This is meant to be a collection of technical blogs. The subjects covered are from my own learning and experience in IT.
13 Mar 2025 2 minute read 0 comments powersjo
Hosting a minimal web application should not take much effort nor cost much. While searching for a place to remake my FartYou app, I came across the following method to host a simple Azure web app. Azure Storage Account For this hosting of a web app,...
28 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments powersjo
How to in-place upgrade Microsoft Windows server 2016 to 2019. An in-place upgrade of Windows means to upgrade to a newer version of Windows keeping your original settings and data. Upgrading from Windows server 2016 to 2019 means your OS will be sup...
21 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments powersjo
It’s been years since I worked on the simple button app FartYou for android. Those years of neglect showed up and now the app is removed from the Google Play store. Honestly, as it should be. The app wasn’t updated, Google has been emailing me on it...
12 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments powersjo
On a journey to add some qualifications for Azure under our belt, studying for exams is needed to ensure we pass. Alternatively, being familiar with identity and security terms helps us bolster our tech security. Find the below questions, answers and...
21 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments powersjo
Recently, I tried to use Cloudflare with Pfsense. I used the IP addresses 1.1.1.3 and 1.0.0.3. Those IP addresses are meant to use DNS to block malware and adult content sites. I ran into an issue getting the content blocking to work and wanted to sh...
18 Feb 2024 2 minute read 0 comments powersjo
While working on my media server, see more about that here, I came across a repetitive task where code could help. The issue: as you move content to your media server it gets repetitive with any TV show. Jellyfin likes a certain format to ingest the...
10 Jan 2024 2 minute read 1 comment powersjo
Every media / tech company has their own streaming service now. The big, old school TV companies have caught on and offered their own streaming services. Now, you can watch anything you want on your smart device. You only have to pay $5.99 a month fo...
10 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments powersjo
How make a persistent CIFS mount in Linux. While setting up a home media server (Jellyfin), I found the need to mount a CIFS (Common Internet File System) share in Linux. The flavor of Linux I’m using is Ubuntu (20.04.5 LTS). The video and pictures a...
19 Nov 2022 1 minute read 0 comments powersjo
How to grant remote access OpenVPN on pfsense. In my home network I wanted to create a virtual private network (vpn) to allow me to access my home servers remotely. In this working blog I go through the steps I took. Part 1 After logging into pfsense...
25 Aug 2022 3 minute read 0 comments powersjo
How to create your own home lab NTP server? While I’m not an expert on NTP (network time protocol), I decided to create my own NTP server for my home network. This was for multiple reasons: To learn about NTP servers and clients. Take the load of NT...
