Category Archives: Virtualization

Self Inflicted Non Disaster

Posted on November 21, 2023 by larry

So last night I decided to patch my LDAP servers, big mistake, these two XKCD cartoons really define what happened So it was supposed to be a quick patch, because I was already at R9.3 But ldap didn’t start, and … Continue reading →

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Revisit Lab

Posted on October 21, 2023 by larry

Back to lab work. Now that things are slowing down a bit. Holidays are coming up and I hope to get something for 2024. Anyway looks like I am getting a nice chunk done. Cleaned the yard today, and harvested … Continue reading →

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Trying Out NTFY

Posted on October 18, 2023 by larry

Giving a program called ntfy (short for notify) a try. It is a simple web server that allows for push notifications. It works in conjunction with an app on a mobile device. So I can keep appraised of stuff going … Continue reading →

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Another Biopsy

Posted on October 17, 2023 by larry

Doctors took some more flesh from me today. I thought I could return to work but it just hurt too much. Went to bed to try and escape the pain. Network seems stable, all patched, need to audit make sure … Continue reading →

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Couple Advances In Script

Posted on October 1, 2023 by larry

I was able to figure out how to subscribe in Paho-MQTT multiple Topics, I am pretty sure I can have it inspect for stuff coming in from a independent units and even Zigbee via Home Assistant. So it may be … Continue reading →

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Its a Trap

Posted on September 29, 2023 by larry

Insert Star Wars Meme Here Anyway, I was going to edit a media wiki entry. But I got an Exception TypeError. I know this is related in the upgrade from CentOS 7 to Rocky 9. Basically the PHP version was … Continue reading →

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Replacing UNO with Tasmota Devices

Posted on September 28, 2023 by larry

I actually got quite a bit of amount of steps going back and forth from the mailbox trying to get Tasmota to see the mailbox getting opened. Recall I have these UNO boxes sensing 433Mhz But recently moved to Tasmota … Continue reading →

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Python As A Service

Posted on September 27, 2023 by larry

In Centos 7 I have been running screen on reboot (via cron) to start a script like this. @reboot screen -d -m -S pir /opt/bin/myscustom.py But wanted to be more modern and use systemd unit files and as of Rocky … Continue reading →

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Working Through Ansible Installs

Posted on September 20, 2023 by larry

Got my first service to install via ansible, it is openldap. It worked so well I upgraded my Rocky 8 LDAP server to Rocky 9. Need to be careful though, I made sure I could log in via local account. … Continue reading →

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Full Application Installs

Posted on September 19, 2023 by larry

Working on documenting different application installs via ansible. I think I got openldap going. Learning a bunch of things, should speed up my deployments. Woohoo, finally cracked 340 again. Weight: 339.2

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