As well as allowing for the creation of virtual computers, Virtual Box also gives several settings for virtual networks. Following on from my last blog post (here) I am now going to take a brief look at the Virtual Box network settings. Virtual Box Network Settings Virtual network settings can be found under the “Tools”, … Continue reading Virtual Box – Scripting and Network Options (Mac OS X / Linux)
When learning about new systems, applications or trying new settings I find the best way to learn is with a hands-on approach. However, learning hands-on doesn’t always end well and the last thing anyone wants is to have to reinstall their computers operating system (host OS) after it was destroyed due to misconfiguration of a … Continue reading Virtual Box (Mac OS X / Linux)
In this blog post I am going to look at exporting a virtual machine from Virtual Box and then importing it into AWS for use as an EC2 instance. Note: During my initial test I used a version of Ubuntu not yet supported by AWS EC2 (well, a version of the Linux Kernel not currently supported) … Continue reading AWS – Virtual Image To EC2 Image (AWS)
When working remotely (i.e. away from home) I often think about how it would be great if I could open up some of my internal projects when I have spare time and carry on working on them. There are multiple options on how I could do this, some are costly (moving environment to cloud) and … Continue reading SOCKS Proxy (Linux)
Hacking: The Art Of Exploitation (2nd Edition) was released back in 2008, written by Jon Erickson and published by No Starch Press. I originally received a copy as part of a Humble Bundle and purchased physical copy in 2019 (19th printing!), off the bat that should show how much I enjoy this book. The book … Continue reading Hacking: The Art of Exploitation – Book Review (Security)
I’m currently spending time learning more about the ELK stack, which is made up of ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK) and Beats. The ELK stack can be created and run within containers (e.g. Docker) but I am going to use an Ansible Playbook to install and configure the ELK stack. You may ask why? Well I’m … Continue reading Creating An ELK Stack Via An Ansible Playbook (V1)
Vulnerability assessment tools are used to identify risks/threats that may cause security issues in a system. Today I am going to look at a vulnerability assessment tool from Tenable called Nessus Essentials, which can (manually or automatically) scan networks for vulnerabilities and then output reports. Nessus Essentials Nessus (https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus) offers a few different vulnerability assessment … Continue reading Nessus Essentials – Vulnerability Assessment: Installing Nessus
Jenkins is a tool to help with Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI / CD). I originally looked at installing Jenkins as a Java web app on my Raspberry Pi during this post: https://geektechstuff.com/2019/05/26/installing-apache-tomcat-jenkins-raspberry-pi/ . I am now hoping to expand a little bit more on using Jenkins by building a freestyle project that connects to … Continue reading Jenkins – Connecting To GitHub and some Python
If you want to see metrics in real time and look at web dashboards then Grafana and Prometheus may be the tools you are looking for, and if you are anything like me then you probably want to automate as much of the install as possible via Ansible. My Set Up For this blog post … Continue reading Grafana, Prometheus and Node Exporter On Raspberry Pi via Ansible (Raspberry Pi and Linux)
Today I am looking at installing and configuring NGINX with an Ansible playbook. In my previous blog posts I have looked at using an Ansible playbook to install the ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) stack across three different computers, and then how Ansible roles can be used to organise a playbook. Note: The files for this … Continue reading Installing And Configuring NGINX As A Reverse Proxy Via An Ansible Playbook
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