Testing of New Oracle ARM VPS
I created a new VM.Standard.A1.Flex shape VPS on Oracle Cloud. It is just a FREE VPS. ARM VPS: 3 ocpu 20 GB RAM 47 GB storage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offers Ampere Altra processors and the industry’s first 80-core Arm server at only $0.01 per core hour, with flexible sizingContinue Reading
Issue ECC SSL Certificates
When I need SSL certificates on my website, I purchase certificates from GoGetSSL.com. Most of my SSL certificates are Sectigo Positive SSL, previously called Comodo. It is a very good deal. $7.90 for two years. Back to my topic today, I like to use ECC SSL instead of RSA SSL.Continue Reading
Upgrade OpenWrt Router to the latest firmware
It is almost one year since I start to use OpenWrt router OS. I have two installations in our house. One is on my Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2 router. The other one is a Virtual Machine or VM of my Dell R710 Blade Server. They are both version v19.07.4. I checked theContinue Reading
Upgrade BIOS and change the settings
[This post discusses the way to upgrade the BIOS on the Gigabyte B450M DS3H motherboard. Change the BIOS settings to enable TPM2.0 and try to make Windows 11 support it.] The computer I use is a desktop PC. Gigabyte B450M DS3H. Before I did the upgrade it is F51. IContinue Reading
Upgrade Gitlab CE from 13.12.4 to 14.0.0
I used Gitlab CE for many years. It is running on a virtual machine with 4 CPUs and 10GB Ram, 64 GB Storage. Yesterday, when I tried to upgrade it from version 13.12.4 to the latest version 14.0.0. It always shows me the error and can not complete the upgrade.Continue Reading
U-NAS System
In my previous post, I promised I will post details of my NAS system. Therefore, I am going to give the full description of my U-NAS. Official website: http://www.u-nas.cn/ U-NAS Information U-NAS Version Serial Number: 000000000000 U-NAS Model: U-NAS CE System Version: 3.1.1 System Information Host Name: U-NAS HostContinue Reading
WD HDD in my NAS system
I have NAS system for many years. If you read my blog long enough, you will know the first NAS I was using is D-Link DNS-323 from 2009. Two bay network storage system. I used two hard drives. Western Digital WD15EADS Caviar Green 1.5TB. Bought at the same time, 2009.Continue Reading
How to replace the hinger of Canon imageClass MF4450
It is a promised post for a long time. My Canon imageClass MF4450 multifunction printer. I ordered the parts in January and received them in February. I said I will make a post to show you how to replace the broken hinger. Let me put the pictures below which recordedContinue Reading
Catching the Best Kind of Virus
Millions of people spend hours every day on their smartphones, tablets and laptops. While some of these hours are spent on productive tasks like work, shopping for necessities and connecting with friends and family, inevitably people get sucked into diverting themselves by scrolling and looking for entertainment and boredom busters.Continue Reading
How I setup the W3TC on my WordPress blog
Today, I take down the CDN, just use the native VPS to provide all the static content of the WordPress blog. I will use a lot of screenshots to present the settings I configured. What is W3TC? Someone may ask what is W3TC standing for. It is a short nameContinue Reading
Compiling the Commento from source
In the last post, I wrote the way to set up the commento on Ubuntu 20.04 with the binary file. It did works on my VPS. But the problem is very big, it is not updated. The latest binary release is v1.8.0. which is published on April 10, 2020, almostContinue Reading