Objective: To safely upgrade from Debian 8 (Jessie) to Debian 9 (Stretch) two servers and to keep good records of what was done to perform the upgrade. Server #1 is used just to verify and hold backups of other servers so it has no public services running. Server #2 hosts a diaspora*, a Hubzilla, a… Continue reading Upgrading Debian GNU/Linux from Jessie to Stretch
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Installing a LetsEncrypt.org wildcard certificate on Linux using acme.sh and a DNS Api
Objective: To acquire and install a wildcard SSL/TLS certificate from LetsEncrypt.org to a GNU/Linux system with automatic renewal enabled by using a registrar’s DNS API to prove the ownership of the domain. In this case I’m using the Gandi LiveDNS API but the instructions work with other DNS providers with APIs too that have acme.sh… Continue reading Installing a LetsEncrypt.org wildcard certificate on Linux using acme.sh and a DNS Api
Migrating a Mediawiki to a new Linux server
To get you started: Get a Linux VPS. I chose Tavu.io, an ecohosting company with the data center deep inside the Finnish granite bedrock, a “renewable electricity only”-policy and a cloud infrastructure built on top of OpenStack. For OS I chose latest Debian Stable which was version 9 at the time of writing. Tavu.io created… Continue reading Migrating a Mediawiki to a new Linux server
Kansalaisaloiteluonnos: Salamallintamisen kieltäminen
Kansalaisaloiteluonnos salamallintamisen kieltämiseksi Salamikä?!??! 00-luvun alkupuolelta lähtien on tullut (lähestulkoon) mahdottomaksi erottaa liikkuvissa ja liikkumattomissa kuvissa mikä on ihmisen kuva, joka on kuvattu (elokuva)kameralla ja mikä taas on simulaatio ihmisen kuvasta, joka on kuvattu simulaatiolla kamerasta. 2010-luvulla samantapainen on käymässä meidän alastomille äänillemme, eli ne kyetään varastamaan esim. 2016 esitellyillä Adoben Voco-ohjelmalla:lla tai DeepMind:in kehittämällä… Continue reading Kansalaisaloiteluonnos: Salamallintamisen kieltäminen
Kansalaisaloiteluonnos: Digitaalisten kaksoisolentojen edellytysten luvaton hankkiminen, hallussapito, kauppa ja maahantuonti, ja -vienti kiellettävä lailla
This version is obsoleted by / Tämän version korvaa https://byjuho.fi/2016/12/21/kansalaisaloiteluonnos-salamallintamisen-kieltaminen/ Kansalaisaloiteluonnos: Digitaalisten kaksoisolentojen tekemisen edellytysten luvaton hankkiminen, hallussapito, kauppa, maahantuonti ja -vienti kiellettävä lailla. Johdanto Noin vuodesta 2003 lähtien on tullut (lähestulkoon) mahdottomaksi erottaa liikkuvissa ja liikkumattomissa kuvissa mikä on ihmisen kuva joka on kuvattu (elokuva)kameralla ja mikä taas on simulaatio ihmisen kuvasta joka… Continue reading Kansalaisaloiteluonnos: Digitaalisten kaksoisolentojen edellytysten luvaton hankkiminen, hallussapito, kauppa ja maahantuonti, ja -vienti kiellettävä lailla
Protecting GNU MediaGoblin
Objective: GNU MediaGoblin instances that have open registrations are suffering from botnets registering accounts en masse for spamming purposes and thus forcing instance maintainers to close registrations. Especially annoying thing the botnets are doing is that they do not even check if the email address lists they traded something in exchange for are valid causing… Continue reading Protecting GNU MediaGoblin
Installation of Etherpad
Objective: Install a private instance of Etherpad.org secured with TLS encryption and configuring the system to have good level of controll over who gets to see and edit what i.e. to authenticate the users. Instructions used: Official installation instructions from Etherpad.org that will get you an etherpad you can access on localhost. The instructions continue… Continue reading Installation of Etherpad
TLS encryption with LetEncrypt.org certificates
Objectives to the accomplished First I will be getting and installing a new cert for use on pad.byjuho.fi which will host an Etherpad instance to fulfill my secure textual collaboration needs safely. Second I will be replacing the shortly expiring commercial certificate for *.consumium.org. So far I know that I can have the old cert… Continue reading TLS encryption with LetEncrypt.org certificates
Installation of GNU MediaGoblin on Debian GNU/Linux
Installing GNU MediaGoblin (over and over again) Here I document how to install the GNU MediaGobin 0.9.0, The Three Gobliners on Debian GNU/Linux. Official installation instructions for GNU MediaGoblin at readthedocs.io MediaGoblin has a MediaWiki too: https://wiki.mediagoblin.org/Deployment Why over and over again? Short answer: The installation instructions given are required to be read to be… Continue reading Installation of GNU MediaGoblin on Debian GNU/Linux
Migration of various free social media from GNU/Linux server to server
Migration procedure for moving various free social media from a GNU/Linux to another GNU/Linux system and end results This is the record for what went well and what didn’t go well in the process of migrating the *.consumium.org sites (except https://c.consumium.org, that’s in Espoo) This migration was completed on 2016-06-09. I would like to extend… Continue reading Migration of various free social media from GNU/Linux server to server