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Documenting Setting Up Mail Server

Posted on February 24, 2018 by larry

I am finally getting around to setting up a mail server at AWS. Using an extra domain I have L887.COM My goal is to Get it to accept mail for L887.COM Be secure (use ssl) Automate, make it easy for … Continue reading →

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Backup Systems

Posted on February 23, 2018 by larry

Still trying to figure out a good automated backup system. I think in the end stuff is going to have to go on USB disks that is used for restore. I decided Tuesday that I am going to engineer my … Continue reading →

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Prepping for Linuxfest

Posted on February 22, 2018 by larry

This is the earliest I started preparing for Linuxfest. One of the things I ordered from Amazon were some 433Mhz Motion sensors, weird that it was cancelled. Anyway, I have to keep an eye on lead times. Hope to get … Continue reading →

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Menu Kickstart Wokring

Posted on February 21, 2018 by larry

Decided to improve my kickstart menu, got a little addicted. Now I am adding logos and stuff. Here is how it looks like Looks good, menu needs a bit cleaning up.

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Booting and Kickstarting CentOS 7 from USB

Posted on February 19, 2018 by larry

I figured out a huge portion of what I was doing wrong. Here is a snippit from syslinux config label kickstart1 menu label ^1 Minimal Kickstart kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img inst.repo=hd:LABEL=CENTOS7:/ inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=CENTOS7:/ inst.ks=hd:LABEL=BOOT:/ks/minimal.cfg I prefer grub and it translates to … Continue reading →

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Resting Today Body Sore

Posted on February 17, 2018 by larry

Body sore from those laps yesterday. Also wanted to get my new build up. Granted this is a budget build, but I am pretty disappointed with the performance. Motherboard is an ASUS PRIME A320M-A so I can go faster with … Continue reading →

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Trouble Kickstarting From USB

Posted on February 12, 2018 by larry

I am not sure why this is not working, but I can’t seem to boot from a USB drive to kickstart a CentOS 7 build. I am getting in to it though,  I like where this is going. Burned so … Continue reading →

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Systemd and Other Changes

Posted on February 7, 2018 by larry

There are enough changes in RHEL 7 that it warrants buying a book. I am not overwhelmed by any means but I sure do not want to get caught off guard when  dealing with CentOS 7. Also I really need … Continue reading →

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SeLinux

Posted on February 6, 2018 by larry

Learned some SELINUX today.  Getting motivated to turn it on my network. Kind of tricky though.  Dont want to break stuff. In the meantime, I am getting to know more about CentOS and RHEL 7

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Couple Things Today

Posted on February 4, 2018 by larry

Today was Superb Owl Sunday for this year. Patriots lost, not sure who to cheer for.  Anyway, I didn’t watch from the beginning, wish I did.  Saw from halftime on though, and it was a good one. Also finished watching … Continue reading →

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