Introduction Today I will show you how to build a Raspberry Pi 3 RAID NAS server using USB flash drives, the Linux native RAID application mdadm, and SAMBA so the drive will show up as a normal network folder on Windows PC's. It's a pretty easy tutorial and shows you how to create a Linux RAID array which is a good skill to have. Contents Introduction, Hardware Requirements & RAID Levels Install/Update Raspbian 9.x "Stretch" and mdadm Setup RAID Volume & File System … [Read more...]
[RD] Set custom DNS servers on Linux with Network Manager or resolv.conf
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aLuVw7JB28] Setting custom DNS servers on Linux can increase performance, security and even thwart some websites using Geo-blocking via DNS. There are two ways to do this: via Network Manager GUI that's included in many Linux distros like Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives, or via resolv.conf (not directly, but via the head file) and I'll show you how to do both in this guide. FYI: The resolv.conf file is overwritten on each boot so we can't edit this … [Read more...]
Setup LAMP Server on Raspberry Pi 3 – [Updated 2019] Complete DIY Guide
Introduction [This guide has been fully updated in 2019 to reflect the changes to MySQL in Raspbian "Stretch" v9.x and the FTP issues have been fixed] You wouldn't think a little PC like the Raspberry Pi 3 could handle the job of being a Web Server, but it does, and performs flawlessly too. Today I will show you how to source genuine Raspberry Pi 3 hardware, then setup a fully fledged LAMP Server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) along with instructions to install WordPress. You'll also know how to … [Read more...]