Month: January 2021

Installation and Configuration of MiniDLNA/ReadyMedia

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On 2021-01-24

In administration, find, first-steps, linux, media, movies, music, network, software, tutorial/howto

This is a very brief article or rather a reminder to myself, about how to install MiniDLNA on Ubuntu Server 20.04. I always knew this piece of software by it’s old name MiniDLNA, but apparently it was renamed and is now called ReadyMedia. There don’t seem to be many changes below the hood though.

MiniDLNA is a light-weight media server using the DLNA protocol. Through MiniDLNA a library of media files is created which allows a user to very conveniently browse through the files and start audio and video playback. Most SmartTVs and Android phones support DLNA out of the box.

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Connect Wireguard after Boot

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On 2021-01-24

In administration, find, linux, network, software, tutorial/howto

It is sometimes desirable to bring a Wireguard interface up each time the system boots. Using wg-quick it is dead easy to create a service which takes care of the required steps. In case wg0 is already up and running, it must be taken down before the service can start successfully.

$> sudo systemctl enable wg-quick@wg0.service
$> sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$> sudo wg-quick down wg0
$> sudo systemctl start wg-quick@wg0

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Make Samba Share Appear in Windows 10 Network View

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On 2021-01-24

In administration, find, linux, network, software, tutorial/howto

Since Windows 10 version 1709 (“Fall Creators Update”) neither SMB1 nor NetBios device discovery is supported anymore.
Due to this change a Samba share which is hosted on a Linux machine may no longer show up in the Network view of Windows Explorer.
Although the Samba share can still be reached by it’s hostname or IP address (and share name) this is a slight inconvenience.

Luckily there is a small Python tool called wsdd which provides a Web Service Discovery (host) daemon. What follows is a short guide on how to install and use wsdd on Ubuntu Server 20.04 (works similar for other Debian based distributions).

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How to install SnapRAID on Ubuntu Server 20.04

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On 2021-01-24

In administration, linux, software

Recently I migrated my home NAS from OpenMediaVault to Ubuntu Server.
The reason for this was some major issues after upgrading from OMV4 to OMV5. After spending a lot of time to figure out what’s wrong with my NAS after the upgrade, I figured that the main advantage of using OMV (less maintenance) had become an disappointment. So the decision to migrate to Ubuntu Server was made.

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Setting up Wireguard on Ubuntu

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On 2021-01-06

In 101, first-steps, linux, network, software, tutorial/howto

Wireguard is a modern VPN protocol allowing secure and confidential communication between a network of peers. Wireguard is based on the concept of private-public key cryptography and a number of other modern cryptographic algorithms. Have a look at the wireguard white paper for more details.

Wireguard Requirements

Since Linux kernel version 5.6 (late March 2020) wireguard is an integral part of the Linux kernel. That means Linux distributions using a kernel >= 5.6 do not need to install any additional packages in order to support wireguard.

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