Category Archives: Technical

Second 3D Printed Rack Started

Posted on August 10, 2025 by larry

Started the second 3D printed rack it is based on this from Natalie T Modular 10 Inch Server Rack – Reworked by Natalie T | Download free STL model | Printables.com AS of my post I have 3 of the … Continue reading →

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First 3D Printed Rack Done

Posted on August 9, 2025 by larry

Finally got it done, the first one, functional, but meh No where near as nice as the prebuilt, also not sure on the BOM, purchased screws today that were crazy expensive from McClendon Hardware, cheaper at Lowes, even cheaper at … Continue reading →

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3D Printed Rack

Posted on August 6, 2025 by larry

I am going to give the all 3d printed rack a go. 10 inch server rack by McBig | Download free STL model | Printables.com Ordered some screws nuts and a two pairs of blanks to hold things together. As … Continue reading →

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What Did I Do Today

Posted on August 4, 2025 by larry

Felt unproductive, did assist someone with a grafana and prometheus instance. Looks like you can send data to prometheus with –web.enable-remote-write-receiver Am tired though, just finished my swim. Thinking after this post going to shower, dinner and bed. Weight is … Continue reading →

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Mid Summer Bar B Que

Posted on August 3, 2025 by larry

It is the middle of summer, Blue Angels rocking our area and the Mid Season Bar B Que happened. So to recap, there is normally a Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor day one. But added this one I think … Continue reading →

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Status on Demo Network

Posted on July 31, 2025 by larry

I am going to call home assistant good in my demo network. It is done, I am ok where it is at. Just finished monitoring, specifically nagios as well. Last thing is the Certificate Services and Securing. But with that, … Continue reading →

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Exhausting Productive Rewarding Day

Posted on July 29, 2025 by larry

One of those days that finished was fulfilling, got a lot done and next thing you know it work was over. I checked my steps and I had less than a thousand. Here I am nearly 11PM and still need … Continue reading →

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Revisit Linked Clones

Posted on July 28, 2025 by larry

Been exploring cloning in qemu/kvm and looked at cloning images. Building throw away VMs is fast now. Combine that with ansible and it is possible to spin up machines quickly. Still need to get backups going right. Kind of exhausted … Continue reading →

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Is the Lab Done?

Posted on July 27, 2025 by larry

Serious question I need to ask myself, I keep tweaking it but maybe I should call it done. I did just go through a rebuild for the PODHOST today because I replaced the physical box, also upgraded KVMHOST with more … Continue reading →

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Low Plans Week

Posted on July 26, 2025 by larry

Kind of nice to have a chill afternoon. Not that we did not have any plans. We got home late last night and still had to get up early to take dog to vet. Afterwards we did our annual Renton … Continue reading →

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