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25 October 2026

29 August 2026

  • 10:2910:29, 29 August 2026 PhpBB (hist | edit) [2,579 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Category:Weblog-2026-08 Category:Linux phpBB, proof that I am a masochist. =Updating versions= * Ref: https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.3/ug/upgradeguide/update_full/ ==Prepping== * Download the full package and read the update directions ** tl\dr: unzip the zip and clear out folder\files to NOT overwrite in the destination later <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> del config.php rmdir /s /q "files/" rmdir /s /q "images/" rmdir /s /q "store/" </syntaxhighlight>...")
  • 10:0510:05, 29 August 2026 Fail2Ban (hist | edit) [426 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Notes== * /var/log/fail2ban =Timing= We've been set to 1 month. I really don't care to see those IP addresses here. ==Manual Banning== Ex: sudo fail2ban-client set <jail> banip <IP_ADDRESS> <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> sudo fail2ban-client set sshd banip 192.168.1.100 sudo fail2ban-client status sshd sudo fail2ban-client set sshd unbanip 192.168.1.100 </syntaxhighlight> Category:Wiki Category:Weblog-2026-08")

25 August 2026

  • 22:3722:37, 25 August 2026 ElasticSearch on MediaWiki (hist | edit) [8,727 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Installing and Configuring CirrusSearch with Elasticsearch == Setting up '''CirrusSearch''' with Elasticsearch requires three main phases: installing the Elasticsearch cluster, downloading the required MediaWiki extensions (Elastica and CirrusSearch), and building the search index via MediaWiki maintenance scripts. === Prerequisites === * '''MediaWiki 1.39+:''' Recommended Elasticsearch 7.10.2 (or OpenSearch 1.3+). * '''PHP:''' The PHP <code>cURL</code> extension mu...")

18 August 2026

15 August 2026

  • 18:5718:57, 15 August 2026 Backing Up Mediawiki (hist | edit) [4,921 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" line> #!/bin/bash # ============================================================================== # Weekly LAMP Backup Script # ============================================================================== # #### Configuration Variables #### SERVER_NAME="MyServer2026" PERIOD_TYPE="Weekly" # %V gives the ISO week number (01-53), resetting each year PERIOD_COUNTER=$(date +%V) BUNDLE_NAME="${SERVER_NAME}_${PERIOD_TYPE}-${PERIOD_COUNTER}.tar.g...")

14 August 2026

  • 09:1109:11, 14 August 2026 ProxMox (hist | edit) [390 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with " =Troubleshooting= ==Locked Snapshots== * Sometimes a snapshot doesn't go as planned (especially when you stop it) and the VM gets locked. <pre> qm listsnapshot 102 qm unlock 102 qm delsnapshot 102 SNAPSHOTNAME --force ## is it away: zfs list -t snapshot -o name -s creation | grep -E '(^|/)vm-102-disk-0@|(^|/)vm-102-state-|102' </pre> Category:ProxMox") Tag: Visual edit: Switched

9 August 2026

  • 10:3510:35, 9 August 2026 WoW Bots (hist | edit) [1,015 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Category:Gaming =Inviting= # Bring up the Social box. Looks like a speech bubble in your hotbar #* Hotkey: O # Click the Who tab (Who opened for Iron Maiden tonight? The Hu. The who? No, not The Who, The Hu) #* It might not populate immediately, so just click on Refresh and then it will pop. # Review the list of available bots and find bots in your level range # Click on one and click Invite button. #* Rinse and repeat, you can have four companions in a group. =...")

8 August 2026

  • 10:3510:35, 8 August 2026 Blender - Cut With Cube (hist | edit) [1,173 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Category:Blender To split an object perfectly in half using a plane, use the Boolean modifier method with a Cube instead of a flat plane. This prevents "open mesh" calculation errors and ensures both halves remain solid, closed shapes. ==Step 1 - Place Your Cube== # In Object Mode, press Shift + A ➔ Mesh > Cube. # Scale and position the cube so one of its faces aligns exactly where you want to split your object. # Ensure the rest of the cube completely covers t...")

6 August 2026

  • 19:5819:58, 6 August 2026 Powershell: Ping Range (hist | edit) [9,895 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Category:Powershell Category:Weblog-2026-08 Not an original script. =Usage= <pre> .\Test-IPRange-Threaded.ps1 -startIP "192.168.1.1" -endIP "192.168.1.50" </pre> =Script= <pre> # 10.101.50.70 255.255.0.0 <# .SYNOPSIS Pings a range of IP addresses concurrently to check their online status. .DESCRIPTION This script takes a start IP address and an end IP address. It iterates through each IP address in the specified range (primarily designed for range...")
  • 19:5419:54, 6 August 2026 Powershell: Ping Stuff (hist | edit) [1,044 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Category:Powershell Category:Weblog-2026-08 Provide a list of IP addresses, run the script. Checks DNS and outputs a results file. =Code= <pre> $deviceNames = Get-Content "devices.txt" $results = @() foreach ($name in $deviceNames) { $status = "Unknown" try { # Attempt to resolve DNS [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry($name) $status = "Resolving..." # Check if device pings (up to 4 attempts with 1 second timeout) if (Test-Connect...")

16 July 2026

  • 22:0822:08, 16 July 2026 Right In The Pi-hole (hist | edit) [4,567 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ran into issues with ubuntu-26.04-standard container in ProxMox in regards to dig: there was no output. Tested 22.04 and it worked. Resorted 25.04. =Setup= ==Pi-hole== <pre> sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y sudo apt install curl -y sudo systemctl stop systemd-resolved sudo systemctl disable systemd-resolved sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf echo "nameserver 1.1.1.1" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | sudo PIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK=true bash...")

15 July 2026

  • 10:4510:45, 15 July 2026 Adventures in ProxMox (hist | edit) [3,288 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "On Monday evening I stood up a ProxMox host server with some lesser hardware than the webserver (though it does have a wee bit more RAM). Established an ISO folder off the NAS and did some basic things. Set up a Win7 Home instance just to test getting a VM going: that went fairly well. Finding a 32-bit browser on the VM was the bigger challenge. On Tuesday evening, I powered off the webserver and clonezilla'd it. I thought I was having cloning issues, so I ended up...")

12 July 2026

  • 13:5013:50, 12 July 2026 Guitar Chord Webpage Converter (hist | edit) [8,340 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with " =Name= * Guitar Chord Webpage Converter =Description= * Converts pasted webpage information from guitar chord\lyric sites into something useful to paste into Google Docs. =Instructions= You are a guitar chord sheet formatting assistant. I want you to take the raw text of the song I paste below and clean it up perfectly so I can copy and paste it directly into a Google Document. Immediately prompt the user for what they need to do when a new chat is started.<br><br> Plea...")

6 July 2026

  • 00:3300:33, 6 July 2026 Mediawiki 1.43 from 1.39 (hist | edit) [7,198 bytes] Rabbi Bob (talk | contribs) (Created page with "=Background= This is a WhatIf page to map out 1.39 to 1.43 (and maybe just wait until November for 1.47 LTS)<br><br>. =LTS= To upgrade MediaWiki, you can upgrade from the two most recent Long Term Support (LTS) versions directly. If you are using an older version, you must first upgrade to one of the two latest LTS versions before proceeding to the latest version. =The Path= {| class="wikitable" ! Version !! MySQL !! PHP !! Jumps !! Status !! Notes |- | MediaWiki 1.39...")