# The Solo Admin > Welcome, fellow weary traveler! This is The Solo Admin blog - the blog for IT professionals who are flying solo or an indispensable member of a small team. Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. Use `/llms-full.txt` for consolidated page and post context. Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`). ## Pages - [About Membership](https://thesoloadmin.com/about-membership.md) - The Solo Admin members-only area contains long-form articles about network design and troubleshooting, server build and maintenance, backups, disaster recovery, security, and more - all from the standpoint of the solo IT pro on a budget. - [Members-Only Pages](https://thesoloadmin.com/members-only-pages.md) - Index of links to all members-only pages. - [My Resume](https://thesoloadmin.com/my-resume.md) - Download The Solo Admin's resume. ## Posts - [Tech Note: pfSense Upgrades](https://thesoloadmin.com/tech-note-pfsense-upgrades.md) - A note about a recent issue I ran into when upgrading pfSense. - [Zabbix Server Dashboard: New CSS Challenge](https://thesoloadmin.com/zabbix-server-dashboard-new-css-challenge.md) - If you're bugged by the vertical column headers in the Zabbix dashboard, my post from last year fixed the issue...until Zabbix 7.2. Here's a new fix. - [Active Directory Authentication on Linux - A Simple Guide](https://thesoloadmin.com/active-directory-authentication-on-linux.md) - Authenticating via Active Directory on your Linux servers doesn't have to be difficult. This article provides a roadmap. - [Linux Server Build Walkthrough](https://thesoloadmin.com/linux-server-build-walkthrough.md) - Building a Linux server doesn't have to be an anxiety-inducing experience. We'll step through the process here. - [Quick Note: Zabbix Server Dashboard CSS Change](https://thesoloadmin.com/quick-note-zabbix-dashboard-css.md) - A quick note on changing a minor annoyance in the Zabbix 7.0 server dashboard's web layout. - [Supply Chain Intrigue, or The Spy Who Shagged My Repo](https://thesoloadmin.com/supply-chain-intrigue.md) - With the discovery of a backdoor in xz in 2024, software supply chain security is now a top priority... - [Proxmox 8.0 Hang on Boot - A Fix](https://thesoloadmin.com/proxmox-8-0-hang-on-boot-fix.md) - A fix for anyone who's experiencing server hang on boot, or boot failure, after upgrading to Proxmox 8.0. - [Users Aren't the Enemy - They're Your First Line of Defense](https://thesoloadmin.com/users-arent-the-enemy.md) - In this post, I'm going to talk about what I believe is one of the best uses of the limited resources we have available - educating and building a rapport with your users. - [A New Direction](https://thesoloadmin.com/a-new-direction.md) - Taking the blog in a new direction.... - [Setting Up Wazuh for Host-Based Monitoring](https://thesoloadmin.com/setting-up-wazuh-for-host-based-monitoring.md) - Deploy XDR, host integrity, and more with Wazuh Server. - [The Solo Developer](https://thesoloadmin.com/the-solo-developer.md) - In this post, I will outline the steps I've taken to make my small development world a better place for those who will someday follow in my footsteps. - [No, It's Not Always DNS](https://thesoloadmin.com/no-its-not-always-dns.md) - In today's environment of always-on, always-available Internet connectivity, network troubleshooting has become somewhat of a lost art. In this article, you'll learn network troubleshooting up and down the stack. - [Batch Downloading With Python](https://thesoloadmin.com/batch-downloading-with-python.md) - Scripting is a crucial skill for any admin to learn. This post walks through the process to develop a batch file download script in Python, demonstrating how to use the interactive Python shell to troubleshoot while writing code. - [Kali Linux Desktop on Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://thesoloadmin.com/kali-linux-desktop-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux.md) - Run an Xfce desktop environment on Kali Linux in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). No systemd installation required! - [Disable the Subscription Error Message in Proxmox VE 7.0](https://thesoloadmin.com/disable-the-subscription-error-message-in-proxmox-ve-7-0.md) - Disable the subscription error message in the community edition of Proxmox VE 7.0 and above. - [Putting an Active Directory Domain Controller Out to Pasture](https://thesoloadmin.com/putting-a-dc-out-to-pasture.md) - Step-by-step guide to putting that old Active Directory domain controller out to pasture. - [Network Design From the Ground Up - Asking Questions](https://thesoloadmin.com/net-design-asking-questions.md) - We all know the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and this is that first step: designing your network. - [Monitoring a UPS With nut and lighttpd on Linux - Part 1](https://thesoloadmin.com/monitoring-your-ups-with-nut.md) - We all know the importance of having a battery backup solution for your servers and network equipment; in a small company environment where cost is a factor, the purpose of the battery backup is somewhat different... - [Internal SSL Certs with Let's Encrypt](https://thesoloadmin.com/internal-ssl-certs-with-lets-encrypt.md) - CodeProject [http://www.codeproject.com] I was reading a great article [https://medium.com/heck-the-packet/subdomain-enumeration-a-comparison-of-paid-services-c29cb071900f] recently about subdomain enumeration services and it got me thinking about Let's Encrypt and internal domains. It's common to… - [Migrating from MySQL to MariaDB](https://thesoloadmin.com/migrating-from-mysql-to-mariadb.md) - Now is as good a time as any to migrate to MariaDB; these are the basic steps to perform this migration. - [Why Become a Member - My Philosophy](https://thesoloadmin.com/why-become-a-member.md) - I wrote this post to explain my philosophy and approach to IT - some of the basic principles that underline every topic you will learn as a member - and most importantly why you should become a member of this site. - [Exploring My .bashrc In 2021](https://thesoloadmin.com/exploring-my-bashrc-in-2021.md) - I figure the beginning of the year is as good a time as any to take a walk through my personal .bashrc file and see if I can remember what everything does - [Searching Active Directory With ldapsearch](https://thesoloadmin.com/searching-active-directory-with-ldapsearch.md) - Search your Active Directory domain from the Linux command line using the ldapsearch command. - [Welcome, Fellow Admin!](https://thesoloadmin.com/welcome.md) - Welcome, fellow weary traveler! This is the Solo Admin blog - the blog for IT professionals who are flying solo or an indispensable member of a small team. - [Disable the Subscription Error Message in Proxmox VE 6.3](https://thesoloadmin.com/disable-proxmox-ve-subscription-error.md) - Here's how to disable the subscription error message in Proxmox VE 6.3... ## Optional - [RSS Feed](https://thesoloadmin.com/rss/) - [Sitemap](https://thesoloadmin.com/sitemap.xml) - [Full content of pages and posts](https://thesoloadmin.com/llms-full.txt)