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Install SSL Certificate Onto A FQDN UniFi Controller

In this tutorial you will be shown how to install SSL Certificate onto a FQDN (fully qualified domain name) UniFi Controller installed on Ubuntu 20.04. 

Lets Get Started 

  1. SSH onto your Ubuntu Linux Server
  2. Make sure your server is fully up to date with patches.
  3. Check and see what type of pre-existing firewall your using. In my case I am sticking with ufw firewall. We will be opening up the ports for SSL configuration and enabling auto start for my ufw firewall.
sudo ufw allow 80
sudo ufw allow 443
sudo systemctl enable ufw
sudo ufw enable

This Is A Must: Since you have an existing UniFi Controller already running make sure to set an A record for your domain and point it to the IP address of the UniFi Controller server. Lets move forward with configuring SSL certificate for your domain!

Install SSL Certificate For Your Domain To Access

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UniFi Tutorials
Tutorials

Install UniFi Controller On Ubuntu 20.04 Linode

In this tutorial you will be shown how to install the UniFi Controller software with SSL on Ubuntu 20.04 using a Linode VPS.

The current version of UniFi SDN Controller that we will be installing is 6.2.23 Of course new packages will be released and they can be found on there UniFi Software Download Page. The script we will be using will install the latest version.

Lets Get Started!

Prerequisites

  • Create a VPS server on Linode. The $10 plan meats minimum specifications and should be just fine up to 250 devices. You can even enable the option to create VPS backups witch is ideal.
  • To access the UniFi controller with a domain you will need to create an A record pointing to VPS server’s public IP address.

 

Getting Started With Linode

  1. Sign Up and Log into your Linode account and click the blue [Create Linode] button.
  2. The
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Ubuntu Tutorials
Tutorials, UniFi

Add SSL Certificate Onto Hestia Control Panel Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial you will be shown how to add Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates onto Hestia Control Panel port 8083 installed on Ubuntu 20.04.

How to setup Let’s Encrypt for the Hestia Control Panel Port 8083

Make sure the hostname of the server is pointed to the ip address and you set the hostname correctly.

If you are not sure of your host name use the follow command.

hostname

If your domain is not what it should be use the following command to change it.

v-change-sys-hostname changethis.domain.tld

Once the server host name successfully changed lets active an ssl certificate to the Hestia Control Panel admin portal.

v-add-letsencrypt-host

Wait a few moments and it will complete successfully.

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Tutorials

Create Website Server With Linode and Hestia Control Panel

In this tutorial I will be showing you how to use Linode, Ubuntu 20.04 and Hestia Control Panel to create yourself a website server. This is a much better option than using shared website hosting servers where compromised website server incidents can happen due to improper maintained webservers and websites. 

Lets Create Your Domain.

  1. I will be using Godaddy to register my domain which will be websitemsp.com. 
  2. Once your domain is created go to the manage DNS section.
  3. Within the Advanced features we will be adding hostnames to the ip address given to us after creating a VPS from Linode. Once the server is created and we have the IP address you can create your host addresses for example:

Lets Get Started With Linode.

  1. Sign up for a Linode Account.

  2. Click on the blue button [ Create Linode ] to get started.
  3. Under Choose Distribution please select Ubuntu
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Windows Tutorials
Tutorials

How to reset all Local Group Policy settings using Command Prompt

In this tutorial I will be showing you how to use CMD to reset all Local Group Policy settings. Once a computer is removed from a domain it may have many modified settings, you can quickly reset all the Group Policy Objects to their defaults with Command Prompt.

To reset the Group Policy settings with a command line, use these steps:

  1. Open Start.
  2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.

  3. Type the following command to reset all the Group Policy settings and press Enter:

RD /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers" && RD /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"

4. Type the following command to update the changes in the Local Group Policy console and press Enter:

gpupdate /force

5. To be on the safe side go ahead and reboot the computer. You should be good to go.

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Tutorials

Install TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial I will show you how to Install the latest TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on Ubuntu 20.04. Tp-Link Omada is very similar to the Unifi Controller so the transition between the two wouldn’t be that difficult. 

The current version of TP-Link Omada SDN Controller that we will be installing is 4.2.11. Of course new packages will be released and they can be found on there Omada Software Download Page. You can copy the new URL and append the commands with the new installation package URL.

 

Lets Get Started

Prerequisites

  • A physical server / computer or VM with Ubuntu 20.04 Installed.
  • Access to the internet.
  1. Make sure to have Install Ubuntu 20.04 on your physical server or VM.
  2. Once the server is available, log into your Ubuntu 20.04 server using SSH.
  3. To SSH into the server we will be using Putty. Download and install Putty.
  4. Open
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Windows Tutorials
Tutorials

How to unsubscribe from the Cortana Daily Briefing

Microsoft Office 365 has deployed an update that utilizes Cortana and your email to work together, which will cause you to receive daily briefing emails from [email protected]. If you do not wish to receive these emails, then you can unsubscribe from the Cortana Daily Briefing.

How to Unsubscribe

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook
  2. Find and Open up your daily briefing email that was sent by [email protected]
  3. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the email, and select Unsubscribe 


    You may also see something similar you this. you will click on the link right after Unsubscribe. 


  4. You should get the following popup window to bubble in the answer you agree with most and click Submit.

 

If you wish to resubscribe, you can do so by going to https://briefing.microsoft.com/

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Tutorials

Install TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on Digital Ocean Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial I will show you how to Install the latest TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on Ubuntu 20.04 using a DigitalOcean VPS. Tp-Link Omada is very similar to the Unifi Controller so the transition between the two wouldn’t be that difficult. 

The current version of TP-Link Omada SDN Controller that we will be installing is 4.2.11. Of course new packages will be released and they can be found on there Omada Software Download Page. You can copy the new URL and append the commands with the new installation package URL.

 

Lets Get Started

Prerequisites

  • If you want to use a domain create an A record pointing to VPS server’s public IP address
  • Create a VPS server on DigitalOcean. The $5 package will be fine for 100 devices. You can even enable the option to create VPS backups witch is ideal.
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  1. Log into your Digital Ocean
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Ubuntu Tutorials
Tutorials, Ubuntu

How To Install L2TP VPN On Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial I will be showing you how to install L2TP VPN On Ubuntu 20.04. I’m sure you have noticed while you were trying to configure L2TP VPN you were scratching your head why you couldn’t and the reason is because Ubuntu 20.04 does not have it installed by default. 

With these following commands we will have L2TP VPN software installed in just a few moments.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp  network-manager-l2tp-gnome

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Ubuntu Tutorials
Tutorials, Ubuntu

How To Use Windows RDC To Remote Access Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial I will be showing you how use Windows Remote Desktop Connection to Remote Access Ubuntu 20.04. We will Install remote tools with a simple script.

  1. This is the first step in the process to enable remote access. Run the following command to install XRDP.
sudo apt install xrdp

2. In this step we are going to enable the XRDP service.

sudo systemctl enable --now xrdp

3. In this last step we are creating a rule to allow incoming traffic on port 3389.

sudo ufw allow from any to any port 3389 proto tcp

4. Now you need to find the IP address of the Ubuntu 20.04 computer. You will use this address to use the Windows Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) to connect into Ubuntu 20.04.

ifconfig

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