Nov 24, 2017 | FreeNAS, IT, Server |
I thought after the successful renewal of my certificates here, I’d set up a certbot cron task to run every day that should automagically renew any certificates due to expire within the next 30 days 😉 (more…)
Nov 22, 2017 | FreeNAS, IT, Software |
My recent blog about cron reminded me that I’d started this one, but hadn’t got around to finishing it. Â I’m using cron in the same jail to run an hourly task to update the web statistic for AWStats that I’d set up in my reverse proxy jail. Â I had it set-up and running on my old FEMP jail, which I blogged about here. Â It actually makes much more sense for this to happen on my reverse-proxy jail so I can track ALL of the stuff coming into my network.
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Nov 19, 2017 | IT, Leisure |
What is a Philips Fidelio I hear you ask? Â Well, it’s an Airplay speaker I’ve had for about six years and for the most of that time it has gone completely unused, mainly because it was completely unusable! Â After posting a review on the Philips website, I’ve now been sent a firmware updated, and it appears to be doing what it should, almost! (more…)
Nov 18, 2017 | IT, Other |
You might remember earlier this year when I got a surprise call from Virgin Media and a new TiVo v6 box, which I blogged about here.  Well, this time it was my turn to call Virgin and try to negotiate a better price for my Broadband, TV, and Telephone services.  The result was a saving of £10 and a new Superhub 3 which will bump up my broadband speed from 200 to 300Mbps 😀
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Nov 16, 2017 | FreeNAS, IT, Software |
After running so reliably for such a long time, I’d received another e-mail from CrashPlan today to say my backup set was below 100%. Â Time for some investigation…. (more…)
Nov 10, 2017 | IT, Server |
It was time for my SSL certificate renewal, which I blogged about creating here. Â At the end of that blog, the dry-run had worked fine, so I wasn’t expecting any issues with the renewal. Â Expectations are not always reality though… (more…)
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