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Proxmox 8.0 Hang on Boot — A Fix

A fix for problems on boot after upgrading to Proxmox 8.0. Also included steps for rescue mounting and modifying your ZFS filesystem.

Aug 9, 2023

Proxmox 8.0 Hang on Boot — A Fix

Aug 9, 2023

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Users Aren’t the Enemy — They’re Your First Line of Defense

In IT, security is always at the back of your mind, ceaselessly reminding you how easily everything you’ve built can come crashing down…

Sep 2, 2022

Users Aren’t the Enemy — They’re Your First Line of Defense

Sep 2, 2022

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No, It’s Not Always DNS

In today’s environment of always-on, always-available Internet connectivity, network troubleshooting has become somewhat of a lost art…

Apr 6, 2022

No, It’s Not Always DNS

Apr 6, 2022

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Supply Chain Intrigue, or The Spy Who Shagged My Repo

With the discovery of a backdoor in xz in 2024, software supply chain security is now a top priority…

Mar 30

Supply Chain Intrigue, or The Spy Who Shagged My Repo

Mar 30

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Setting Up Wazuh for Host-Based Monitoring

Our modern world is a dangerous place, fraught with peril, seemingly with bad actors at every turn. Yet we must continue forth somehow…

Jul 19, 2022

Setting Up Wazuh for Host-Based Monitoring

Jul 19, 2022

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The Solo Developer

Throughout my career I’ve worked on multiple engagements where I was tasked with cleaning up after a fellow developer who — after anything…

Apr 26, 2022

The Solo Developer

Apr 26, 2022

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Kali Linux Desktop on Windows Subsystem for Linux

NOTE: To Elijah Potter, wherever you are — point well taken!

Apr 4, 2022

Kali Linux Desktop on Windows Subsystem for Linux

Apr 4, 2022

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Batch Downloading with Python

Today one of my user teams won their bid for a new project with one of our best customers (yay!). Our projects always start with purchase…

Mar 21, 2022

Batch Downloading with Python

Mar 21, 2022

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Putting an Active Directory Domain Controller Out to Pasture

In our day-to-day lives as solo admins, there are times when problems are solved with duct tape and baling wire. And there’s nothing wrong…

Feb 24, 2022

Putting an Active Directory Domain Controller Out to Pasture

Feb 24, 2022

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Network Design from the Ground Up — Asking Questions

So here you are — you’ve just been hired as the solo admin for a new company without an existing infrastructure (or WITH an existing…

Feb 18, 2022

Network Design from the Ground Up — Asking Questions

Feb 18, 2022

Matt Pogue

Matt Pogue

Old school hacker from the STL, DevOps and Info Sec guru, proprietor of The Solo Admin blog (https://thesoloadmin.com).

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