Chuck's Notes

https://grimmett.xyz

IP: 72.68.202.185

Local: 192.168.6.112

ssh: ssh cagrimmett@freedombox.local

Useful Links

• https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual#FreedomBox.2FManual.2FQuickStart.How_to_get_started
• https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pioneer-FreedomBox-HSK/open-source-hardware
• https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pioneer-FreedomBox-HSK/resources/July2019_OlimexFreedomBox_Instructions.pdf

Re-flashing the SD card

Note: You can’t use a GUI like extFS from Paragon to copy the image. You have to use the command line.

1. Download image from https://freedombox.org/download/pioneer/
2. Uncompress the xz using The Unarchiver
3. Connect microSD card to laptop using the reader and dongle
4. diskutil list
5. diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3 (use actual disk number)
6. sudo dd if=freedombox-image.img of=/dev/rdisk3 bs=1m status=progress
7. diskutil eject /dev/disk3
8. Remove microSD card from reader.
9. Unplug FreedomBox.
10. Insert SD card.
11. Plug in ethernet first.
12. Say incantations to Saint IGNUcius.
13. Plug in power.
14. Wait for it to load and reboot.
15. See if it is on the network with arp -a

Upgrading Linux distributions

First, update the current system.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt autoremove

Next, update the source lists.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.listCode language: PHP (php)

Also all lists in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

Then,

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo rebootCode language: JavaScript (javascript)

Confirm:

cat /etc/debian_version

Restoring from a snapshot

https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/preserving-and-restoring-a-snapshot-via-command-line/2610/4

$ sudo snapper -c root listCode language: PHP (php)

That will return a list of snapshots.

$ sudo snapper --ambit classic rollback <snapshot number>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

Then you probably need to reboot, because you probably aren’t doing this when everything is working correctly.

$ sudo reboot

User websites

Stored at: https://grimmett.xyz/~username/

Example:

https://grimmett.xyz/~cagrimmett/

Kiwix

https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Kiwix-manage

• sudo -s
• cd /var/lib/private/kiwix-server-freedombox/content
• wget {zim url}
• cd ..
• kiwix-manage library_zim.xml add content/{zim file}
• sudo systemctl restart kiwix-server-freedombox.service

Miniflux

• use FreshRSS/greader API to access via NetNetsWire.
• In the Firewall settings, DNS-over-TLS needs to be set to Opportunistic and DNSSEC needs to be set to Allow Downgrade. Forcing DNS-over-TLS and strict DNSSEC will block miniflux’s outgoing connections, at least on my setup.