WordPress on LAMP with Session Encryption and Backup

Overview Zen Astronave is a personal blog site. In this guide, we will implement a Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and PHP (LAMP) system and install WordPress for zenastronave.com. Since we are interested in the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) triad, we will also implement a firewall, Transport Layer Secuirty (TLS) certificates, and daily backups. This example uses AlmaLinux but should also […]

Making Libvirt User-friendly in AlmaLinux

In AlmaLinux (and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, and CentOS), libvirtd defaults to the user URI. When a regular user executes virsh list, they will see only the KVM virtual machines accessible to their user and will not see those started by the system. You can change this behavior so that regular users can list and interact with virtual […]

Emulating a 32-bit Raspberry Pi ARM 7 on CentOS Linux with Qemu

Overview Emulate an ARM processor on Intel using CentOS 7 and Qemu. Prerequisite Packages Qemu Cross-compilation Acquire Resources Create a working directory in your unprivileged user home directory and clone the raspbian kernel source: Also get the Raspbian toolchain: Download a current version of Raspbian from downloads.raspberrypi.org and unpack. This example uses Raspbian Lite 2020-02-14: Inspect the Raspbian Image The […]

Windows Desktop Virtualization with Mint 18 and KVM

The linux kernel includes a capable hybrid Type I/II Hypervisor referred to as the Kernel Virtualization Modules (KVM) which forms the basis for enterprise-class virtualization solutions such as Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. While it may lack some of the features of other commercial and non-commercial solutions like VMWare, Hyper-V or Virtualbox, KVM offers support for a plethora of guest operating systems and […]

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