Category Archives: New Toys

Automating Guacamole VM Build

Posted on February 12, 2022 by larry

Trying to automate a guacamole build as much as possible. I got the kickstart going and got most of the automated build working. It works well enough you can cut and paste the final steps other then when something is … Continue reading →

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Demo Lab Kickstart

Posted on February 9, 2022 by larry

Going to get a good kickstart service running in the lab. Kickstart to install Rocky Kickstart for disk less Client Kickstart for Cloning Kickstart for Partitioning Moving some things around because it needs to be a bit more stable. Did … Continue reading →

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Hips Sore

Posted on February 8, 2022 by larry

Not sure why but my hips been sore for the past few days. Not getting a good workout. I feel like they been taking a pounding. Lab really looking good now. Got a lot of the guacamole interface working. Little … Continue reading →

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New Shed Build

Posted on February 3, 2022 by larry

Tuffshed kept their word and our shed is built. There was little communication so I thought they forgot, but they were here. So it took months to get this here, but the actual assembly took 4 1/2 hours. Just two … Continue reading →

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Amazed and Disappointed with Guacamole

Posted on February 2, 2022 by larry

Got the native install done, I am thinking of packaging it all up in a way so I can add it to my Linux Home Server Project. Speaking of my project, since I been getting healthier, been feeling more energy, … Continue reading →

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My First Tomcat Install

Posted on February 1, 2022 by larry

Installed my first tomcat service, it was an Apache Guacamole server. Spent some frustrating hours yesterday trying to get it to work via docker containers. Maybe because I do not know entirely what I was doing. But with a native … Continue reading →

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Telling My Trainer Workout Is Easier

Posted on January 31, 2022 by larry

Not sure if I want to, but I think I need to tell my trainer my workouts are getting easier. I think she going to push me to the next level and it will get all hard again. But it … Continue reading →

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MLK Day 2022

Posted on January 17, 2022 by larry

Finally, the thin client mail server is up and in production Uses postfix instead of sendmail Got autoconfigure working Dovecot working Certs working submission (tcp/587) and smtps (tcp/465) working procmail working spamassissin working sasl via dovecot backups monitoring (grafana and … Continue reading →

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Hard Cards

Posted on January 14, 2022 by larry

I recall my first hard drive was in my Tandy 1000SL and it was a whopping 20MB. I have songs that are larger than 20MB now. Anyway I installed this in my NAS today 24,000 x larger. And I consider … Continue reading →

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New Machines At PT

Posted on January 13, 2022 by larry

Today I was introduced to some new machines at the training area. It makes working out like a video game. You have to follow this tunnel and hit some times. You exercise corelates to your motion. For example the bench … Continue reading →

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