My Adventures in Virtualization: Installing Proxmox VE on a Mini PC and Setting Up Virtual Machines

When I first heard about Proxmox VE, I knew I had to give it a try. As a tech enthusiast, the idea of creating and managing virtual machines and containers on my own hardware sounded like aa great thing to play around with. So, I set out on a mission to find the perfect device to run Proxmox VE on. After scouring the internet, I stumbled upon a mini PC on AliExpress that seemed to fit the bill....

January 28, 2023 · 3 min

Deploying Hugo Website

In one of my previous posts I wrote about installing hugo. Of course, unless you want to keep your posts only private, you will need to publish your blog somewhere. Hugo’s website provides a few options for hosting and deployment of your blog. Since I already run an Apache web server on a virtual machine on Linode, I decided to simply deploy my blog using scp. BTW, I highly recommend Linode as your cloud provider....

December 15, 2022 · 1 min · Evgeni Semenov

Using apt-get in Linux

If you are not new to Linux you probably have heard about apt (Advanced Packaging Tool) before. It is used on Debian -based Linux distributions (such as, for example Ubuntu) and allows you to install, remove and update packages. Here are a few examples on how to use the tool. Updating your system using apt-get On every newly installed Debian based Linux you want to run: sudo apt-get update This will synchronize the index of packages from the sources....

October 24, 2022 · 2 min · Evgeni Semenov

Starting my blog and choosing a self-hosted engine

This is a first post of the blog I am starting. I decided to start my own blog where I will share some of my thoughts on privacy, cybersecurity, linux, programming, ethical hacking, cloud computing, you name it. I will post on a random basis share some of the challenges I’ve encountered and (hopefully) useful instructions on how to overcome them. Choosing a static website engine for my blog The first and the hardest choice on staring the blog was to chose the blogging engine....

October 4, 2022 · 2 min · Evgeni Semenov