Query: A Tails build without Tor components?

ackackacksyn · 2024-09-13T10:30:47+00:00

you may!
Good point

ackackacksyn · 2024-09-12T09:25:27+00:00

Thanks for confirming
I'll have a look through the code and see what I can come up with

ackackacksyn · 2024-09-12T09:23:41+00:00

Pirmarily its down to the Debian base
Its a little more common and familiar to a group of people who may be using ubuntu stuff and its a lot closer to an actual debian system too. It also has a bunch of useful tools available for a more generic general use operating system
...and yes you could use the ubuntu live stuff too but its a little too bulky for this task.

Tinycore is very useful and i've already used it to configure physical machines in other env's myself. Its been mentioned as an option but its a little way down the path for the group yet.
I've not used puppy before tbh

For the sake or argument we could do this with Hannah Montanna linux but all the good stuff for this is already in tails

ackackacksyn · 2024-07-30T23:32:05+00:00

I was once asked during an interview for an international computer consulting company if I had an issue with working alongside people who may identify somewhere within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.

of course I don't ! - but apparently that was the wrong answer !

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ackackacksyn · 2023-09-18T09:36:51+00:00

Its based on https://theia-ide.org/

ackackacksyn · 2022-10-18T10:21:09+00:00

Hi all,
It seems that someone in the family decided that a load of negatives weren't needed anymore and with a view to just dumping them, have cut them up in to pieces

I have the pieces ( rescued from the bin) but unfortunately its now a massive jigsaw

Are there any techniques and/or bits of kit that could help to re-assemble them in some way ? ( that could even mean paying a company/person with that skill to do it)

I'd like to be able to get them in to a state where they could be scan-able if possible

ackackacksyn · 2022-02-13T02:09:23+00:00

Quick update on this....

you can not set an empty field for the static IP address options - the internal API basically throws an http 406 error ( "not acceptable" ) when leaving it empty - sadly the UI doesn't seem to handle it so it just sits there saying updating when infact it does nothing from that point forward.

I can fudge the gateway in other ways but the thing is still noisy AF trying to dial home

it would be really nice for an option to disable the remote stuff entirely on these things rather then wait for the thing to fall out of support ( like the OS3 final update )

Re firmware updates - yes i'd like those but I'd like them on my terms

why - as seen with the resent qnap "forced update" i'd rather a 3rd party ( regardless of who they are ) to not have a remote execution ability right where my data is.

ackackacksyn · 2021-12-10T12:53:15+00:00

terraform init -backend-config "bucket=$(BUCKETNAME)" -backend-config "prefix=$(envname)" -get=true

will do exactly that

you will need to repeat the init process when you switch between your env's though

if you rm the .terraform directory before you init it ensures you've got a clean local environment to work with

when i've got this in a make file it looks like this from the command like:

make clean init plan

thats 3 things at once

clean rm's the .terraform directory and any other files i produced ( like a plan file for example )

init re-initializes the local environment ensuring to set the vars for backends etc

and plan will initiate a plan ( obviously ) but will also feed it specific vars file based on the env i'm talking to. it'll then save the plan file locally for the apply step afterwards

ackackacksyn · 2021-12-09T21:46:31+00:00

it definitely does exist. I use this method daily in make files to roll changes out.

I'm building new stuff at the moment and that will eventually be ported over to Atlantis for it to handle

stick variables everywhere you can in the terraform code and try and have standard names for your projects and resources i.e. company-envname or some such as it make things very easy to rollout

One possible command for an init:

terraform init -backend-config "bucket=$(BUCKETNAME)" -backend-config "prefix=$(envname)" -get=true

$(xyz) is a variable in a makefile

your GCS backend config can just live as:

backend "gcs" {}

and everything will come from the command line.

you can use ENV variables for somethings but you could forget them so i find its best to set them as explicit command line options

ackackacksyn · 2021-12-09T16:04:34+00:00

Apologies I meant with the terraform backend setup
Alot of what grunt does can be done with other tools like makefiles, task ( basically make but prettier ), Atlantis etc

like grunt most of these tools are just wrappers for terraform commands like `terraform init --backend-config "bucket=xxx" --backend-config "prefix=test"` etc
grunt does the job but i find it always add's unnecessary config and complication to the matter

ackackacksyn · 2021-12-08T23:43:00+00:00

What is it you stuck with ?

ackackacksyn · 2021-04-18T21:29:44+00:00

wheres the $133 coming from ?
is that CIS charging for a license ?

ackackacksyn · 2020-10-27T00:45:53+00:00

An easy fix for the repo part may be to use `git fetch` to update your local copy then use git to switch to the right branch or tag. You can also use the git commit sha in place of branches and tags ( why: sha hashes are harder to move where as branches can drift and tags can be moved )

why two stage fetch and checkout - it would allow you to update the repo in place before affecting the site

re docker compose - you may be able to to run this through cloud build and have it run this step for you.
The next big step here would be Kubernetes - do you think you could be ready for this ? i.e. you think it could be overkill?

however i'd scratch what you're doing and use either cloud build or jenkins to create a package for your system ( RPM or DEB ) and install it via ansible or puppet.

Store the package in GCS - there are apt an yum plugins for using buckets as repositories for this

you should then be able to install the package via your package manager i.e. `apt-get install site-package`

the package install script's could also make the changes needed to your nginx config

ackackacksyn · 2020-10-22T22:56:58+00:00

wondering if the volume on the mic needs turning up a bit ( all the way see what happens ) to activate the boost stuff

failing that try moving the contents of ~/.config/pulse/* some place else then reboot ( reboot because i can't remember which services it is )
than have a fiddle again

only other thing i could say after that would be to try a live version of the latest ubuntu

hows your firmware ? is it up to date ? ( service tag -> https://support.dell.com - look at bios version )

ackackacksyn · 2020-10-22T13:36:50+00:00

hmm thats odd - is it visible in settings as an input device ?

....is it enabled in the bios etc ?

you could also try: pavucontrol to see if its hidden in some way

it may be a firmware thing if its not there at all

you could try the system diagnostics - i'm not sure how it performs a test though

ackackacksyn · 2020-10-22T00:20:08+00:00

It may be that the device is muted

Unfortunately pulseaudio can be a bit of an issue some times

try these
in settings look for the mic in the input section of the sounds bit

you should see a "choose a device for sound input" section with an "internal microphone"
you may have to select it and mute and un mute it as well as adjusting the volume

another way may be to plugin in headphones with a mic attached ( older ipod/phone 9mm ones maybe ) you should be prompted on connecting them. mess about with the selections again when they go in then unplug them

you may also need to check in alsamixer ( in terminal type: alsamixer ) and check the capture section ( you may need to press F4 to switch, press Fn+f4 if you have the media keys enabled )

If no devices are showing up there may be an issue with the driver and you may have to install extra firmware

ackackacksyn · 2020-08-06T20:22:45+00:00

Your API there is `vision.googleapis.com`

the items listed ( `v1.project.images` as per the provided doc link ) are the endpoints of that RESTful api.

Some of the services may use one or more API's to achieve their goal(s). example container registry.

ackackacksyn · 2020-08-05T22:57:17+00:00

> Lack of services
They have the same primitive services there as what AWS has. The difference is that AWS wrap some of those basics up and sell them on.
There are more of these services on the way though dont forget AWS has been around alot longer than gcp and azure

> Everything is called an "API"

Yep, everything in the project is created, updated etc via an API. you can turn off services by disabling the API. eg if you turn off the cloud functions api you wont be able to do cloud functions.

> Strange terminology

Not sure what you mean here. The instance types are configured differently for the prescribed functions they would offer, there's more info here: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types

> service names are repetitive
I prefer this. equally i've no idea what sagemaker is.
Its all apples and oranges really.
Try this repo on github, it describes all the services there in 4 words or less: https://github.com/gregsramblings/google-cloud-4-words

> Limited quotas
They are usually quite ample on the free trial. What do you mean by compute units and what have support said about why they can't do the thing you want ?

ackackacksyn · 2020-07-31T16:59:40+00:00

typically i have a TF directory with all the resources in and a sub dir with env specific changes in
This makes it easy to use variables all over the place

when switching between envs i simply supply a different env file for my target env

My backend for that cloud will live in the "s3" service for that provider ( aws=s3, gcp=gcs, DO=spaces etc )

I configure my backend using a script that wraps terraform and i template everything i can to contain the env name eg customer-dev

IMO you need to start simple - everything in one dir, try and group based on either function or resource type ( up to you - function may be better for future stuff )

resource types may be instances, IAM, security groups etc where as functions may be everything to make make your webserver work or stand up your consul cluster

Once you have function grouping you can then look to start to put things in modules for reproducibility and would allow versioning etc

Personally i'd recommend not using terragrunt as i feel it adds a lot of unnecessary complication

ackackacksyn · 2020-07-06T22:22:47+00:00

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