Category Archives: Virtualization

Docker Networking

Posted on December 23, 2020 by larry

One of the challenges I have with docker is understanding networking. I thought I understood host and bridge, but the concepts are different in vmware. Bridge is an external connection in vmware, internal in docker. Weight: 320.8

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Special Docker Build

Posted on December 22, 2020 by larry

Building a CentOS 7 kickstart to build an entire docker workstation Ironing out the kinks right now. Should be interesting. Weight: 318.6

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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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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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Bluetooth Rabbit Hole Again

Posted on June 27, 2020 by larry

Trying to loop back in to zoneminder but my mind got distracted by Bluetooth again. This time trying to get python to talk back and forth with my BLE device. Learned a lot today, biggest was that something is wrong … Continue reading →

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Base Linux Install Video

Posted on June 11, 2020 by larry

Finally got a video on the Base Linux Install I use for my Demos. First time I posted a video using OBS recording a VMware machine. Easier to set up. On a side note, Comcast has been disappointing. Second time … Continue reading →

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Tweaking Auditing Process

Posted on June 7, 2020 by larry

Got most of my auditing of my network done. Right now I have a list of MAC addresses that are known on my network. Now is the hard part, trying to find what the heck these devices are on my … Continue reading →

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Build Script Works

Posted on April 19, 2020 by larry

Did a full run today, took about 4 hours. It works, so I am happy. Going to hit pause for a bit though, need to switch gears for a bit. Got a video to do in less than 4 days … Continue reading →

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