From the previous post, this is definitely a follow up to enable my vanity email.
I was recommended by a friend to try our Zoho mail as it is free and offer use of customed domains.
Here are the results and how to get started.
First sign up a free plan with Zoho at Zoho Mail Pricing and Editions – Free for 5 Users
Do not panic, scroll down to view the free plan sign up.
Long explanation in AWS Routing traffic for subdomains – Amazon Route 53
GROUND RULE or RULE OF THUMB of DNS, NEVER change the NS record of your domain in your Domain registrar before completing setup of your DNS server. The result may cause 72 hours of outtage.
Using my domain karmeng.my as an example, the objective is to have chow.karmeng.my to be a valid domain for email hosting which offers customed domain.
Continue readingA MG in SD, is the best way to summarize the Bandai Spirit MGSD Barbatos Gundam.
The size of the box itself is sized like a MG Bandai Gundam kit.
A telescopic strut with clips, no reflective backdrop cloth is needed to form the basis of background for your photography object(s).
Next, light source at least 2 on the sides, optional will be a mirror for better effect.
Continue reading3 to 4 times more affordable. Missing display stands but the figures are not lacking in weight and having slightly dull colors. Not forgetting missing instructions are not a concern, as Go-Lion can be transformed and combined easily.
The first plastic model that I needed to keep track of the numbers of runners on a note book.
I would not recommend this build for folks that are busy, the smallest part in the model is smaller than 5mm by 5mm. Do not get kids involved in this build. The instructions are not as intuitive as mainstream Bandai Spirits branded plastic models.
With that said, the model build instructions are thick, 81 pages thick.
Completed all white plastic model does not do justice to the details of the plastic models.
At the time of this post, the compatibility matrix of vagrant and VirtualBox is as follows:
| Vagrant version | VirtualBox version | |
| 2.3.7 | 7.0.10 | |
| 7.0.12 |
Unfortunately, Vagrant 2.4.0 does not work well with VirtualBox 7.0
This post was created using Vagrant 2.3.7 and VirtualBox 7.0.10
To make Vagrant possible, after installing the Vagrant from hashicorp webpage, a Vagrant file needs to be created. The most basic file that needs to exist in your Vagrant to work is a folder with Vagrantfile
Additional post start up scripts to complete the installations that are used in this example are setup.sh, install_ansible.sh, install_boto3.sh and install_python3.sh
Continue readingPre-requisites:
1. Download “openvpn-install.sh” GitHub – angristan/openvpn-install: Set up your own OpenVPN server on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS or Arch Linux.
2. Have Amazon Lightsail activated with quota in AWS account.
* Credits to cyberciti for instructions and the scripts introduction Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Set Up OpenVPN Server In 5 Minutes – nixCraft (cyberciti.biz)
3. SSH keypair are created and added into your AWS account.
4. Make sure OpenVPN client is install on your computer OpenVPN Connect – Client Software For Windows | OpenVPN
Steps:
Creating a Ubuntu AWS instance
1. Click on “Create Instance”
2. Select OS only, and choose your favorite Linux distro, in my case Ubuntu were chosen.
At the time of this blog post created, the openvpn install script works on both ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04
Requirements:
Problem statement:
The misadventures started when attempting to migrate this blog from webhost to AWS. Amazon Lightsail was used as it was an easier option and it is friendly for the wallet.
Request to have AWS to increase the quota for my AWS account. Started on 31st July 2023. After login into the dashboard of AWS web console, click on your user name on the upper right, then click Service Quotas.
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