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How to Install and Optimize Immich on Unraid for Faster Timeline Loading

How to Install and Optimize Immich on Unraid for Faster Timeline Loading

Move Your Immich Thumbnails to Cache for Speed, a how-to guide
Building a Tech Support Business; My Journey and Lessons Learned

Building a Tech Support Business; My Journey and Lessons Learned

My journey of creating a personalized tech support business, from brainstorming the initial concept to building a website using AI tools like Bolt.new. I also share my experiences and lessons learned while working with technologies like React, Supabase, and edge functions.
A Custom LaunchAgent for Nudge

A Custom LaunchAgent for Nudge

Why we needed to deploy a custom LaunchAgent for our school
On Hugo, the static site generator

On Hugo, the static site generator

So, I published a little blog post about browser extensions to write down how we’re currently doing it, and I thought it went well, since I didn’t look at the site on mobile at all.
How to Enforce Browser Extensions Across your Org

How to Enforce Browser Extensions Across your Org

If you’re a sysadmin or sysengineer at an organization that supports multiple browsers and platforms, this is for you.
Dash Cameras

Dash Cameras

I’ve been using the Viofo A119 Plus Duo for about 3 years now, until…
Working with Jamf School

Working with Jamf School

I’ve been using Jamf School at work for 3 years now. This is the first year (2024) in which I believe ALL of our faculty and staff Macs are enrolled in JS. Previously to the 21-22 school year, the school paid for Jamf Pro to manage the iPads for the K-5th graders and used imaging to deploy the Macs. I arrived in 2021, and that summer we began to move our devices and configurations to Jamf School.
Pfsense Https V2

Pfsense Https V2

Yesterday, I learned how to get Let’s Encrypt working on our PfSense router.
Unifi Controller HTTPS

Unifi Controller HTTPS

Here’s another HTTPS certificate story. This time, a self-hosted Unifi Controller was the invalid certificate annoyance.
A Real pfsense HTTPS Certificate

A Real pfsense HTTPS Certificate

Yesterday, I learned how to get Let’s Encrypt working on our PfSense router.

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A Real pfsense HTTPS Certificate

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A Real pfsense HTTPS Certificate

Yesterday, I learned how to get Let’s Encrypt working on our PfSense router.

First I set ssh to only use public keys, then installed the sudo package and the acme.sh package in the GUI.

https://gaurangpatel.net/installing-nano-in-pfsense (this was very handy, as I am a nano user.)

https://jarrodstech.net/how-to-pfsense-haproxy-setup-with-acme-certificate-and-cloudflare-dns-api/

The kicker was getting /etc/resolv.conf to not use internal DNS routing. We use OpenDNS Umbrella’s free teir and we block the VPN category. acme.sh was trying to hit some DNS addresses like “cloudflare-dns.com” which was getting blocked by OpenDNS.

So, after getting acme.sh all set up with my Cloudflare API token inside of pfsense, it would just loop and loop until I killed the process manually. It would constantly output curl error 60, which turns out it means that the https certificate of the request was insecure.

I believe removing the dnscheck would fix the issue, too. https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/wiki/dnscheck

Now, visiting https://my.fqdn.net actually gives no certificate errors!

Since we have two campuses at work, now I get to do it again for the second pfsense box.

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