Yearly Archives: 2019

OpenVPN: SSL and hostname configuration
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26 February 2019

We already have our OpenVPN AS running in Production, so a few more posts about last steps in its configuration. For now – need to configure SSL to avoid alerts in clients browsers. OpenVPN AS documentation for SSL setup – here>>>. Let’s Encrypt Install Let’s Encrypt client: [simterm] root@openvpnas2:~# git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt /opt/letsencrypt [/simterm] Open… Read More: OpenVPN: SSL and hostname configuration0 (0) »

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World of Tanks: installing and running on Arch Linux
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25 February 2019

Didn’t think it will work, but it did 🙂 Used guide of the 2017 year from here>>>, and after everything was done – found another one here>>>. Not sure if it will work on the nouveau drivers – I did with nvidia. Enable the Multilib repo. Update packages: [simterm] [setevoy@setevoy-arch-pc ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu [/simterm]… Read More: World of Tanks: installing and running on Arch Linux0 (0) »

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Arch Linux: installing with EFI and Windows dual-boot
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24 February 2019

The goal is to set up a new Arch Linux and Windows (just for some games) on my new PC and use dual-boot using GRUB. Disks Currently disks layout is next: [simterm] [root@archiso ~]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop0 7:0 0 476.7M 1 loop /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk… Read More: Arch Linux: installing with EFI and Windows dual-boot0 (0) »

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Arch Linux: grub-mkconfig hangs on the /boot/grub/grub.cfg config generation
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23 February 2019

During new Arch Linux set up grub-mkconfig suddenly hangs on creating new /boot/grub/grub.cfg. No warnings, no errors. Thanks to this>>> googled discussion – it worked for me. So the issue looks like next: [simterm] [root@archiso boot]# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg ^C [/simterm] Check the /usr/bin/grub-mkconfig script for every /dev/null redirects: [simterm] [root@archiso boot]# cat /usr/bin/grub-mkconfig |… Read More: Arch Linux: grub-mkconfig hangs on the /boot/grub/grub.cfg config generation0 (0) »

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OpenVPN: DNS and dnsmasq configuration
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22 February 2019

In addition to the OpenVPN: настройка OpenVPN Access Server и AWS VPC peering post – DNS settings example. We have the ci.example.com domain, which has to be resolved to its Public IP (of the AWS EC2 instance) if it’s requested from thу Internet – or to its Private IP – if requested via a VPN… Read More: OpenVPN: DNS and dnsmasq configuration0 (0) »

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OpenVPN: OpenVPN Access Server set up and AWS VPC peering configuration
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21 February 2019

OpenVPN Access Server is ready to use OpenVPN server which requires minimal configuration. The free version allows you to have two clients. If you need more – you can buy additional licenses. Infrastructure description Currently to access our resources such as Jenkins, Nexus etc we are using Allow Rules in AWS Security Groups where each user… Read More: OpenVPN: OpenVPN Access Server set up and AWS VPC peering… »

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Viber: Linux – Qt WebEngine resources not found
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20 February 2019

After latest packages upgrade on my Arch Linux workstation – Viber stopped working. Found a few solutions, but the only one really solved the issue. The errors during Viber start looks like next: [simterm] $ viber Qt WebEngine ICU data not found at /opt/viber/resources. Trying parent directory… Qt WebEngine resources not found at /opt/viber/resources. Trying… Read More: Viber: Linux – Qt WebEngine resources not found0 (0) »

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Grafana Labs: Loki – using AWS S3 as a data storage and AWS DynamoDB for indexes
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13 February 2019

Let’s proceed with the Loki system. First post of this series – Grafana Labs: Loki – logs collecting and monitoring system and the second one – Grafana Labs: Loki – distributed system, labels and filters. There is the Grafana’s Slack community with the dedicated #loki channel where you can ask for some assist (and it’s really helpful).… Read More: Grafana Labs: Loki – using AWS S3 as a data… »

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Grafana Labs: Loki – distributed system, labels and filters
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7 February 2019

The previous post – Grafana Labs: Loki – logs collecting and monitoring system. There Loki, promtail, and Grafana were configured on the same host in one Docker Compose stack. Now I want to try some distributed setup: Grafana will work on a one host Loki – on the other one Promtail – will collect logs from… Read More: Grafana Labs: Loki – distributed system, labels and filters0 (0) »

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