Monthly Archives: November 2018

Adding Plex To New Server

Posted on November 30, 2018 by larry

Been frustrating trying to get plex working within a VM.  Also the physical plex server I have now does not seem to have enough CPU. So I am going to add the plex server to my new production host. It … Continue reading →

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New Server In Production

Posted on November 29, 2018 by larry

I finally got the physical box in to production.  It is a beast. May be overkill. But it is currently serving up what it is supposed to do. Also adding it as a plex server soon. Feeling cool. Next step … Continue reading →

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Starting Production Build

Posted on November 28, 2018 by larry

Starting my production build of a critical server I have. This will be the last of this years CentOS 7 upgrades. This is a a physical box, there is no snapshots, no export to ovf., so I need to document … Continue reading →

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New HP Server

Posted on November 27, 2018 by larry

Got a new HP server setup and coming online. Its actually a workstation class machine, but will be using it as a server. Got it on sale for 20% off so this one cost me about 160+tax Did not come … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 XMas Light v2

Posted on November 26, 2018 by larry

On November 27, 2017 of last year I posted that I was able to turn on the lights on and off using an ESP8266 XMas Lights and ESP8266 I took that same setup and upgraded it. Newer MQTT Code Better … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Weekend Over

Posted on November 25, 2018 by larry

What a wild week, from a funeral, to Thanksgiving, Black Friday and some others events. Inside our home we have the tree and some other things lit up. Outside it is lit, but we will probably add more. New TV … Continue reading →

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Optiplex 3020

Posted on November 24, 2018 by larry

One of the things I got was a Dell Optiplex 3020.  There were couple issues with this though, first was that the seller did not include a caddy for the hard drive. Another was that the video was off of … Continue reading →

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Black Friday 2018

Posted on November 23, 2018 by larry

Spend a LOT of time shopping today. Got a new Samsung TV, three desktops (going through them now) A whole mess load of things from Fry’s like hard drives, UPS, gimble, power pack. Just want to get a post before … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving 2018

Posted on November 22, 2018 by larry

That was fun, ate a lot today. House is clean, belly is full.  Life is better. Going to get desert now.

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Need a Four Day Weekend

Posted on November 21, 2018 by larry

Did a lot the past few days, hoping it will slow down a bit. Need this four day weekend to finish some things I been working on. Upgrades almost done.  

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