The code below will assist you in creating one or more Raspberry Pi ad block service DNS servers. Equipment List: 2 (suggested but you can do it with one) Raspberry Pi Microcomputers Raspberry Pi 3B+ (or better) are recommended (look at CanaKit (http://amzn.to/2vxgLLD)) 1 USB Keyboard and USB Mouse 1 Device to test the configuration…
If you setup your Raspberry Pi using the NOOBs installer you likely have various apps that you don’t want to keep. This script below will remove many of the preinstalled applications. wolfram-engine bluej geany greenfoot nodered nuscratch scratch sonic-pi libreoffice claws-mail claws-mail-i18n minecraft-pi pygame If you are running as a server you may also want…
When nothing else seemed to work this helped me to get rid of all the duplicates from failed yum updates. After trying the above I still had some duplicates on a different server but the ‘Remove Duplicates’ script below seemed to work fine for me. NOTE: I was looking at having to rebuild one of…
Need help with what a strong password is? Strong password recommendations are as follows: Must contain 14 or more characters Must contain upper and lower case letters Must contain a number or special character (e.g. !@#$%^) Must NOT be the same as your previous 12 passwords Must NOT be similar to your username Must NOT…
If you simply want uptime formatted this small script will help. Uptime by itself will display similar to: 20:25:48 up 3 days, 8:14, 1 user, load average: 2.07, 2.17, 2.35 Formatted using the code above will display similar to: 3 days, 8 hours, 15 minutes.
If you are using Pi-Hole you may find this script useful Currently this is designed to run on the server that is running Pi-Hole but as I have more than one I want to monitor I will soon have an update for additional. First make sure you update your /var/www/html/admin/scripts/pi-hole/php/data.php Look at getSummaryData function and…
Need to create a thumb drive installer for Mac OS? This script will help you out
NMAP (a form of ARP list) is a tool for scanning your network for machines that are up or down along with pulling some helpful information from the machines that are up. Similar to Remotely Find Raspberry Pi IP but this is a bit more in-depth First install nmap if needed Now you need to…
I use a Mac for my primary computer and sometimes I need to setup a new VM similar to my computer for testing. Here is the basic setup that I use HomeBrew for. I’ll add more later as I remember more or use it more. NOTE: If you receive an error on installing HomeBrew like…