Category: System Admin
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How to Set Up Tailscale + Apache Guacamole on Oracle Cloud for Browser-Based Remote Desktop
Step-by-step guide to setting up browser-based remote desktop with Tailscale, Apache Guacamole, Nginx Proxy Manager, and Authentik on an Oracle Cloud free tier instance. Total cost: $15/year. No…
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Reliable Remote Desktop at Home with Tailscale and Guacamole
Set up browser-based remote desktop to any machine on your home network using Tailscale mesh VPN and Apache Guacamole. No port forwarding, no TeamViewer lockouts, no Chrome dependency.…
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Web Deploy IIS Authentication Troubleshooting – Fix ‘User Unauthenticated’ Errors
Step-by-step guide to diagnosing and fixing Web Deploy authentication failures on IIS. Covers WMSVC pass-through auth, IIS Manager Permissions, delegation rules, and creating local IIS Manager users as…
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How to Grant Access to Azure App Registrations
App Registrations live in Microsoft Entra ID, not your Azure subscription. Here are three ways to grant a teammate visibility – from per-app owner to full administrator.
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Authentik Stuck on “Server Is Starting”: Missing Postgres Container and a Readiness Check Lesson
Environment: Authentik, Docker Compose, PostgreSQL, Nginx Proxy Manager, Oracle Cloud VM Why This Matters Identity systems can fail in a way that looks deceptively simple from the browser.…
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Investigating a Strange Singapore Traffic Spike in GA4, WordPress, and Nginx Proxy Manager
I noticed something odd in Google Analytics: Singapore had suddenly become one of the largest sources of traffic to this site. At first glance, that sounded exciting. Maybe…
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Reliable Remote Desktop at Home with Tailscale and Guacamole
If you run a home server and want to access it remotely, the cleanest setup is often: This gives you remote access without exposing port 3389 to the internet. Goal…
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Example penetration testing document
Confidential Northwind Community Health (Demo) Patient Notes Platform Penetration Test Final Report v1.0 This document is a fully synthetic example for training and blog publication. All data is…
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The Tool That Instantly Shows What’s Filling Your Hard Drive
At some point every computer user runs into the same problem: Your hard drive is full… but you have no idea what’s taking up all the space. You…
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Auth Spikes as a Security Signal: What Authentik Caught (And Why That Matters)
Environment: Oracle host + Authentik + Nginx Proxy Manager Why This Matters We saw a useful security pattern: This is exactly why keeping identity and proxy telemetry together…