Linux

wed 5 aug 2026 Linux Sysadmin SSH Server Terminal Self-hosting

Screen: running long commands on your server without fear of disconnection

Who hasn't started a big or a database import over SSH, only to see the connection drop (or close their laptop out of habit) and lose everything along the way? That's exactly the problem solves: a tool as old as vim and Linux, installable…
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tue 28 jul 2026 Linux Sysadmin Server fstab Samba Snippet Self-hosting

Mounting your home server's home directory in /mnt via /etc/fstab

Following the guides written with the great Pierre Lecourt (in French): Installing a server on a personal MiniPC Protecting your personal Linux server with Fail2ban (more to come) Today we will see how to easily access your server from…
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mon 27 oct 2025 Gitlab Linux CentOS AlmaLinux

Migrating a GitLab instance to a new server

With CentOS reaching end of life, I had to migrate my GitLab installation to a new server. I chose AlmaLinux 9 (https://almalinux.org/) for this: it is also based on Red Hat, with the same package system, so I wouldn't be lost. This…
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tue 30 jan 2024 Fedora Linux DNS

Fedora: Redirect an entire TLD to your machine without touching the hosts file

In just a few minutes, you can redirect an entire TLD (for example *.test ) to your machine using dnsmasq. Installing the software Configuration Edit the /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf file to add the line dns=dnsmasq at the end…
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Linux

Screen: running long commands on your server without fear of disconnection

Mounting your home server's home directory in /mnt via /etc/fstab

Migrating a GitLab instance to a new server

Fedora: Redirect an entire TLD to your machine without touching the hosts file