Category Archives: Technical

Black Friday 2021

Posted on November 26, 2021 by larry

Another Meh Black Friday. Stuck at home ordering online. Got a 14TB USB Hard drive. Got stuff for the family too. This is my heaviest weight, it is post Thanksgiving. But not a milestone because I already hit this exact … Continue reading →

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Wake On LAN

Posted on November 23, 2021 by larry

Finally figured out Wake On LAN, apparently it requires a BIOS/UEFI and OS setting. Here is the BIOS One thing I missed was to set it in the OS as well. Here it is with Linux ethtool eth0 Make sure … Continue reading →

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Starting Documenting

Posted on November 21, 2021 by larry

It is hard, trying to show what to do, assuming what the reader knows. But need to start somewhere. Also need to revisit documenting setting up a certificate authority. Weight: 348.8

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Demo Server Getting More Refinement

Posted on November 20, 2021 by larry

Hope I am not caught in the trap of trying to make this server better than it should be. It would be wasting time. One hang up I have is to get all the scripting precise. Maybe I just want … Continue reading →

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Homeserver Build Process

Posted on November 19, 2021 by larry

Getting my build procedures cleaner. Looks like I should have something solid by the weekend. Maybe take another stab at documentation next week. On a side note, I forgot to factory reset a switch I returned. So now I have … Continue reading →

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Finally Got One

Posted on November 18, 2021 by larry

Finally won and executed on a Newegg Shuffle. It is only an RTX3060 but it is a 3000 card. Waited a year to get one. So it will be interesting because I will have a GTX 960, GTX 1060, GTX … Continue reading →

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Need To Not Rush

Posted on November 16, 2021 by larry

Today I wanted to get the replacement switch in. When I was installing the new switch I thought I could simply unplug a few wires. When I plugged the wires back in, network was partially down. Of course, I thought … Continue reading →

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Rocky 8.5 is out

Posted on November 15, 2021 by larry

Downloaded Rocky 8.5 today and redoing my infrastructure to support it. Made a mistake of deleting the wrong device and erased my copy of kickstart and grub boot. Luckily I documented on this blog what I did, so was able … Continue reading →

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Homeserver Base Demo Done

Posted on November 14, 2021 by larry

Finally achieved my base demo Rocky Linux Home Server. Here are the things in the install DHCP DNS Podman(Docker) DNS over HTTPS NTP OpenVPN Webmin Cockpit File Server (NAS Samba and NFS) Mail Server (postfix and dovecot) Nagios Grafana Influxdb … Continue reading →

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Son Installed Rocky Linux 8

Posted on November 13, 2021 by larry

So my youngest son installed his first OS today. He installed Rocky Linux 8. His words, “Firefox is kind of cringe but I don’t care” So happy, now I will have him install mint. Speaking of installing, I got documentation … Continue reading →

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