Category Archives: Technical

Mentally Need A Break

Posted on April 10, 2021 by larry

Kind of pushing hard, even today. Not getting much done and I am really scatter brained. Did get the parts for a second node, but apparently I need parts for a master node as well. I am going to keep … Continue reading →

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Pi Node Final Assembly

Posted on April 8, 2021 by larry

Got a one of my pi nodes fully built. One of the things I needed to make were a bunch of plates. I started with a template but did the 5 I needed all at a time. After I was … Continue reading →

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Mounting board for Node

Posted on April 6, 2021 by larry

I am working on a mounting board for my pi cluster. Will post a picture later on. Also, going to create a detailed blog on my other site https://my.apolonio.tech There is more traction on my project, need more detailed info … Continue reading →

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First Pi Node Running

Posted on April 5, 2021 by larry

Got the first node running. Kind of interesting in that you need to boot from SD card and configure it to be able to boot from USB. I don’t think you can go completely back where you cannot boot from … Continue reading →

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Pi Boot From USB

Posted on April 4, 2021 by larry

Can’t believe it took me a while to get boot from USB working. System seems really fast now it is coming from a SATA SSD. Although I hate the Pi 4 change in power supply and HDMI port, one of … Continue reading →

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April Fools 2021

Posted on April 1, 2021 by larry

Glad a lot of orgs decided not to do any funny business and keep it serious. Couple quick notes Goals for Summer Established some goals I want to achieve before End of Summer, mentioned some of them a few days … Continue reading →

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Metabolism Is Up

Posted on March 31, 2021 by larry

With my workouts, and the way I am sleeping, my metabolism seems to be going hot. I think this is the point where I begin to lose a lot of weight so I cannot let me. It looks extremely promising. … Continue reading →

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Finally Got Thin Client Working

Posted on March 28, 2021 by larry

I got all the parts for my thin client. Finally getting it in to production. Also got another document on my other web site. I am trying to document how to set up nagios. Finally, I getting to ship out … Continue reading →

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Building New Machine

Posted on March 27, 2021 by larry

Completing the build process for my new monitoring machine. Almost done. Still using influxdb though, and my leave database where it is. In fact my maintain two nagios instances. Weight: 318.2

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DNS Issues

Posted on March 26, 2021 by larry

I need to set up some monitors on AWS to make sure my DNS does not go down. Something caused my DNS to not be accessible. To get thing working I bypassed any firewall blocks using VPN. I was able … Continue reading →

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