How-To Documentation requests.

[donald]

While we do our best in the Help sections and supplemental knowledge in our Docs, HowTos, Tips & Tricks section with amazing reads, we want to ask you what kind of peer driven documentation you would like to see? If so, this is your thread.

Ask about a topic that needs a How-To or Real world Documentation and open it to fellow members with experience to author something for you and for the community. Ideally, you would post in this thread about your curiosity and someone will come along, quote your post and some time later you have a How-To or a Doc.

As with anything, we need to ask that this request library is not for general help questions, but for dedicated understanding of a topic for which you have already researched, solved, and desire to know more about. Posts asking for specific help on a topic may be moved to the Help and Support section.

[donald]

Asking: How to create a Certificate Authority and certificates with OpenSSL.

[lindi]

Asking: How to create a Certificate Authority and certificates with OpenSSL.

Is this just for e.g. use with OpenVPN or do you need everything including the kitchen sink like certificate revocation lists and HSM hardware?

[donald]

Asking: How to create a Certificate Authority and certificates with OpenSSL.

Is this just for e.g. use with OpenVPN or do you need everything including the kitchen sink like certificate revocation lists and HSM hardware?

I think all of the kitchen utensils. The use would be for a network server that could generate internally for other servers and machines.

[k829king]

So I would like to see a How To on OpenVpn in Debian 12/Bookworm ...
I tried following both

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https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN

and also

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https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-and-configure-openvpn-server-on-debian-12/

But both did not seem to work apart from the very basic unsecured test in step 1. I will need to revisit and try to open a ticket in the forum for assistance with relevant info.

[donald]

Does anyone know how to really utilize KDE Activities?

I've recently started using the feature and it is great, however I would like a different browser for each activity. I've tried a few guides online but none seem to work.

[Bulkley]

I'd like to see up-to-date instructions on how to set up Debian to run without Systemd. Instructions should be reliable and include necessary configs. I've done this in a VM but I'm not confident enough to use it as my daily driver.

[CwF]

I've done this in a VM but I'm not confident enough to use it as my daily driver.

If you have a computer to boot a random device, then simply image that VM of yours to the random device and boot the computer! Then you'll know!

[pbear]

I've done this in a VM but I'm not confident enough to use it as my daily driver.

If you have a computer to boot a random device, then simply image that VM of yours to the random device and boot the computer! Then you'll know!

Image how? That would be a useful how-to in its own right. I've done it (using rsync), but was complicated. Also, a VBox VM needs to have guest additions removed before exporting to bare metal.

[cds60601]

I'd like to see up-to-date instructions on how to set up Debian to run without Systemd. Instructions should be reliable and include necessary configs. I've done this in a VM but I'm not confident enough to use it as my daily driver.

If you dodn't want to do the work yourself, why not look into Devuan.

[CwF]

Image how?

provided by package qemu-utils

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# qemu-img convert -O raw /path/filename.qcow2 /dev/sdx

Other
QEMU also supports various other image file formats for compatibility
with older QEMU versions or other hypervisors, including VMDK, VDI, VHD
(vpc), VHDX, qcow1 and QED. For a full list of supported formats see
qemu-img --help. For a more detailed description of these formats, see
the QEMU block drivers reference documentation.

Also, a VBox VM needs to have guest additions removed before exporting to bare metal.

Reason n+1 why VBox is not a valid platform for testing. VBox does not run 'machines virtually', it runs 'VBox installations' more akin to M$ programs running under WINE.

[m4c-attack]

Linux is a privacy/security powerhouse, but the documentation on firejail has been frustrating. This is my second stab at it in a year and altho I'm making a bit of headway, having a more modern, straightforward guide would be helpful...The official documentation (imo) assumes a decent amount of security chops. On the other hand, the online content is almost always "here's how you install the default FireFox profile that comes with Firejail, like and subscribe for more content like this"

Main Area of Interest

• The #1 thing I want is a walk through of `--build` to create a custom profile from scratch. There is a solid video from the creators, but it doesn't explain what to do if the profile post-build breaks for example. Also, a better breakdown of `firecfg` as a catch-all security measure (along w/ how to disable it if things start breaking) would be great.

Less Important Options

• Breaking down best practices for profile rules based on whether the main concern is internet connectivity/installs from non-official repos/privacy/etc.
  How to read the `--debug` output
  Are there ant differences between Wayland/X11 re: compatibility
  Do users need to set it up for containerized programs? (I believe the answer is no, but someone speaking to the why in a digestible way wouldn't hurt)
  A bit of hand-holding/reassurance in how much trial and error is involved. (From my experience, it's a lot of commenting out options, restarting the app, and uncommenting if something breaks)