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Lab update
- Home lab · update docker portainer T1 ubiquiti usg wireguard rack cables · 2022-01-31 · Daniel
I have been hard at work these last few weeks in my home lab, and have done quite a bit. Here are a few of the things I have done:
- Installed sshwifty, a really cool, useful package that a friend pointed me to.
- Built a T1 crossover cable to connect … Continue reading
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Goodbye BGP, hello OSPF
- Networking · bgp anycast usg frr ubiquiti ospf raspi wireguard zerotier · 2022-01-12 · Daniel
Soon after I learned about Anycast, I employed it on my home network, so that I can have multiple instances of Pi-Hole, mostly so that I can take down my Raspberry Pi without hearing from the family about how the Internet is down.
Until last night, I was using BGP …Continue reading
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MacBook Pro recovery
- General · mac · 2022-01-04 · Daniel
My work laptop, a 2018 MacBook Pro, needs a new battery and so I will be shipping it off to have that serviced. Prior to getting that serviced, I need a temporary system, so I went to the office to grab one of the spares we have, another 2018 MBP …Continue reading
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Upgrading to DSM7
- Networking · plex synology dsm zerotier · 2022-01-03 · Daniel
I've been meaning to upgrade my Synology NASes to DSM7. I upgraded my DS415+ last week, and it went smoothly, so today I researched all the packages I have installed on my primary unit, a DS1618+. I found that all but two would upgrade seamlessly; the two trouble packages were …Continue reading
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Retiring my Dell R610
- Home lab · esxi r610 m900 tinyminimicro rack · 2021-12-22 · Daniel
Ever since a friend gave me a Dell R610, I have used that as my primary home lab server. Due to its age, I find that I am unable to run the most recent versions of some software packages, including the latest iterations of VMware ESXi and vCenter. Also, my …Continue reading
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Wall-mount rack
- Home lab · rack · 2021-11-27 · Daniel
Since I bought my Cisco equipment, I have had it racked in the cheap, two-post desktop rack that came with the equipment when I bought it. It was pretty bad, but it worked:
I really wanted something better than this, so I started doing some web searches to get ideas …Continue reading
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healthchecks.io
- Networking · monitoring · 2021-11-15 · Daniel
Recently, a friend introduced me to healthchecks.io, a service for monitoring cron jobs.
A week or so ago, I configured several of my cron jobs to be monitored through this system, and it has already helped me: yesterday I received a notification that an rsync job did not run …Continue reading
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Printer update
- General · docker printer scanner raspberry pi · 2021-11-09 · Daniel
Here's a months-overdue update on that HP Envy printer: I wasn't able to return the printer, and I still wanted a better scanner app than the HP's built-in one, so I decided to take the Raspberry Pi 4 that I mentioned in an earlier post and attach the printer directly …Continue reading
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Update on migration to Docker/Traefik
- Website · traefik docker · 2021-11-05 · Daniel
I have been working hard these last many weeks in order to move all services off of my main DigitalOcean Droplet/VM. In the process, I have been moving everything to Docker, with full automation via Ansible. I have finally achieved this goal, for the web services anyway, and now …Continue reading
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MinFS
- Website · minfs · 2021-10-28 · Daniel
Over the last month, I have been continuing my work at automating my systems and have made a lot of progress in that effort.
Part of that will be relocating some files that I still want web-accessible, but not on this website. Enter DigitalOcean Spaces, and MinFS to access it …Continue reading
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I am a system engineer in the Raleigh, NC area. My main interests are Unix, VMware, and networking. More about me, and how I got started.
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