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
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 […]
Upgrading the Ubiquiti UniFi Controller Software on Centos
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 […]
Fixing Palo Alto Firewall Support in RANCID Version 3.2
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 […]
How to Enable SPDY on Nginx Using Ubuntu 14.04
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 […]
How to Install a Linux Image on the Raspberry Pi Using Windows
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 […]
How to Install Plex Media Server on Funtoo Linux
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 […]
Find Directories Using Lots of Disk Space in Windows or Linux
Find which directory is taking up the most disk space.
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