Category Archives: Technical

Getting More Into Python

Posted on April 23, 2023 by larry

I am moving on from BASH and to python with a lot of my scripts. There are a few cool things I want to do like communicate with different API’s out there. Got a way to record my weight into … Continue reading →

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Exhausted

Posted on April 20, 2023 by larry

Sleep finally caught up with me. Went in to office for work, hit the gym, then came home went to range. Got home and was super tired. Slept from 5 to 8. Anyway feel better not, but day feels shot, … Continue reading →

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Nagios, Grafana and Mysql

Posted on April 18, 2023 by larry

This morning I had an aha moment. I was trying to figure out how to get Grafana to display the nagios status. Then it dawned on me, I should just use an event handler and write things to a database … Continue reading →

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Taxes Filed

Posted on April 15, 2023 by larry

Easy peasy. Taxes are actually due on the 18th, but I got it done today. Son ran a 5k today, he said it didn’t feel like a 5k. But regardless he was the first one to complete it. He ran … Continue reading →

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Upgraded More Machines

Posted on April 12, 2023 by larry

I have a upgraded a bunch more machines. I have half C7 machines and half non C7. There are a lot of VMs, I really should reduce the count. Hitting more this week. Weight: 330.6

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Really Progressing But Will Slow Down

Posted on April 11, 2023 by larry

I got a lot of stuff done, got grafana going, got the prime server in the lab going, and room is clean. But tomorrow I am going to start walking again to get my workout groove back. I am feeling … Continue reading →

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Upgrading Demo Lab Too

Posted on April 10, 2023 by larry

Upgrading the demo lab to Rocky 9. Looks like I am hanging my hat on that distro for training. I need to get the lab up, then I can start documenting my presentations. I figured out most of the kickstart, … Continue reading →

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Easter 2023

Posted on April 9, 2023 by larry

A little excitement at the end of the day, power went out while I was out. Doing a quick post so I can get this done. But mail doesn’t seem to be right. It doesn’t seem to be routing properly. … Continue reading →

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Right Knee A Problem

Posted on April 8, 2023 by larry

It was my left knee, now it is my right knee. I am getting a feel of life with good knees. I can do stuff which is great. On the tech side, I am starting to upgrade my machines to … Continue reading →

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Pulled The Trigger on Rocky 9

Posted on April 6, 2023 by larry

I finally put my core monitoring server on Rocky 9. Going to proceed with more in the near future. But this was a big one. Really important server. Another thing I figured out was how to import and upgrade the … Continue reading →

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