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Thoughts from Kevin Veen-Birkenbach


  • January 23, 2021

    Business Client Software Solutions

    Business Client Software Solutions

    I offer Business Software Solutions for organizations like , ‘s and . This means that I setup and maintain the software like applications and operating systems and take care on the security and maintenance. In the following a Business Computer Client is to be meant as a which an employee uses to work for an… Continue reading

    Technology & IT
    2D, 3D, Android, Atom, autonomous data management solutions, Blender, Business Computer Client, Business Computer Client Solution, Business Computer Client Solutions, business data, Business Server, Business Server Software Solutions, Business Server Solution, Business Server Solutions, Cloud Solutions, club, Computer Client, computing device, cyberattack, Debian, desktop computers, Dia, diagrams, Dropbox, Eclipse, employees, encrypted, encrypted email communication, Enigmail, Environment, ERM, Gantt charts, GIMP, git, hardware, how to protect your passwords, IDE, Integrated Development Environments, IntelliJ IDEA, JetBrains, Kanban, KeePassXC, laptops, LibreOffice, LibreOffice Base, LibreOffice Calc, LibreOffice Draw, LibreOffice Impress, LibreOffice Math, LibreOffice Writer, LineageOS, Linux, Linux Distribution, Maintenance, Manjaro Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word, Mobile Devices, mobile phones, Mozilla Thunderbird, Nextcloud, NGO, non-govermental organization, Office Solutions, Operating System, organization, organization culture, password manager, PDF, Photoshop, presedence diagrams, Pretty Good Privacy, ProjectLibre, rolling release, root user, security, Security Solutions, seminars, Solutions for all Employees, Solutions for Designers, Solutions for Developers, Solutions for Project Managers, SSH, tablets, trainings, Transformation Process, Ubuntu, Unified Modeling Language, user experience, Version Control, Visual Studio Code, WireGuard, Workstations
  • January 21, 2021

    Business Server Software Solutions

    Business Server Software Solutions

    My tool Server Manager which is based on allows me to setup and maintain business servers on a short amount of time. In the following service description business server is to be meant as a which provides all of the services which an organization needs. This includes , , , , , etc. Continue reading

    Linux & System Administration
    Ansible, Big Tech, BigBlueButton, business, Business Server, Business Server Setup, Business Server Software, Business Server Software Solutions, Business Server Solutions, calenders, Cloud Storage, Cloud Storage Solutions, club, CMS, contacts, Content Management System, Continuous Integration, COVID-19, dedicated hosting service, Development Infrastructure, Development Infrastructure Solutions, docker, E-Commerce, E-Commerce Solutions, Education Software, Education Software Solutions, educational facilities, Exploit, finances, Gitea, Gitlab, Intelligence Agency, Internet Forum Solutions, Internet Forums, Jenkins, Jitsi, Joomla, Kanban, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Management Solutions, Kubernetes, learning platform, Linux, Magento, Mailserver, Mailserver Solutions, Mailu, Mediawiki, Microservices, mind map, Moodle, MyBBoard, National Security Agency, Nextcloud, Nextcloud Talk, non-govermental organization, NSA, Open Source, Pretty Good Privacy, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, REDAXO, Roundcube, scale up, security, Server, server cluster, Server Configuration, Server Manager, server storage encryption, surveys, tasks, Ticket System, TURN, TYPO3, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 16.04, Version Conrtol, video telephony, Videotelephony, Videotelephony Solutions, Virtual Private Network, Web Presence, Web Presence Solutions, whiteboards, WireGuard, Wordpress, Zammat
  • January 14, 2021

    Escribir en Español con un ordenador Alemán y Linux

    Mi lengua materna es Alemán y este es el razón porque yo uso la configuración de ordenador alemán. Sí un alemán quiere escribir en Español yo recomiendo de cambiar el diseño del teclado a temporalmente y la lenguaje del sistema a Español. Eso es muy fácil con . Cambiar el diseño de teclado Mande los… Continue reading

    Linux & System Administration
    Alemán, Arch Linux, CLI, diseño del teclado, entorno de escritorio, Español, GUI, lenguaje del sistema, Manjaro Linux
  • January 12, 2021

    Hybrid Project Management

    Hybrid Project Management

    As a part of my Level D certification I had to write a project report according to the requirements of IPMA. IPMA requires to use the classical tools to manage the project for the IPMA Level D report. Because of my practical experience with the negative aspects of classical project management methods I decided to… Continue reading

    Agile & Project Management
    Agile Project Management, Classical Project Management, GPM, Hybrid Project Management, IPMA, IPMA Level D, Project Management, Scrum
  • January 12, 2021

    Software RAID1

    Software RAID1

    is a system to prevent data lost by mirroring two storage devices. In my opinion it should be a part of a server data backup strategy. I have much experiences with setting up software RAID1’s. In the most of the cases I use a which mirrors the devices of an physical cluster. A repositories which… Continue reading

    Backups & RAID
    Btrfs, Physical RAID, RAID, RAID0, RAID1, server data backup strategy, Software RAID
  • January 12, 2021

    Online Shop Programming

    Online Shop Programming

    For a coding challenge I programmed once an almost framework less online shop in a short time frame by using full stack technologies. As I used . The back-end is programmed with and the dependencies are managed with . On the front-end side , , , and are used. The code quality was improved by… Continue reading

    Uncategorized
    back-end, Bootstrap, composer, front-end, full stack, HTML, Javascript, JQuery, MySQL, Online Shop, php, PHPUnit, Programming
  • January 12, 2021

    Server Storage Encryption

    Server Storage Encryption

    I’m experienced in setting up encrypted server systems. This includes the encryption of the storage device and the encryption of the communication. The storage encryption I manage via . A decryption is possible over and . An example server configuration can be found in the following repository: https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/hetzner-arch-luks Continue reading

    Uncategorized
    Dropbear, encryption, LUKS, Server Enryption, SSH, Storage Encryption
  • December 26, 2020

    How to Manage Backups of Dedicated Root Servers

    In this article I give an overview over one possibility how to manage backups of dedicated root servers. This article is not supposed to guide one through all steps. Instead the goal is to present a concept. Servers One of my backup setups consist out of two servers running with Arch Linux. Both servers run… Continue reading

    Uncategorized
    Backup, Btrfs, RAID, RAID1, RAID10, Root Dedicated Server
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