Category Archives: Virtualization

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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Frustratingly Close

Posted on July 24, 2025 by larry

Weight is listed below, recall 3 days in a row keeps you at that weight class. Today is the second day. Also no Zepbound, would have been nice to control my appetite, looks like I am going to write this … Continue reading →

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Progress Progress

Posted on July 23, 2025 by larry

Didn’t sleep well but I am amazed what I got done today. Weight still hanging in there between the 330’s and 340’s but it is holding. Lab is nearly done, I think this weekend will be a lot of documentation. … Continue reading →

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Lab Coming Along

Posted on July 22, 2025 by larry

Lab has a way to go, it is up and it works, but a lot of little things need to be done. The huge focus now is monitoring. Then there is home assistant that needs to be cleaned up. It … Continue reading →

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Another Round of Breathing Issues

Posted on July 21, 2025 by larry

Last night I did not sleep well, I was up late dealing with more breathing issues. Not only I, my dog too. Maybe need to change the filter, maybe some thing in the air, the air monitor says there are … Continue reading →

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Rocky 9 Public Kickstarts

Posted on June 26, 2025 by larry

I been randomly building stuff to get my new lab up, I realize that I have to setup a kickstart that I can give to the public. I have settled on 3 different kickstarts with a version for UEFI and … Continue reading →

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