Tipsy Tech Talk

Tipsy Tech Talk

Here at Tipsy Tech Talk, we combine two things that are around everyone: Tech and Booze! We take a little bit of time out of our week to explore different kinds of technologies, different kinds of booze, and different ways of mixing both together. We're looking to bring a little bit of fun to the technical and a little bit of technical to the fun. Whether we're getting Old Fashioned with the evolution of the smart phone or we're getting Whiskey Sour about networking, we're gonna bring the best--and the worst--of our worlds to yours. Buckle in (with your designated driver) and get ready for a

  1. 21 MAR

    S1E12 - Shaken, Not Stirred

    This week we're honoring the Academy Awards by discussing movie cocktails and in-home media servers! We start with 007's favorite drink (shaken, not stirred) and talk hardware and software options for how to have your very own media server inside your house. From there we bring in Scarface's Cuba Libre to assist us in actually building a media server out of an old machine that we bring back to life with Linux. Interested in doing something similar at home? Here's how we did it! Follow along with the video to see the step by step instructions, but here's a lot of the commands for you to paste into your CLI. Be sure to read them prior to pasting to confirm there isn't a specific variable or detail you need to change for your machine. To see your new IP address: ip addr show To run updates: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y Go to another computer in your home and ssh into the Linux box for the rest of this. To SSH: ssh username@ipaddress (change these variables accordingly) Install Docker Pre-reqs: sudo apt install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release Add Docker's GPG Key: sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg Set up Repository (There should be a Angled Bracket [Shift + .] after docker.list): echo \ "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list (angled bracket, see above) /dev/null Install Docker: sudo apt update sudo apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin Add user to docker group: sudo usermod -aG docker $USER Verify Docker: docker --version Create home for Plex: mkdir -p ~/docker/plex/config mkdir -p ~/media/movies mkdir -p ~/media/tv Create YAML File: nano ~/docker/plex/docker-compose.yml YAML File: services: plex: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest container_name: plex network_mode: host environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=Etc/UTC # Change to your timezone, e.g., America/New_York - VERSION=docker volumes: - ~/docker/plex/config:/config - ~/media/tv:/tv - ~/media/movies:/movies restart: unless-stopped Launch Server: cd ~/docker/plex docker compose up -d Claim Server in Web Browser: http://IPAddress:32400/web Set permissions: sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~/media Install Cockpit: sudo apt update sudo apt install -y cockpit Enable Cockpit: sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket Confirm Cockpit access in Web Browser: https://IPAddress:9090 Keep PC from Going to sleep: sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target Create Volume for Portainer: docker volume create portainer_dataRun Container:docker run -d \ -p 8000:8000 \ -p 9443:9443 \ --name portainer \ --restart=always \ -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \ -v portainer_data:/data \ portainer/portainer-ce:latest Access Portainer via Web Browser: https://IPAddress:9443 Add Tailscale VPN: curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh Bring Tailscale Connection Up: sudo tailscale up Find Tailscale IP address: tailscale ip -4 Install Samba on Linux server: sudo apt update sudo apt install samba -y Create Samba User: sudo smbpasswd -a (insert user name here) Setup Plex Group Permissions: sudo groupadd plex sudo usermod -aG plex (Insert username here) sudo chown -R (insert username here):plex ~/media/movies sudo chmod -R 775 ~/media/movies Configure Share: sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf Paste block into bottom: [Movies] path = /home/joseph/media/movies read only = no browsable = yes guest ok = no Start Service: sudo systemctl restart smbd And there you go! Map your drive to your PC, move your digital files over, and go watch them on Plex!

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Here at Tipsy Tech Talk, we combine two things that are around everyone: Tech and Booze! We take a little bit of time out of our week to explore different kinds of technologies, different kinds of booze, and different ways of mixing both together. We're looking to bring a little bit of fun to the technical and a little bit of technical to the fun. Whether we're getting Old Fashioned with the evolution of the smart phone or we're getting Whiskey Sour about networking, we're gonna bring the best--and the worst--of our worlds to yours. Buckle in (with your designated driver) and get ready for a