A tech blog for serial hobbiestshttps://roguesecurity.deven-ushttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/-indexhttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/-indexIndex of blog posts for RogueSecurity Musingshttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/aredn-metricshttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/aredn-metricsUtilize the newly added prometheus metrics exporter in the AREDN firmware to add analytics and performance metrics to Grafana. Read about the metrics endpoint and a basic dashboard to monitor performance of your AREDN hardware or VM.Sun, 08 Jun 2025 14:46:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/aredn-vmhttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/aredn-vmWalkthrough of the process to install AREDN in a Proxmox virtual machineSun, 13 Apr 2025 21:00:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/custom-oracle-imagehttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/custom-oracle-imageBypass the Oracle free-tier limitation of running only Linux distributions provided by Oracle by sideloading a QCOW2 image to a boot volume and attaching it to a new instance.Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:47:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/headscale-oidchttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/headscale-oidcHow to deploy and configure your own Identity Provider using Authelia to support OIDC single sign-on for self-hosted tailscale using headscale, all with Podman Quadlets!Mon, 19 May 2025 00:19:21 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/headscale-quadlethttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/headscale-quadletMy strategy for self-hosting a tailscale control-plane server using headscale, deployed with podman quadlets (Part 1)Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:45:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/headscale-quadlet-part2https://roguesecurity.dev/blog/headscale-quadlet-part2My strategy for self-hosting a tailscale control-plane server using headscale, deployed with podman quadlets (Part 2)Sun, 20 Apr 2025 20:16:21 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/librenmshttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/librenmsLeverage free, libre, open source software to monitor your network with LibreNMS. Enable SNMP, ICMP, and LLDP/CDP/XDP data collection to gather, aggregate, and report network information all with open source tooling, using Podman QuadletsTue, 13 May 2025 23:47:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/meshtastic-metricshttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/meshtastic-metricsStart using Prometheus metrics from a PC-connected Meshtastic node to keep tabs on the local mesh in your area. Discover which nodes are misconfigured, hogging airtime, and see patterns in high-use times, as well as environmental changes!Sun, 27 Jul 2025 14:23:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/mitmproxy-podmanhttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/mitmproxy-podmanLeverage podman containers to force TLS traffic through mitmproxy for content inspection inside the encrypted transport. See application traffic in plaintext!Mon, 26 May 2025 14:46:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/ntfyhttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/ntfySetup an ultra lightweight push notifications server locally, for you to control, with Ntfy. No Google Firebase necessary.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:27:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/opnsense-lokihttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/opnsense-lokiHow to configure Grafana Alloy and Loki to ingest, normalize, and enrich OPNSense firewall logsThu, 24 Apr 2025 20:48:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/opnsense-loki-part2https://roguesecurity.dev/blog/opnsense-loki-part2Display OPNSense firewall logs with GeoIP enrichment using data passed via Grafana Alloy and LokiSun, 04 May 2025 21:46:10 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/systemd-hardeninghttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/systemd-hardeningDiscover additional security options for systemd units, to include quadlets. These options are everything from system permissions, time manage, BPF, syscall & seccomp filters, etc., all to make your system more secure.Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:23:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/watchdogshttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/watchdogsLeverage emulated hardware watchdogs inside VMs to do automatic health checking and diagnostic reboots on hang, all with native Linux packagesWed, 11 Mar 2026 17:43:08 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/welcomehttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/welcomeAn intro to the RogueSecurity Musings tech blogThu, 10 Apr 2025 22:00:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/winlink-linuxhttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/winlink-linuxA runthrough of a successful setup of PAT and ARDOP on linux for HF Winlink operationMon, 14 Apr 2025 19:24:00 GMThttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/xmpphttps://roguesecurity.dev/blog/xmppStart-to-finish guide for setting up a modern XMPP (Jabber) Server to facilitate E2EE chat on your own infrastructure, podman styleMon, 13 Oct 2025 18:57:00 GMT