Category Archives: New Toys

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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Upgrading Physical Boxes

Posted on September 21, 2023 by larry

Getting together things needed to do the physical boxes upgraded to R9 Got 4 that are at CentOS 7. Eventually will get all of them to Rocky 9. For sure will do my last Plex server this week, and if … 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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Website Back To Normal

Posted on September 9, 2023 by larry

Mental note to self, don’t make changes close to midnight if you didn’t post your blog. Although I got it done and was able to post before midnight, there was a lot of meat missing from my post. Actually rebuild … Continue reading →

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The End Is Near

Posted on September 5, 2023 by larry

For this website any, not the blog though. In a few days you will see a remake of the main parts of this website. Part of the push to get rid of C7 boxes. One of the things I am … Continue reading →

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Been Tired All Day

Posted on September 2, 2023 by larry

One of those times sleep catches up with you. I been so tired today, napped couple of times. I did get a lot done, figured a way to reimage the nodes on the lab. Create a new guacamole server, also … Continue reading →

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