Category Archives: Technical

Upgrading Firewalls

Posted on November 22, 2020 by larry

Its time to upgrade my pfSense firewalls. It was not 100% smooth, but it was easier then I expected. Check the uptime on this server though That is amazing. Weight: 317.2

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Joints Hurting in Cold

Posted on November 21, 2020 by larry

Must be the cold weather, but my joints are hurting, especially my elbows. I notice when I go out I have a hard time breathing, as long as I stay in the warm confines of our house I am better … Continue reading →

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Pretty Decent PT

Posted on November 16, 2020 by larry

Another Monday of PT, I was on treadmill and did pretty good. Didn’t work my grafana much today, but it is still collecting data. Landline went down today. Hoping tomorrow they will get it back up. Weight: 318.8

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Another Lockdown Coming

Posted on November 15, 2020 by larry

Word came down today that there is going to be another lockdown here in Washington. Four weeks of more lockdown. Seahawks lost too, so the bad news keeps coming. At least I figured out the logs in Grafana, viewing them. … Continue reading →

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Trying To Get Grafana Loki Promtail Working

Posted on November 14, 2020 by larry

I was able to get mysql to view on grafana. Which is cool. I can pipe yum update checks to mysql query. Also got prometheus working as well, where a daemon is running on the target and the server pulls … Continue reading →

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Showing Off Grafana

Posted on November 13, 2020 by larry

Finally shoed grafana to someone that has genuine interest. I am motivated now, going to work on my lab stuff now to show off more. Pushups and situps will happen after 11PM, but before midnight. Weight: 320.0

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Extending Grafana

Posted on November 10, 2020 by larry

Trying to get grafana to display logs. Each day I am getting more adept with grafana. Right now trying to figure out loki and its logging. Weight: 319.2

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Biden Wins

Posted on November 7, 2020 by larry

Interesting day in politics, it was announced that Joe Biden won the Presidential election. Trump is not done yet, he is going to keep this going with some lawsuits. But at least most of the world sees a change. On … Continue reading →

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Scripting AWS Builds

Posted on November 6, 2020 by larry

Cool project at work, there are some kids that we would like to provide some guidance. One of the things was a wordpress server and a minecraft server. I may need 25 of them at one time, so I scripted … Continue reading →

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Still Counting Votes

Posted on November 5, 2020 by larry

Election not done yet. Still being tallied, although there is a lot of news about it. Seems like every little change in count has been reported. Certainly exciting. In other news, the Ryzen 5000 series came out, I feel like … Continue reading →

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