Category Archives: New Toys

Black Friday 2023

Posted on November 24, 2023 by larry

Purchased some items for Black Friday and starting to do my 2024 goals. One of the things I am starting to purchase are pieces for my new 2024 zoneminder. Also getting pieces to put my backup server into a 4U … Continue reading →

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Red Hat Proper

Posted on November 22, 2023 by larry

I created myself an account on Red Hat in the Developer Network. I am going to try and install RHEL 9 and see how it works out for me. Gonna see what it takes. Weight: 346.0

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Rocky 9.3 is out

Posted on November 20, 2023 by larry

Felt like I just got 9.3 installed, I was able to patch all my production instances to 9.3 but I noticed it started slowing down. I have a dev box and was doing some testing and I noticed things were … 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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Easier To Manage

Posted on October 16, 2023 by larry

Now that I have most of my Linux servers at Rocky 9, it will make it easier to patch. I am going to give it a try, I think if I schedule it right I can patch weekly. Going to … Continue reading →

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IOT Server Cutover

Posted on October 14, 2023 by larry

Tomorrow is going to be a big one, I am cutting over one of my IOT servers from stage to production. Kind of late and don’t want to do it now, but it is ready. Pretty sure things will break … Continue reading →

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Checking My Code

Posted on October 3, 2023 by larry

Learned something IT from my son. He taught me pylint to be used to check my code. That was cool. Been super tired today, I had ok time for sleep. Hoping tonight I will sleep better. Weight: 343.4

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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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