Andrey Arapov - NIXAID.COM

akash

Solana on Akashnet

This write-up will guide you to deploy Solana node on Akashnet

linux

Ubuntu 20.04 Linux on mid-2017 MacBookPro

This article describes how to install Ubuntu 20.04 Linux on your MacBookPro.

totp

converting andOTP OATH TOTP keys to Yubico Authenticator app

Converting andOTP OATH TOTP keys to Yubico Authenticator app using one-liner in Linux

bitcoin

time lock and HODL

Cannot HODL when the market is falling? Here is a solution for you.

virtualbox

Booting VM off raw disks in Windows

Goal is simple - boot a VM off the raw disks in Windows. I will use VirtualBox as hypervisor and one 512 GB (disk 4) + two 4 TB disks (disk 1 & disk 2 ). Disk 4 is bootable with the Ubuntu Linux previously installed there. I normally just boot it

luks

Removing LUKS encryption from a root device in-place

How to remove LUKS encryption from a root device in-place

docker

Docker Swarm and health check

This example shows how health check works in Docker Swarm and how it heals the service.

kubernetes

Redeploying Kubernetes master server

Redeploying Kubernetes master server with minimum impact and no client/consumer action required.

linux

Linux on mid-2017 MacBookPro

Please refer to the latest version Link to the latest version https://nixaid.com/linux-on-macbookpro/ for Ubuntu 20.04. Last updated on 30 December 2019. Intro This article describes how to install Ubuntu Linux on your MacBookPro. Hardware Apple MacBook Pro "Core i7 2.9 15" Touch/Mid-2017

openstack

Servers froze as Openstack lost free space

I am running this website along with plenty of other, mostly personal, services in Kubernetes on top of Openstack Pike deployed in Docker using kolla project 5.0.1. The VMs are running in QEMU/KVM with the local files (qcow3) as disks and persistent volumes backed by the host

pihole

Block ads with Pi-hole

Block ads with Pi-hole It has been a wonder to find Pi-hole - a black hole for Internet advertisements. Relatively easy to spin it up, I have been able to do so on my Raspberry Pi 3 B in Raspbian What you get is basically a personal multi-functional DNS-level Ad

News

Moved to Ghost

Dear visitor, This site has been switched to the new blogging platform Ghost. The previous site is available at this address. All 70 links to the old blog should automatically redirect you there thanks to the awesome feature in Ghost called Redirects.

gpg

Using GPG inside a Docker container

One day you may need to run a GPG 2.x inside a Docker container. In Ubuntu Artful the gpg-agent creates its agent-socket under /run/user, instead of $GNUPGHOME/ which by default is ~/.gnupg. You can check what path does your gpg agent-socket use by running: $ gpgconf --list-dirs | grep agent-socket

ubuntu

HiDPI display on Ubuntu 17.10 and font size

I have noticed the fonts are way too small in Ubuntu 17.10 on my laptop with 2560x1440 screen size. I found that people "solve" this by enabling fractional scaling in Gnome 3.26 on Ubuntu 17.10 "artful" in the Wayland session. This allows you

privacy

Disable Zeitgeist in Ubuntu 16, 17

Zeitgeist is a service which logs the user's activities and events (files opened, websites visited, conversations hold with other people, etc.) and makes the information available to other applications. Below are the steps to disable it and remove the history. You probably have seen many advices on the Internet that

kubernetes

Deploying Kubernetes cluster from scratch

Deploying Kubernetes cluster from scratch Kubernetes is a production-grade container orchestrator. I wrote this guide in a way that you should be able to get your Kubernetes cluster running as simple as going through step-by-step & copy-paste. Please let me know in case of issues or suggestions, I will be