Having taken delivery of a brand new server with an XL710 card in it, I booted it up after setting up the DHCP reservation, and while the reservation for the dedicated BMC/IMPI interface kicked in immediately, it failed for the interfaces on the XL710 adapter.
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Fixing the SSH forwarding error “administratively prohibited: open failed”
Attempting to forward a PostgreSQL port from a remote server to localhost
, I saw the following error in the SSH client log:
In-depth tech talks
I’ve found that some tech talks and lectures are worth rewatching from time to time, usually because they’re information-dense and require a bit of research or hands-on participation from the viewers perspective to get a full understanding of the content. Here’s a few of my favourite, in-depth talks:
Continue reading “In-depth tech talks”Forwarding a port from an LXC host to an LXC guest via Shorewall
This guide relies on the configuration discussed in Setting up Shorewall for LXC container network bridging and routing.
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To grant restricted access to a server for the purposes of forwarding a port on the user’s local machine (e.g. PostgreSQL), do the following:
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Host instructions for LXC
Ensure that the LXC bridge is enabled:
Continue reading “Setting up Shorewall for LXC container network bridging and routing”Fixing a purple/green colour effect during gamma adjustments using the Nvidia driver on Linux, and enabling the RGB colour space and full colour range
I had a peculiar problem where the colours on my Television looked washed out when connected to my Nvidia GTX 960. I’m using the proprietary drivers, and tried a few different driver versions to see if that helped, but in the end that didn’t seem to be the problem.
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Download wgcf and the WireGuard client (wg) and run the following:
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If you’re on Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, create a container with Ubuntu 16.04 first, and follow these instructions inside the container (this avoids issues I’ve experienced with incompatible dependencies and APIs from OpenJDK 9 and upwards).
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Install the LXC package:
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