Category Archives: New Toys

433Mhz Sonoff Bridge

Posted on June 24, 2023 by larry

Kind of bummed that the sonoff bridge I just purchased is unlike the older ones they used to make. The new ones are white and have different flashing procedures and does not work like the old black ones. So now … Continue reading →

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Disk Check Done

Posted on June 22, 2023 by larry

The badblocks scan of my new DIY JBOD is done, unfortunately 3 disks were bad, one of them really bad. Also forgot to mention RHEL is no longer providing source code to non customers. Not sure how that is going … Continue reading →

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Weekend Work Started Early

Posted on June 16, 2023 by larry

This is a 3 day weekend and I started it early. Not relaxing but doing the work I scheduled to do. I finally flashed some HBA cards I had, now working on dual booting a utility box with FreeDOS and … Continue reading →

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Chance To Go To Bed Early

Posted on June 12, 2023 by larry

Got my steps done and don’t have class tomorrow. So no rush, but looks like I can be asleep by 11PM and get a “good” 8 hours of sleep. Also discovered a new command ssh-keyscan – a tools to get … Continue reading →

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Ansible Class Is Done

Posted on June 9, 2023 by larry

Stayed till the bitter end. But it was fun. I completed all the guided labs and tried it out on my own stuff. Need to be honest though, this was a beginner class for a complex topic. Not out of … Continue reading →

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Ansible is Awesome

Posted on June 7, 2023 by larry

Wow, not even getting into the nitty gritty and ansible is really doing us well. Anyway, looking at doing some custom playbooks, maybe even getting that goal of writing something to do a full featured built. Got my steps in, … Continue reading →

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Ansible Getting Interesting

Posted on June 6, 2023 by larry

Wow, learning a lot, I actually installed it on my production network. Still testing in a lab, but feel good about it. Starting to write playbooks. Using some playbooks. One of the things I want to do is convert a … Continue reading →

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First Day Ansible Class

Posted on June 5, 2023 by larry

Wasn’t able to get much steps in today, but I got it done. I was in class most of the day learning ansible. So for future reference here is how I install it on to Rocky Linux 9. Note that … Continue reading →

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New Start

Posted on May 31, 2023 by larry

Last day of the month, tomorrow going to start seriously working out again. Still debating if I should do 10 floors and 10k steps a day. But working out in the gym and swimming should suffice. Got my JBOD up … Continue reading →

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Building New Front End to Nagios

Posted on May 26, 2023 by larry

Found this new front end called statusengine to nagios. I am looking at it and trying to see how to install it on Rocky 9. Like this kind of stuff, it pushes me to learn new things. Weight: 336.3

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