Monthly Archives: June 2020

Media Server In Production

I got the media server in production, also started decomm process for the old server. One thing I installed was drupal, I did not know I had a newer version 9. It required a newer maria database. Upgraded seamlessly, looks … Continue reading

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All Hardware In

I got all the hardware for this phase of building my media server. Feeling good, but the H310 is not being recognized. Weight: 314.2

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Looking At Upgrade

After playing with my new plex server, I am tempted on my next version of desktop. Here is the old one Even a cheapo Ryzen 3 3100 is faster then the one I have now. Looking to see how much … Continue reading

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Repairs Repairs Repairs

A couple of friends came over today and help my fix our Civic. Almost done, but had to ruin a few parts to get it Hope I can find it locally. Next thing we fixed were the two toilets in … Continue reading

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Moved Video Capture Card

Moved the video capture card from my Windows Plex to Linux Plex. I hope that my plex servers will all be Linux in two weeks. Ordered a couple of more HDs. Weight: 310.4

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Daughters Graduated Today

Today my twin daughter’s graduated from High School. It was an interesting affair, because it was all on a youtube premiere video, although it was on Vimeo first I think I would be just as proud if this was a … Continue reading

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New Media Server Up

Got the new server up, building as I post. For most of the day I was getting the kickstart ready. I got an M.2 SATA disk for the OS, I tested the hot swap ports, seems to be OK. Will … Continue reading

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Old and New Fridge

Here is the old and new fridge. Also got instructions on building a new zoneminder server from a minimal CentOS 7 install. #!/bin/bash yum -y install mariadb mariadb-server mod_ssl php-mbstring php php-mysql httpd wgetyum -y install epel-releasewget https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpmyum -y install … Continue reading

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Two Factor Authentication/ New Fridge

Forgot to document how to enable two factor authentication. from couple of weeks ago. Kind of sucks trying to figure out what I did last time. But I figured it out. Got new fridge today, it is nearly identical to … Continue reading

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Base Linux Install Video

Finally got a video on the Base Linux Install I use for my Demos. First time I posted a video using OBS recording a VMware machine. Easier to set up. On a side note, Comcast has been disappointing. Second time … Continue reading

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