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How to Install a Custom SSL Certificate in UniFi Video

August 14, 2017February 20, 2019 Sam Kear 6 Comments

The default installation of Ubiquiti’s UniFi Video software uses a self signed certificate for the web interface.  As a result users will notice a certificate warning in their browsers when they connect to the page. In UniFi Video version 3.7.0 Ubiquiti added experimental support for importing custom certificates.  This allows you to import a certificate signed […]

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How to Install a Comodo Positive SSL Certificate on Nginx

April 30, 2016June 5, 2017 Sam Kear 2 Comments

Earlier this week Namecheap sent me a reminder that it was time to renew the SSL certificate for my website.  Honestly I’m not sure why they use the term “renew” when essentially you have to go through the entire process over again which can be a huge pain. Namecheap offers PositiveSSL certificates from Comodo for $9/year which […]

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Upgrading the Ubiquiti UniFi Controller Software on Centos

February 19, 2016November 11, 2019 Sam Kear 8 Comments

Update: 11/11/19 – Brandon contributed a super handy function you can add to your .bashrc file to automate the entire process below. I recently completed a deployment of several Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-AC-PRO access points and so far I’ve been very impressed with their performance. One of the best things about Ubuqiti is that the UniFi controller software is […]

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Fixing Palo Alto Firewall Support in RANCID Version 3.2

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 Sam Kear Leave a comment

RANCID is a simple but useful utility for backing up configuration files from network devices.  I’ve worked with RANCID for many years and for the most part it tends to work well but occasionally I encounter problems when adding devices from new vendors. I recently ran into an issue while attempting to add some Palo […]

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How to Enable SPDY on Nginx Using Ubuntu 14.04

May 30, 2015June 18, 2015 Sam Kear Leave a comment

Enabling SPDY is a relatively simple way to improve the performance of Nginx and reduce the time it takes for clients to load pages from a web server. SPDY is a web transport protocol developed by Google that reduces page load times using stream multiplexing, prioritized requests, and HTTP header compression. SPDY is already well supported […]

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How to Resolve the Error “Neat has stopped working” after upgrading to Neat Version 5

June 2, 2013June 2, 2013 Sam Kear 3 Comments

I’ve been using a Neat Receipts Mobile Scanner as a digital filing system for a few years now.  Overall I’ve had good results using the scanner and the software aside from a few database issues.  The system is a great way to get rid of all of the paper from your life and go fully […]

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How to Install a Linux Image on the Raspberry Pi Using Windows

March 23, 2013January 3, 2015 Sam Kear Leave a comment

If you’ve just purchased a Raspberry Pi computer the first thing you’ll probably want to do is load an operating system so you can begin experimenting with the hardware. Loading a Linux image directly to a an SD card is the quickest way to get the Raspberry Pi to a usable state.  While you can […]

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Time Warner’s New Navigator Guide Launches in Kansas City

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 Sam Kear 1 Comment

Last week I received a call from Time Warner letting me know to expect their new on screen navigator guide on my cable box (Cisco 8742 HDC) this week.  Today I turned on my box and discovered that the update was pushed out over night. A reader first brought the new navigator guide to my […]

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How to Install Plex Media Server on Funtoo Linux

April 17, 2012July 14, 2012 Sam Kear Leave a comment

If you haven’t heard of Plex Media Server I would highly recommend taking a look at it.  Plex is a fully featured media server that provides content streaming to clients across a wired or wireless network.  Plex is supported on several different platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.  You can also stream media to embedded devices such as […]

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Taking a Look at Windows 8 Consumer Preview Edition

February 29, 2012July 14, 2012 Sam Kear 2 Comments

Microsoft released their second public preview of Windows 8 today which they are referring to as the “Consumer Preview Edition”.  A more realistic title for this release might be “Consumer Panic Edition”.  I was shocked to see that the new user interface hasn’t progressed since the developers preview edition was released last year. If you’re […]

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