Category: *unix

Quite overdue. I need to fill all the gaps properly

I went from Apache to NGINX to make it more challenging for me…

Make a proper backup of your VPS.

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Get latest Debian stable

Or try to upgrade…link:

SSL Cert

Be sure you have Let’s Encrypt setup for getting your free. Good thing, the DNS side was already done so it was just to configure NGINX

WordPress

Link.

phpMyAdmin

Link. I struggled with this. I had to make a minimal config and then put my backup. After that, I had my blog fully recover

NGINX config

Link. I struggled here because I had to serve my blog and phpadmin from nginx. I knew how to do it via Apache but was failing with nginx. I asked ChatGPT and at the end it gave me the solution

This is the final config:

server {
    server_name thomarite.uk blog.thomarite.uk;
    root /var/www/html/wordpress;
    index index.php;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/thomarite.uk.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/thomarite.uk.error.log;

    client_max_body_size 100M;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
    }

    location /phpmyadmin/ {
        alias /usr/share/phpmyadmin/;
        index index.php;

        location ~ \.php$ {
            include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
            fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock;
            include fastcgi_params;
            fastcgi_intercept_errors on;

            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
            fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
        }
    }

    location ~* \.(?:svgz?|ttf|ttc|otf|eot|woff2?)$ {
        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*";
        expires 90d;
        access_log off;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        access_log off;
        log_not_found off;
        deny all;
    }

    listen [::]:443 ssl ipv6only=on; # managed by Certbot
    listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/thomarite.uk-0001/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/thomarite.uk-0001/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}

server {
    if ($host = blog.thomarite.uk) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    } # managed by Certbot

    if ($host = thomarite.uk) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    } # managed by Certbot

    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name thomarite.uk blog.thomarite.uk;

    location / {
        return 404;
    }
}

Then

sudo nginx -t
sudo service nginx restart

IRCD

I need to check how this is installed properly. Check this.

I have never used bluetooth in Linux before. I have a bluetooth headphone from work that works fine with my phone and macos but I wanted to try it in Linux.

So I give it a quick go last night. This was my initial link. I had already installed the driver:

# dpkg -l | grep bluez
ii bluez 5.70-1.1 amd64 Bluetooth tools and daemons
ii bluez-obexd 5.70-1.1 amd64 bluez obex daemon
#

I had to install “blueman” that is the frontend to manage your bluetooth devices later:

# dpkg -l | grep blueman
ii blueman 2.3.5-3 amd64 Graphical bluetooth manager
#

The service was already enabled:

root@athens:/boot# systemctl status bluetooth.service
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-01-06 11:58:33 GMT; 54min ago
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 1137 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 9334)
     Memory: 3.1M ()
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─1137 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Jan 06 11:58:42 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.43 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05_duplex
Jan 06 11:58:42 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Failed to add UUID: Failed (0x03)
Jan 06 11:58:42 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Failed to add UUID: Failed (0x03)
Jan 06 11:58:44 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Failed to add UUID: Failed (0x03)
Jan 06 11:58:44 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Failed to add UUID: Failed (0x03)
Jan 06 11:58:44 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Failed to add UUID: Failed (0x03)
Jan 06 11:58:44 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Failed to add UUID: Failed (0x03)
Jan 06 11:58:44 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Failed to add UUID: Failed (0x03)
Jan 06 11:58:44 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Failed to add UUID: Failed (0x03)
Jan 06 11:58:44 athens bluetoothd[1137]: Failed to add UUID: Failed (0x03)
root@athens:/boot# 

Then I had to enable bluetooth:

# rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
#
# rfkill unblock bluetooth
#
# rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
#

Then I can test it:

$ blueman-manager &

But once I paired the device…. I had an error:

br-connection-profile-unavailable

I found several links and this is the only things that worked for me: link1 and link2. So I had to install “libspa-0.2-bluetooth” and reboot:

# dpkg -l | grep libspa-0.2-bluetooth
ii libspa-0.2-bluetooth:amd64 1.0.0-1 amd64 libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - bluetooth plugins
#

So I managed to paired the headseats without error but then a new issue… I lost internet connection…. And after checking several things, it was just enabling bluetooth that caused the lost of internet access. There was nothing in the logs saying anything about my wifi disconnecting or anything similar….

If I disabled bluetooth, my connection was back…. so more work to do. So it seems there is some interference between the modules or the drivers? Searched things about it. I checked this. But no luck yet.

To be continued.