If Docker Sandboxes reports 'daemon failed to start properly after 10 retries' while the daemon log says the API server started successfully, check where your XDG directories live.

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I have several Ubuntu servers running Docker, and wanted a quick summary of the Docker environment whenever I logged in using SSH.

I could run docker ps, but most of the time I only need to know whether the containers are running and healthy.

The Ubuntu Message of the Day (MOTD) is a convenient place to display that …

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Leave it to Microsoft to screw up installing a single package....

I'd had a pair of scripts that would install SSH server (https://www.nodinrogers.com/post/2024-02-10-installing-ssh-in-windows/), but that took about 20 minutes.

Compare that to ~10 seconds on a Linux install...

Grabbing/installing the latest OpenSSH …

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Disabling Windows Firewall with a BAT File

Sometimes I need to disable Windows Firewall on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 machine for lab testing.

I wanted a simple batch file I could run quickly when troubleshooting connectivity in a lab or controlled environment.

The script needs to be run as an Administrator, so it …

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I upgraded my Pihole running in Docker last year, adding additional security of DNS over HTTP (DoH):

https://www.nodinrogers.com/post/2025-09-15-pihole6-doh-docker/

However, a short 2 months later, Cloudflare announced the cloudflared proxy-dns command, which allowed DoH to work, would be removed from all new …

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I installed Pihole in UnifiOS running on my UDM Pro last year, adding additional security of DNS over HTTP (DoH).

However, a short 2 months later, Cloudflare announced the cloudflared proxy-dns command, which allowed DoH to work, would be removed from all new cloudflared releases, starting on February 2, 2026.

This …

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