On this project, we will be showing you how to set up your Raspberry Pi as an AirPrint server. AirPrint is a printing protocol designed by Apple so that their devices would not need to download or install drivers. By following this guide, you will be able to add AirPrint functionality to any printer that is connected to your Raspberry Pi. This project is an excellent way of adding extra functionality to both cheap and old printers. Implementing AirPrint support will allow you to print from your Apple device to your connected printer easily. Before following this project, you will need to have first set up the CUPS software on your device. Cups is what will act as the brains of your AirPrint server on your Raspberry Pi. It will handle the communication between your Raspberry Pi and the connected printer. Equipment List Below are the pieces of equipment that you will need for this tutorial on installing AirPrint on your Raspberry Pi. Recomme...
In this Raspberry Pi Fail2ban tutorial, we will be showing you how to set up and configure the Fail2ban software on your Raspberry Pi. Fail2ban is a crucial piece of software when it comes to improving the security of your Raspberry Pi. It is especially useful if you have your Raspberry Pi publicly accessible via the internet as it is an active and learning form of defense. For those who do not know what Fail2ban is , it is a piece of software that attempts to block malicious connections to your device, which in our case is our Raspberry Pi. It is important if you have SSH or even a web server that is publicly accessible. Fail2ban works by continually scanning your log files and looking for signs of potential attacks. These include attacks such as too many password failures as well as scanning for exploits and much more. Once it finds unusual activity it then automatically updates your firewall to ban that IP address. Equipment You will need the following eq...