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November 1, 2021 · 4 min · Ashutosh Verma

Install Arch Linux on ZFS with Native ROOT Encryption

Prepare Installation Media Download the latest Arch ISO Write image to a USB media Linux Simply use the dd command to write the ISO to the drive sudo dd if=<Path to ISO> of=<Target Device> bs=4096 status=progress Example sudo dd if=./archlinux-2021.07.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4096 status=progress Windows On Windows you can use Etcher to write ISOs Download Etcher and launch it as administrator, then simply write the ISO to the desired drive....

July 28, 2021 · 8 min · Ashutosh Verma

Secure SSH Keys using FIDO2/U2F Security Keys like Yubikeys for 2FA

GPG for SSH is not ideal Traditionally we had to use something like GPG to use SSH with our security keys like Yubikeys, which while worked somewhat it severly limited the number of keys we could use, forcing us to use the same ssh key on multiple systems. GPG Also required additional configuration on the client side making it not so ideal if you wanted ease of use and compatibility or use the built in ssh-agent....

July 27, 2021 · 3 min · Ashutosh Verma

Install Plex or Jellyfin with Hardware Acceleration inside a LXC container on Proxmox

Configure Proxmox Before starting it’s a good idea to upgrade our installation with the latest packages using apt update && apt dist-upgrade Since LXC conatiners use the host’s kernel we’ll need to load all the drivers for ut GPU on the host (Proxmox) itself Install GPU Drivers Intel If you want to use the Intel GPU in your processor the drivers are most probably installed and activated already by default and if so you can skip to the next step....

July 25, 2021 · 3 min · Ashutosh Verma

Two factor Authentication on Linux using Yubikey / U2F

Prerequisites This method will work with ANY security keys that support the U2F standard Including but Not limited to Yubikeys, Titan Security Keys etc. ALL models of Yubikey support U2F. A Security key supporting the U2F Standard A Linux Box root access to the System you are gonna configure 2FA for Some free time Download the pam-u2f Package Depending on your distro the package might be called something else, here are commands for some common distros...

July 24, 2021 · 4 min · Ashutosh Verma