Creating Header Images for the web site
I choose an image. For the text, I go to www.cooltext.com, find a font I like, and create the text with a transparent background. 140 point or higher is usually how large it needs to be.
I download the text image to my PC and then head to https://pixlr.com/editor, where I load the graphic image and then open a new layer and select the text image that goes over top the graphic image. I’m still not the best at moving it around; it’s a work in progress. I save the combined image to my PC and then upload it to the web site for use.
Creating/extracting zip files with 7-Zip
Create or add to an archive:
7z a -p <zipfile name> <file(s) to add>
Create an archive, recursing the directory specified:
7z a -rp <zipfile name> <file(s) to add>
Extract the archive:
7z x <zipfile name>
Resurrecting a USB Stick
Connect your flash drive to the computer at first, and make sure it can be detected.
1. Click “start” and type “command prompt”.
2. Then, right click “command prompt” and select “run as administrator”.
3. After that, type “diskpart” and press “Enter”. Then execute the below commands in turn:
- list disk
- select disk n
- clean
- create partition primary
- format fs=fat32 quick: If you want to format to NTFS, type “format fs=ntfs quick”.

Information on how to bypass Google Fiber’s Network Box
Monitor Mount Possibilities
See site for further options
Creating an HTTP redirect in LetsEncrypt/nginx on Unraid
Determining the properties of a video
Migrating VMs from VirtualBox to UnRAID
Setup a Raspberry Pi as a backup server
Plex/OTA stuff to look into
tvheadend
argus tv
IceTV
A high level example of interfacing with Nextcloud
##Open terminal in container docker exec -it nextcloud bash ##Turn on maintenance mode sudo -u abc php7 /config/www/nextcloud/occ maintenance:mode --on ##Backup current nextcloud install mv /config/www/nextcloud /config/www/nextcloud-backup ##Grab newest nextcloud release and unpack it wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest.tar.bz2 tar -xvf latest.tar.bz2 -C /config/www ##Copy across old config.php from backup cp /config/www/nextcloud-backup/config/config.php /config/www/nextcloud/config/config.php ##Now Restart docker container exit docker restart nextcloud ##Open terminal in container docker exec -it nextcloud bash ##Perform upgrade sudo -u abc php7 /config/www/nextcloud/occ upgrade ##Turn off maintenance mode sudo -u abc php7 /config/www/nextcloud/occ maintenance:mode --off ## Now Restart docker container exit docker restart nextcloud
Installing a Windows 10 VM on UnRaid
Ensure that the BIOS chosen is SeaBIOS and not OVMF.
Installing Windows 10 in a VM on UnRaid requires installing 3rd party drivers. When the install
process gets to the point of specifying the hard drive to install on, there will be no selections
available. At this point, install the following drivers:
- Balloon
- NetKVM
- vioserial
- viostor
Install and Update All Your Programs at Once at www.ninite.com
Cookbook for passing client IP address to systems behind a reverse proxy
On the reverse proxy:
- Ensure that websockets support is enabled
On the host:
1. Create /etc/apache2/conf-available/remoteip.conf with the following contents:
RemoteIPHeader X-Forwarded-For
RemoteIPTrustedProxy x.x.x.x (replace w/ IP address of trusted proxy)
2. ln /etc/apache2/conf-available/remoteip.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/remoteip.conf
3. ln /etc/apache2/mods-available/remoteip.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/remoteip.load
4. Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and find the LogFormat lines.
Change each occurrence of %h to %a.
5. Restart apache.