IT Infrastructure Architect

The Lenovo Miix 320 is a great quality, well performing Windows 10 convertible tablet and laptop device with a removable keyboard. Well reviewed, it is cheap and readily available as a refurbished device, and is a great budget alternative to a Surface Go. However, like…

Here is how I overcame problems configuring dhcpcd.conf on a Raspberry Pi to resolve hosts in subdomains of a local DNS server in my home lab. Dhcpcd The dhcpcd client on a Raspberry Pi is pre-configured to allow easy and quick connection to a simple…

WMWare's vision to push their HyperVisor to the network edge has enabled ESXi to run on small ARM devices such as the Raspberry Pi 4. Having lived with the ESXi 7.0 on Arm Fling on a Raspberry Pi 4 for just over a year now,…

From time to time, Nextcloud may fail to synchronise files because of file locks. Plenty of resources are available on the internet to help clear locks on MySQL databases, but few exist for clearing locks from the default SQLite database that the official Nextcloud Docker…

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers great quality cyber security training for free. This is a great example of one of the many ways The NCSC works to protect UK organisations from threat. Enlighted organisations know that employees are both the first line of…