Preamble I have a wildcard SSL certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt on a Debian Linux-based webserver, which also covers hostnames I reverse proxy with a Synology NAS. Up until recently, I have been manually copying the SSL certificate across after renewal. With the upcoming reduction in permitted validity for SSL certificates, it’s time to automate! … Read more
Beginnings of Broadband In June of 2002, I signed up for my first broadband internet plan. I had very little money with which to buy equipment – and broadband internet at home was an extravagance at the time – but I couldn’t be more excited! Only $70 a month for blistering 256 kbit/s DSL with … Read more
After mistakes were made with a previous installation, I had to completely reinstall the Linux server that I use to run Plex Media Server. For the sake of familiarity, I am using the latest version of Debian (at time of writing: Debian 12.9 “bookworm”). All media is stored on a Synology NAS, shared to the … Read more