Monthly Archives: November 2023

New Home Server

Posted on November 30, 2023 by larry

Found this little gem of a machine at the local PC recycle store. Recall this https://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=9356 This one is interesting, I did add a 2.5″ hard drive, but it is cool in that includes everything else I need compared to … Continue reading →

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Optimal Office Setup

Posted on November 29, 2023 by larry

I keep changing my office setup. Still trying to get everything setup where I want them to be. I feel like a really need a small workspace for a desk. Office is better though, meeting more of my needs and … Continue reading →

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Zoneminder Via Ansible

Posted on November 28, 2023 by larry

Mostly, I kickstart a build, then imported a a profile into the machine that included static IPs and sshd keys. Another manual thing is to add my ssh keys via ssh-copy-id command. But everything is all ansible playbooks till I … Continue reading →

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Eight Hours Sleep Does it

Posted on November 27, 2023 by larry

I know I went to bed around 11:30 last night and I woke up at closer to 8AM. All do I felt great, although I was taken down by lunch. But for most of the day I was going strong. … Continue reading →

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Awesome Weekend Recap

Posted on November 26, 2023 by larry

A lot of cool things happened this weekend, but wanted to put an important milestone first, not for me but my son. He ran his first timed 1/2 marathon. We left the house at 5:45AM to make it to the … Continue reading →

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Beginning of the End (of year)

Posted on November 25, 2023 by larry

With Thanksgiving behind me, it is now time to goal set for 2024, and do other end of year things. I think since it is the Saturday between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I am going to call this procurement … Continue reading →

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Black Friday 2023

Posted on November 24, 2023 by larry

Purchased some items for Black Friday and starting to do my 2024 goals. One of the things I am starting to purchase are pieces for my new 2024 zoneminder. Also getting pieces to put my backup server into a 4U … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving 2023

Posted on November 23, 2023 by larry

Had a decent Thanksgiving this year Not faces (recall my posts rarely included faces as individuals or in small groups) But wanted to post food we have. One thing to note is our house is extremely dusty. Pet dander in … Continue reading →

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Red Hat Proper

Posted on November 22, 2023 by larry

I created myself an account on Red Hat in the Developer Network. I am going to try and install RHEL 9 and see how it works out for me. Gonna see what it takes. Weight: 346.0

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Self Inflicted Non Disaster

Posted on November 21, 2023 by larry

So last night I decided to patch my LDAP servers, big mistake, these two XKCD cartoons really define what happened So it was supposed to be a quick patch, because I was already at R9.3 But ldap didn’t start, and … Continue reading →

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