Version 1.3.0 of remote-systemd-toggle is now available. This release combines the security hardening and packaging improvements from 1.2.0 with a small CLI cleanup in 1.3.0. There is one small breaking CLI change: use remote-systemd-toggle status instead of remote-systemd-toggle –status. The protocol, configuration files, secrets file format, certificates, and packages remain compatible. 🔐 Security hardening The … Read more
🧱 Built Step by Step The last public update on QuorumBD was published several months ago. In an early-stage project, such a gap can easily create the impression that development has stalled or that the project has been abandoned. That is not the case. QuorumBD is still on our workbench. However, a project like QuorumBD … Read more
remote-systemd-toggle 1.1.0 is now available. This release focuses on two areas: better operational hardening with fail2ban support and a significantly improved README with clearer documentation, configuration examples, security notes, and tradeoffs. 🛡️ fail2ban Support Version 1.1.0 adds log output intended for fail2ban integration. The main goal is to help protect the server against repeated connection … Read more
We are happy to announce that remote-systemd-toggle 1.0.0 is now available. This is the first public release of the project and provides a small, focused Go client/server tool for securely toggling a predefined systemd service over the network. 🔐 Secure Remote Service Control remote-systemd-toggle uses TLS 1.3, mutual TLS authentication, an additional password check, and … Read more
Sometimes the simplest tools are the most useful ones. While managing servers, VPN gateways, lab systems, and infrastructure, we occasionally found ourselves wanting a very small utility that could securely toggle a specific systemd service from a remote machine. Not a complete orchestration platform. Not a web application. Not another management framework. Just a small, … Read more
Thirty-Five Years in the Machine — and Why I Left 🏭 Inside the Machine I have been inside the machine for thirty-five years. Not on the periphery. Not as an observer. Inside — where decisions are made that shape products used by billions, where projects worth hundreds of millions live and die in conference rooms, … Read more
🚀 retentions 1.3: Smarter Retention, Fewer Surprises With retentions 1.3, the tool grows up another notch. The core idea hasn’t changed:explicit, deterministic retention rules for plain files — no magic, no guessing. But version 1.3 adds a few very practical features that solve real-world annoyances many backup setups quietly suffer from. 🧰 What’s New in … Read more
🧩 Proxmox vzdump Hooks, Done Right Proxmox offers a powerful but often underused feature: vzdump hooks. They allow you to run custom logic at well-defined points during the backup lifecycle — before, during, and after a backup. In practice, however, most setups either: I wanted something different: This post describes the hook setup I’m using … Read more
🎉 retentions 1.0 is out After a long stretch of building, testing, and thinking a bit too hard about file deletion, I’m releasing retentions 1.0 — the first production-ready version. retentions is a small, cross-platform CLI tool that applies backup-style retention rules to plain files.It does not create backups.It does not “clean up a bit”. … Read more
We wish all our customers a joyful and blessed Christmas season and a successful start into the New Year. As 2025 draws to a close, we would like to sincerely thank you for the trust you have placed in us and for the excellent collaboration throughout the year. Your partnership, feedback, and shared commitment to … Read more
