350 on the attic, but figured it was too big to actually deploy …


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Nieuwe virtuele server besteld

Posted on vr 08 juni 2012 in servers • Tagged with open source

Na enige tijd met alleen gratis geregelde webruimte, werd het toch tijd om weer iets betrouwbaarders te regelen waar ik ook echt mijn gang kan gaan. Mijn hosting vrienden van Netdirect.de hebben zich een paar jaar geleden op laten kopen dus dat is geen optie meer. Door een tip …


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