The Engineer's Workshop (Page 2)

Projects • 5 min read

Graph Your Pulse with an Arduino Pulse Ox Plethysmograph

With the recent COVID-19 outbreak, I have noticed a new interested in biomedical engineering and electronics among the general population. In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through creating your own Arduino-based pulse plethysmograph.…

TorqueWrench • 29 Sep 2020

unRAID • 9 min read

Deploying an unRAID NFS Server

A brief guide on when and how to set up an NFS server on unRAID. Includes more advanced configuration on how to deploy an unRAID NFS server behind a firewall with static ports.…

TorqueWrench • 19 May 2020

Linux • 11 min read

How To Set Up a WireGuard VPN Server on Ubuntu Linux

With WireGuard now officially supported by Ubuntu and integrated into the Linux kernel, I’ve decided it’s high time to for dedicated guide on how to set up a WireGuard VPN server on Ubuntu.…

TorqueWrench • 22 Apr 2020

Linux • 3 min read

Ubuntu's Latest LTS RC Is Out: Here's How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa

Ubuntu's latest LTS is now out, bringing with it a bunch of exciting new features. In today's short guide, we'll learn how to update to Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa.…

TorqueWrench • 16 Apr 2020

Servers • 8 min read

LVM, Thin Provisioning, and Monitoring Storage Use: A Case Study

If you're not monitoring your server's storage use, it can quickly run away from you. Today's guide shows you how to keep an eye on things with an introduction to LVM thin provisions and monitoring disk use with Diskover, lvs, and Grafana utilities.…

TorqueWrench • 10 Mar 2020

Raspberry Pi • 8 min read

How to Set Up WireGuard on a Raspberry Pi

WireGuard is rapidly becoming the go-to VPN, with even Linus Torvalds himself praising it. In fact, Torvalds is such a fan, he has merged it directly into the Linux kernel. But why is WireGuard receiving so much praise and should you use it? Keep reading to find out.…

TorqueWrench • 20 Feb 2020

Linux • 4 min read

tmux for Beginners: A Quick and Easy Introduction

Boost your productivity with this tutorial in how to use tmux. Protect yourself against unexpected disconnects and improve development workflows.…

TorqueWrench • 10 Feb 2020

Servers • 8 min read

How to Monitor Disk Usage and Growth with Diskover

Monitoring server storage should be part of every data center monitoring procedure. Learn how to monitor and analyze server storage use and growth with Diskover.…

TorqueWrench • 04 Feb 2020

Cybersecurity • 6 min read

Securing Your Network: Configuring ACLs on an HP 1910 Managed Switch "The Easy Way"

Secure your network by learning how to set up access control lists (ACLs) on the HP 1910 (Comware) managed switch.…

TorqueWrench • 20 Jan 2020

Web Development • 4 min read

How to Specify an Alternative Canonical URL in Craft CMS + SEOmatic

I recently did a bit of development for a friend's blog. In today's guide, we will learn how to specify an alternative canonical URL in the Craft CMS for use by SEOmatic. More generally, we will learn how to create a new field in Craft and then use that new field in a Craft template.…

TorqueWrench • 15 Jan 2020

Proxmox • 7 min read

Expand Your Proxmox Storage: A Guide to Adding CIFS (SMB) Storage to Proxmox

Free up valuable local storage on your Proxmox server while simultaneously adding to your virtualization server's storage capacity. In this guide, we'll learn how to add CIFS storage (SMB/Samba shares) to Proxmox.…

TorqueWrench • 10 Jan 2020

Programming • 6 min read

Connecting VS Code with a Remote Development Server

Previously, we discussed how to set up a remote development server that will allow you to work from wherever on whatever hardware (and OS) you choose. In today's guide, we will continue that work with how to set up remote SSH with Visual Studio Code.…

TorqueWrench • 08 Jan 2020

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