Tutorials and How-tos

Beginner

• Access Bubba Server via SSH

• Connect via SSH without a Password

• Edit Text Files with nano

• GNU Screen Quick Tutorial

• Monitor Hard Drive Temperature

• Secure Remote Access to Bubba via WinSCP
• Installing NTFS Read Write Support
• Update your B3 to support 3TB disks
• Troubleshooting DLNA

Intermediate

• Automatically download torrent files from torrent sites using rsstorrent
• Prevent SSH Attacks with DenyHosts
• Add symbolic links to the storage folder for easier file sharing
• Archiving social media data with ThinkUp
• Backup with rsync and rsync.net
• Backup data from Bubba to external drive using Rsync
• Bubba as Squeezebox
• Change Email Quotas
• Changing Horde Download Limit
• Connect your B3 as a device to a wireless network 
• Controling Homeautomation devices using wifi presence
• Create a working USB stick using Bubba|Two
• Create new language files

• Display HDD temperature in web interface

• Enable Playback of .flac Files from Bubba on Rhythmbox
• Getting magnetlinks to work - simplified
• Help on using Aptitude
• HP Printers - hplip
  
• Install a DynDNS Client

• Install a No-IP Client
  

• Install Debian Packages

• Install FluxBB

• Install Squid Proxy Server Transparently
• Install Subversion
• Install Subversion with Apache
• Install Tcpdump Packet Sniffer for Troubleshooting Network Connectivity
• Install Transmission Bittorrent
• Let your B3 beep and change the LED color
  

• MAC address filter for wireless network
  
• Mounting Popcorn Hour NFS share on B3
  

• Recover lost administrator password
• Re-installing your B1/B2/B3
• Running graphical application from Bubba on your windows pc
• Running graphical applications from Bubba using VNC

• Use Bubba with Time Machine (Mac OS X)
• The B3 as a time capsule alternative
• Password-protect folders  
• Monitor Network Traffic with Tcpick
  
• Running Vuze with B3
• Restrict admin access to LAN
  
• Tweak B3 for better performance
• Throttle Apache bandwidth
• Revert to minimal Debian installation
• Restrict access to /home/storage
• Using encFS on the B3
• Stop DHCP INFORM flooding

Advanced

• <a href="/Build Packages">Build and Rebuild Packages</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Be_your_own_CA">Be your own Certificate Authority</a>

• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Change-certificates-used-by-apache">Change certificates used by Apache</a>

• <a href="/Connect Two Bubba Servers via VPN">Connect Two Bubba Servers via VPN</a>

• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/How-to-set-up-multifactor-authentication">How to set up multifactor authentication</a>
  

• <a href="/Install Clam AntiVirus">Install Clam AntiVirus</a>
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Setting up postfix for authenticated relay">Setting up postfix for authenticated relay</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Setting-up-postfix-for-sending-mail-using-an-external-SMTP-server">Setting up postfix for sending mail using an external SMTP server</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Send_mail_using_gmail">Send mail using GMAIL</a>
• <a href="Use procmail to sort incoming emails">Use procmail to sort incoming emails</a>
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Install ntop, a network traffic probe">Install ntop, a network traffic probe</a>
  

• <a href="/Install vnStat">Install vnStat</a>
  

• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="NFS installation - file permissions - Windows vs Bubba vs Ubuntu">NFS installation - file permissions - Windows vs Bubba vs Ubuntu</a>

• <a href="/Redirect all connections over HTTPS">Redirect all connections over SSL/HTTPS</a>
  
• <a href="Reduce DHCP requests to ISP">Reduce DHCP requests to ISP</a>
  

• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Serial Console Access on B3">Serial Console Access on B3</a>

• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Tunnel_DNS_and_Web_Traffic_Through_PPTP_VPN">Tunnel DNS and Web Traffic Through VPN</a>
  

• Use a <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Rescue System">Rescue System</a> to recover when your B3 doesn't boot anymore

• <a href="One-time passwords for shell access">Safer shell access with one-time passwords</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Using_eCryptfs_on_the_B3">Using eCryptfs on the B3</a>
  
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Make_Strongswan_start_on_a_b3">Make Strongswan (ipsec vpn) start on a b3</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Install_Snort_Intrusion_Detection_System">Install Snort Intrusion Detection System</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Install_TrueCrypt">Install TrueCrypt Disk and File Encryption Software</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Password_protect_directories_using_htaccess">Password protect directories using htaccess</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Install_MediaWiki">Install MediaWiki</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Enable_User_Quotas">Enable User Quotas on B3</a>
• <a href="http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/Use_mobile_internet_3g_USB_dongle_as_WAN">Use mobile internet 3g USB dongle as WAN</a>
  
• Make <a href="Hourly Snapshot Style Backup">Hourly Snapshot Style Backups</a> to an external disk
• <a href="Changing Debian sources easier">Change Debian Sources easier</a>
• <a href="Installing Debian packages using the web interface">Installing packages through the web interface</a>
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="HomeAutomation and Tellstick">HomeAutomation and Tellstick</a>
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Install Bubba 2 on RAID-1 volumes">Install Bubba 2 on RAID-1 volumes</a>
• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Install Bubba 3 on RAID-1 volumes">Install Bubba 3 on RAID-1 volumes</a>
• <a href="Overclocking B3">Overclocking the B3</a>
• <a href="http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3739">Backup using CrashPlan (installation guide/howto)</a>