Category Archives: Coding

Ansible Presentation Tomorrow

Posted on February 22, 2026 by larry

Got a quick presentation tomorrow that requires a heck of a lot of preparation. It is late, past 10:30PM and I got most stuff done, but got a bit more to go. One hurdle is missing notes on how I … Continue reading →

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Sysprep Done Using Ansible

Posted on February 19, 2026 by larry

I got sysprep working at a minimal level the way I want. I now have a base windows 11 image I can use to rebuild a box relatively quickly. After a reboot I rename it and add it to the … Continue reading →

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Managing Windows With Ansible

Posted on February 18, 2026 by larry

Spun up a couple of cloned Windows 11 VMs and used sysprep on them Would like to streamline the sysprep process, so may work on creating a sysprep file. That is later though, meanwhile I got 3 windows boxes I … Continue reading →

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CIS Compliance

Posted on January 26, 2026 by larry

Spent a lot of the day in my lab writing ansible playbooks for CIS compliance. At work we have a server and clients that check but I wanted to do this in a lab environment. I did automated rebuilding 3 … Continue reading →

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Icy Walk

Posted on January 21, 2026 by larry

Walked late again today, maybe I should be more careful, was pretty darn icy Got a lot done on the tech side today, made use of the lab to test out building linux servers. I can rebuild a 3 node … Continue reading →

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Getting Info From HA to Mysql

Posted on January 19, 2026 by larry

There is a variable in my Home Assistant that is considered when turning the lights on or off automatically. I call them light hold values. If say the kitchen hold is on, then the motion sensors will not turn the … Continue reading →

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Lab Back Up

Posted on January 14, 2026 by larry

Still need a lab, not just a lab, but VMs with a minimal install. One skill I have lost was building machines from scratch that don’t have the packages I need. I am working a bit on a playbook that … Continue reading →

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Back To Work 2026

Posted on January 5, 2026 by larry

Had my first official day for 2026 today, felt like a grind really sluggish. I thought as the day wore on I would gain momentum. Not so, my head was still in vacation mode. So I kickstarted it with a … Continue reading →

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Remote Power NAS

Posted on December 30, 2025 by larry

I tried to get the remote power working for the NAS, but there were significant challenges one of which was the connections. I may revisit and simplify the wiring, so not all is lost, there are other options as well … Continue reading →

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Rocky Linux 9.7

Posted on December 3, 2025 by larry

Rocky 9.7 is a out, so is Rocky 10.1, my bandwidth is being used to download them as I post. I was able to patch all but one of my boxes (it is doing a hard drive burn in) so … Continue reading →

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