Setting up a reverse proxy with PfSense®

  Like all the literature says this is a high capacity load balancing proxy. It is like a Swiss army knife for hosting. This will be the base for our host platform and redirecting our web traffic to the back end hosting servers. This proxy can also redirect other protocols...

Let’s Encrypt Setup with GoDaddy® and PfSense®

Let’s get started! Under System / Package Manager / Available Packages, there will be a package called Acme. Click the install button and allow it to complete. Don’t leave the page till it says Success.   There is really no reason not to secure any of your sites or gateways...

This Website

My Digital Showcase: A Journey Through Code, Security, and Servers! Ever wondered what makes me tick? Well, allow me to guide you on a thrilling adventure through the world of coding, servers, and digital security! This very site is my humble abode, where I show off my accomplishments in a...

Cable Tester

During an upgrade project for the Lottery contract, several problems were encountered. After site conversions for the Keno Displays (LED message boards), Lottery Ticket terminals had some issues with their peripherals. These issues were due to serial communication problems via RS232 specifications. There was a need to address these mistakes...

Mail Server

I have not seen any setups that come close to the ease of Mail-cow.  If you want an all in one kind of setup and easy to manage this one comes really close: enterprise level collaboration web front end file sharing management with Next-cloud it is like Office 365 or...

Payment Page

In the course of business operations, I was presented with an issue that required immediate attention: our customers sought the ability to pay their invoices online via a method other than PayPal. In response, the company opted for Moneris as the chosen solution. However, our outdated website posed a significant...

Print Cost Recovery

Embark on an exciting adventure to conquer the uncharted territories of printing costs and revenue! In the treacherous land of business operations, printers lurk in every corner, spitting out documents that can make or break a company's budget. But fear not! We have set our sights on finding the elusive...

Cacti

Long time supporter of a project called Cacti. A simple yet powerful NOC dashboard monitoring system. It it a Swiss Army knife for system monitoring and open source very much like Nagios! I contributed to a plug-in module called intropage, it gave a summary of how your environment is performing....

Cost Recovery

In the thrilling world of lottery terminals, it's not just numbers that get hit hard—the machines themselves often take a beating! From accidental spills to boisterous celebrations, equipment takes a toll beyond normal wear and tear. But fear not! Our intrepid team has come up with an ingenious solution to...

Bootable Linux

What the hell is Linux the boss cried? Alrighty then! In essence, what I cooked up was a "Lottery Terminal Rescue Kit" - a DIY fix-it-and-upgrade toolkit inspired by the beloved Knoppix Linux distribution. It's like having your very own Swiss Army knife for those troublesome lottery terminals in the...

Cloud Migration

It has been a long journey to go from a disjointed grouping of VMware servers to a complete VMware data server to now fully in the cloud within Azure and AWS.  A lot of lessons were learned on the way including why actually physically moving a data centre may not...

Print Server

Created an installable linux print server based on Ubuntu. The purpose was to create a print server that could create an archive of printed documents and redirect the job to printer that was not part of a closed proprietary ERP system software. It intercepted the PCL print job, converted it...

Firewalls

Setup a custom open source firewall utilizing the PfSense project. Re-purposed an old pc and added a few network cards and set of vlans to segregate my network to give internal devices, guests, and IOT devices private networking space so traffic could be separated from the good, the bad and...

Gaming Server

Ever dreamt of having your very own dinosaur-themed gaming paradise? Well, prepare to embark on an adventure that'll have you roaring with excitement! We're going to set up a one-of-a-kind gaming server, perfect for unleashing the inner dinosaurs in your kids. Our destination: The Jurassic-inspired Pterydactyl gaming server, home to...

Home Virtual Lab

Welcome to the ultimate tech enthusiast's playground, where innovation and experimentation rule supreme. It's time to create your very own virtual lab right at home! In this realm, you'll have unlimited opportunities to learn, grow, and tinker with new technologies and software.