Category Archives: Weigh In

Building a pihole

Posted on December 18, 2020 by larry

My buddy Rob was looking at buying a PC for a simple pihole/openvpn. I have a spare PC and am in the process of building it. Had a weird problem that delayed the build though, wouldn’t build from CentOS 7.9 … Continue reading →

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Hardware Build For Docker

Posted on December 17, 2020 by larry

Got the hardware going for my docker machine. AMD Ryzen 3100 currently with 8GB of RAM soon to be 16GB. This will lead to a future box (CPU TBD but Ryzen cause the Mobo is ordered) which will be Docker. … Continue reading →

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So Heavy

Posted on December 16, 2020 by larry

Can’t believe it, just weighed in and so heavy. Marking this as a milestone in a negative way. Need to really make push to lose weight: Another thing is dental hygiene, went to dentist and they said I need to … Continue reading →

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Setting Up PC for Docker

Posted on December 14, 2020 by larry

Starting to get hardware up for my docker use. Luckily I have one PC that should work. It will only support 32GB of RAM so I purchased 16 to start. Hoping it works out ok. Weight: 318.2

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Seahawk Win Handidly

Posted on December 13, 2020 by larry

Great Seahawks game, finally a blowout rout. Usually it is heart attack close. That was fun, blood pressure not pushed today. Weight: 319.4

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Hello There Treadmill

Posted on December 12, 2020 by larry

Although we dusted off the treadmill a few weeks ok, today I am getting serious about my treadmill workouts instead of a token warm up run. Did 1 mile on treadmill 0 incline in 20:46 Goal by end of year … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Changing Too

Posted on December 11, 2020 by larry

So I been researching Kubernetes and saw a video posted today that Kubernetes is no longer supporting docker. Things are moving really fast in this industry. Wonder what next, at least this is still early in my kubernetes/container journey. Weight: … Continue reading →

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Learning Kubernetes

Posted on December 10, 2020 by larry

Starting to learn some new tech, finding out it is more complex than anticipated. Learning kubernetes and docker. It is very complex, but I will figure it out. Weight: 320.0

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CentOS Patching

Posted on December 9, 2020 by larry

Going through my production servers and patching them. I keep thinking about what my next steps are. Not sure if I am going to do CentOS stream, but been toying the idea with doing Docker. Looking at the different docker … Continue reading →

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End of CentOS

Posted on December 8, 2020 by larry

Got some bummer news, looks like CentOS 8 is going to End of Life sooner then expected. It will end next year. CentOS 7 will still expire as scheduled, in exactly 1300 days on June 30, 2024. So we got … Continue reading →

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