Learn how to elevate your Ansible update strategy by creating a dynamic, risk-based inventory using Excel 📊 and Python 🐍. This article walks you through replacing static hosts files with a flexible...
Crafting a Balanced Patching Strategy Security, Risk, and Automation in Harmony Regular updates are essential to any cybersecurity model, ensuring that vulnerabilities are quickly patched to minim...
An Intro to systemd Timers When I first began using Linux, crontab was the go-to tool for scheduling tasks on Unix and Linux systems. Its flexibility in a single line of text was impressive, allow...
Ansible Setup In this article, I will walk you through setting up the Ansible Control server. In future articles,we will create Ansible playbooks to deploy Zero Trust Access (ZTA) principles acro...
A Simple Yet Scalable Approach Regular OS patching is a crucial part of maintaining cybersecurity, as it helps reduce the risk of zero-day vulnerabilities and other security issues by ensuring tha...
Introduction When working with multiple servers, SSH keys are indispensable for secure authentication. Early in my workflow, I relied on a single key pair reused across all systems. While convenie...
Cybersecurity In today’s world, cybersecurity is more critical than ever. Whether it’s adding new functionality, upgrading existing features, or auditing current systems, the question of how to en...
Proxmox Network Storage So far, we’ve utilized a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) and a Single Board Computer (SBC) to set up a NAS (Network Attached Storage) using Samba. The next step was securing ...
Proxmox: Network for NAS In the previous post, we completed the Samba server setup, though the network connection strategy was still in development. Now, it’s time to explore how the Samba server ...
When I imagine the future of my home lab, I envision it filled with professional-grade equipment—a sleek server rack, servers humming away, and network switches blinking behind a perforated door. H...