NGINX Proxy Manager MCP Server I updated an existing project of mine and added MCP to it. This project https://dep.leighonline.net/ui is already up and running with a neat swagger endpoint https://dep.leighonline.net/swagger as well. I added a new endpoint https://dep.leighonline.net/mcp and had to expose it via NGINX Proxy Manager. The easiest Read more
Automate Github Dependabot with Actions Every so often I will get a notification that a project of mine has a dependabot alert. I usually fetch my code, run npm audit fix or pip install –upgrade, and commit my code. It can be automated. In this post I will show you Read more
Add custom node to n8n to store variable values In the n8n community edition you cannot use variables, but a user created a custom node (plugin) to allow you to store variable values, albeit only in your workflow. This is the n8n-nodes-globals NPM package, also known as “Global Constants”. In Read more
How to Sync Google Drive with OneDrive using rclone I want to sync some folders in my Google Drive (primary cloud storage) with my Microsoft OneDrive so that I can have a backup of critical files. I will be using rclone for this as it is free and I am Read more
How to replace Google NotebookLM voices There are quite a few videos and articles out there about how you can replace the Google NotebookLM voices using, for example, ElevenLabs. While ElevenLabs will undoubtedly sound great, it does come at a cost. In this article we will look at how you Read more
User Delegated SAS Token It is advisable to generate a User Delegated SAS token instead of using the Storage Account token. In order to use user delegated SAS tokens, there are quite a few extra steps involved which will be outlined below. This tutorial will focus on “normal” storage accounts, Read more
How to use Azure OpenAI with OpenWebUI After reading this post, check out this one where I show you how to integrate Cloudflare AI Workers, which gives you 10 000 free neurons every day, with LiteLLM and OpenWebUI: Also also check out this one where I show how to get Read more
Set up MLFlow and Jupyter Server in Ubuntu using Anaconda This post will show how to set up Anaconda, MLFlow and Jupyter Server in Ubuntu. Install Anaconda Download Anaconda how you normally would from https://www.anaconda.com/download or if you prefer to use wget or need a different version, go to https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/ Read more
Semaphore UI – not just a GUI for Ansible Semaphore is actually more than just an Ansible GUI. It can also add Terraform, OpenTofu, and batch scripts. I will be moving my Ansible tasks over to Semaphore. Installing Semaphore using Docker Compose I’m not using LDAP, and will be using Read more
Local ChatGPT using LMStudio, Lanchain, and RAG data This post follows from my previous post about RAGs (steps 1, 2, and 3) which can be found here: https://techstuff.leighonline.net/2024/04/30/creating-a-vector-database-for-rag-using-chroma-db-langchain-gpt4all-and-python/ In this post we will spin up the LMStudio server and use Langchain to chat to a Lambda3 model. We are going Read more
Creating a vector database for RAG In its simplest form, a RAG consists of these steps. We will focus on step 1, 2, and 3 in this post: In our follow up post we will perform step 4, 5, and 6: https://techstuff.leighonline.net/2024/05/05/local-chatgpt-using-lmstudio-lanchain-and-our-rag-data/ Three methods to create a vector database for Read more
Automation with Ansible You can run Ansible in a VM, a laptop with Linux installed, an LXC container, etc. In this tutorial we will cover the following: Authentication For every host I want Ansible to be able to connect to, I created a user called “ansible_host” and used the same Read more
Unbrick your WinBond BIOS My Lenovo Legion Y540 BIOS corrupted due to the “Use iGPU” setting in the Lenovo Vantage software. Here are the steps I followed to reflash my BIOS. Disclaimer You are on your own when trying this and nobody, except yourself, is liable for any damages. I Read more
Cloudflare Worker – Redirect client side with company logo I had a scenario where I had to use a cloudflare worker to redirect one page to another, but, I also had to do the following: Cloudflare Worker Code Apart from the above, the following will be useful as well: Then Read more
Python Virtual Environment from Crontab When you have a python virtual environment you would activate the virtual environment’s python as such: But when you try to run this command in cron it will not work because by default crontab uses /bin/sh which does not support the source command. So you Read more
Update Cloudflare Zero Trust Gateway IP using APIs Scenario Solution Cloudflare has an extensive list of APIs available to do just about anything. We are interested in this API: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/operations/zero-trust-gateway-locations-update-zero-trust-gateway-location Step 1: Create an API Key and grab your Account ID You can click on any of your domain names Read more
Use Free Cloudflare Workers to respond to ads.txt I recently added Google ads (Adsense) to this blog to help generate some passive income. I am hosting by blog on WordPress in a container and had to ad the “ads.txt” file and its contents to my site’s root folder. I did Read more
How to add Github to VSCode Here is the full article: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/sourcecontrol/github The main takeaways are:
Github RPC failed; curl 56 GnuTLS recv error A TLS fatal alert has been received I am running Ubuntu 18.04 in HyperV and couldn’t push to Github. Pull was fine. This was LEGIT the fix. A driver issue…. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56946336/ubuntu-wsl2-git-getting-the-remote-end-hung-up-unexpectedly-on-large-repos/56946337#56946337 Go here to get the latest Intel WiFi driver: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28876/Windows-10-Wi-Fi-Drivers-for-Intel-Wireless-Adapters?v=t