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...
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...