Running AI..
AI is finally becoming useful... to me. When it was just a "chat" bot, I couldn't have cared less. And when it could spit out a python script that I had to copy and paste into an editor and test and debug myself... I still wasn&
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All Aboard! The Upgrade Train
(brought to you by AI... I mean the constant upgrades... not the article... that was all me... and my spell checker)
As IT professional(s), I (we) have been on the constant upgrade cycle. So much so, Microsoft created a monthly 'holiday' where we get 'gifts'
Automatic Certificate Issuance with ACME
In a previous article here, I described how to setup an ACME server using Step-CA software. While writing that article I got tired fighting with some of the Step-CA nuances and asked myself if there was a better way.
Not finding a better way to issue certificates using the ACME
Notes on Roundcube Mail
These are some notes for my future self on how to get data out of the roundcube mail database. This assume sqlite3 database but the SQL should also work with MySQL or PostgreSQL databases as well.
View schema
sqlite3 rc_sqlite.db ".schema"
List users
sqlite3 rc_sqlite.
Be your own CA...
I have been running my own Certificate Authority (CA) for my systems for some time now. While running my CA is nothing like running a large commercial CA, running a personal CA is surprisingly easy.
Background
When I first got started with becoming my own CA, it was in the
Notes on Doveadm
Some quick notes for myself about using doveadm and managing mailboxes.
Self Hosted: Episode 8 - External Services
Software Used:
* OpenBSD 7.7
Overview
Now that we have some services in our self hosted environment, we may want to allow access from outside our environment. The question is how do we allow this connectivity for ourselves (and anyone else we choose) but not allow the world at large?
Self Hosted: Episode 7 - Email
Software Used:
* OpenBSD 7.7 (as VM)
* OpenSMTPD (part of OS)
* Dovecot 2.3.21.1 (from ports)
* RoundcubeMail 1.6.11 (from ports)
* twofactor_webauthn 1.3.0
Overview
Email is a surprisingly vast and charged topic. It is one of the first services that someone/anyone can deploy
Self Hosted: Episode 6 - Authentication
Software used:
* FreeBSD 14.2 (jail)
* OpenLDAP 2.6 (from ports)
It has been said: "Three people can keep a secret, if two are dead." Fortunately, it doesn't need to come to that.
Authentication
As with many things in computing there needs to be a source
Self Hosted: Episode 5 - Logging
Software Used:
* FreeBSD 14.2 (jail)
Introduction
If you can't observe what is happening then you can't find and fix what is broken
Setting up a logging server at this point may seem premature. But as we move forward, things will get more complicated and more