CopyPasta

For doing basic setup of an LXC (or pretty much any Linux VM...):

Note: You CAN copyPasta groups of commands all at once. BUT: in this case, everything indented (after su - yourname) needs to be pasted AFTER that command has run.

• apt update
• apt -y upgrade
• apt -y install sudo vim curl mosquitto-clients
• wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/RootStuff/DOT.bashrc -O .bashrc
• wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/RootStuff/DOT.vimrc -O .vimrc
• mkdir bin
• source .bashrc
• apt -y install gnupg tmux ### Optional...
• adduser yourname
• adduser yourname sudo
• su - yourname
  • wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/UserStuff/DOT.bashrc -O .bashrc
  • wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/UserStuff/DOT.vimrc -O .vimrc
  • mkdir bin
  • source .bashrc

Useful console display for Proxmox Virtual Environment

• apt update
• apt -y upgrade
• apt -y install tmux htop
• cd /usr/local/bin
• wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TMUX-console -O TMUX-console
• wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-guestlist -O TM-guestlist
• wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-clusterstatus -O TM-clusterstatus
• wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-systemstatus -O TM-systemstatus
• wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-UPSstatus -O TM-UPSstatus
• wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-FixThis -O TM-FixThis
• wget https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-ShowMe -O TM-ShowMe
• chmod +x TM*

You will need to edit TM-UPSstatus to match local configurations (i.e. UPS name).

Running TMUX-console at the console will create a formatted screen of useful system information that you can reach by attaching to the tmux session from a terminal (SSH) session.

Installing TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on a Debian-based LXC

(Debian 12, 4GB RAM, 4 cores)

Start with the prerequisites:

• sudo apt update && sudo apt install openjdk-17-jre-headless jsvc curl gnupg -y
  • wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23_amd64.deb
  • sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23_amd64.deb
• curl -fsSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -
• echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list
• sudo apt update && sudo apt install mongodb-org
• sudo systemctl start mongod.service
• sudo systemctl status mongod
• sudo systemctl enable mongod

Install SDN:

• sudo wget wget https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2023/202312/20231201/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.13.22_Linux_x64.tar.gz
• tar zxvf Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.12.7_linux_x64.tar.gz
• cd Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.12.7_linux_x64
• sudo bash ./install.sh

or (Tho this seems to fail weirdly whenever they update the version while the tar.gz version doesn't):

• wget https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2023/202312/20231201/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.13.22_Linux_x64.deb
• sudo dpkg -i ./Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.13.22_Linux_x64.deb

Upon install, Omada Controller will start up. Eventually. It does seem to take a VERY long time for it's first start...

https://SERVERADDRESS:8043/

CERTS!!!

You'll need to have your proper certs downloaded & then mess with making a .PFX file from them...

(Really, just Part B, Step 1 at that link.)

Then install/update via the UI & fully reboot the server/VM/LXC to activate it... :(

Improved installation techniques

Some cross-platform software seems to have Linux installation instructions written by people who have never actually used Linux.

(Or, at least, people who believe in making life difficult...)

So...

• Installing Brave Browser
• Installing TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on a Debian-based LXC

Building/Installing things from source

You may have noticed that the various distro repositories tend to have outdated versions of some (most) packages. While this makes perfect sense, sometimes you want the newest features & fixes. (Or maybe you just want to enable something that the repo managers figured wouldn't be useful...)

Annoyingly, it is rather common for build instructions to suck really badly.

So...

• Arp-Scan
• FreeCAD
• KiCAD
• Mosquitto