Archive for January 2026

XCP-ng connect USB disk for VM storage

28th January 2026

This describes connects a disk for XCP to store virtual disks. (This will format your disk)NOT the other way, which is connecting a raw USB disk to 1 Virtual Machine….

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Cube Backup for Google

23rd January 2026

https://www.cubebackup.com/docs/user_guide/installation/#for-docker-users

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Offsite management

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XCP-NG Troubleshooting

19th January 2026

Generic Troubleshooting Steps: Restart the toolstack (top right) on the MASTER host. Did not impact running VMs. -this fixed a problem where 2 servers were updated, rebooted and then wouldn’t…

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Spire error server actively refused the connection

9th January 2026

Seen this error a few times since v3.18 mostly on new installsthe server actively refused the connection Work around:add the server in the format word-word-####.spirelan.com:10880 for some reason adding the…

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Fortinet vs Unifi Firewall

5th January 2026

Fortinet Pros+DNS allow lists, eg. use FreeMyIp.com to allow single IPs to access RdWeb+Fortinet client VPN (if already installed for users)+Built-in web filtering Fortinet Cons-Price Unifi Pros+cheap+no yearly renewal $+good…

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SSH brute force via NMAP

2nd January 2026

You can use Nmap for a quick SSH brute force either to verify a password isn’t a well known one or to see if Intrusion Detection will generate an alert…

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