We have a Synology Rackstation NAS and it comes with a VPN server. I decided to try and work out how to connect my Ubuntu laptop to the Synology VPN server and route my network through that. It took me sometime to get the settings right, so I have put together a guide in the … Read more
Just has another little problem while upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 12.10. It seems that smbfs no longers works in Ubuntu 12.10. Once again, why don’t the developers make a webpage or a popup application which tells you these changes? It would save hours of time for lots of users. Anyhow, here is how … Read more
Using the tar (the Tape Archiver) command: The options used are:
KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) is a brilliant visualization software. Over the last few years, I have installed quite a few hosts and have been keeping notes – so I thought that I would put them up on this blog. Install Packages Firstly, you need to install the basic Ubuntu packages. I use ubuntu-vm-builder which automates … Read more
In the last few years we’ve been migrating all our servers over to KVM virtual machines running on a Ubuntu servers. I’ve come to love VM’s. There seems to be compelling reasons for using them. You can install a new VM very quickly without having to setup new hardware. You can control the resources for … Read more
I just installed a new Syncology 814 server in our rack to give us some more storage for backups. It is very simple to use and well made. While browsing through the software that comes with the NAS, I discovered it has a centralised syslog server. There are instructions for installing the Syncology syslog server are … Read more