Monthly Archives: December 2023

Almost Showroom Quality

Posted on December 11, 2023 by larry

Not ready to show off my new desk yet, but got a lot done. I was able to cable up some of the things, and it looks OK. One more day under 350 and I am buck under 350. Weight: … Continue reading →

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Desktop Setup Change

Posted on December 10, 2023 by larry

I worked for hours cleaning and redoing cables in my setup. Instead of 3 across monitors and an extra monitor, I am doing 4,4 with the 4th being a vesa mountable monitor that connects from the KVM. So the 4th … Continue reading →

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Canada Snow

Posted on December 9, 2023 by larry

Found myself in Canada today and it snowed on us It was cool, wish I were home though nice and warm. Drive home was brutal, I needed some sleep. Took a nap at a rest stop. Rained the whole way. … Continue reading →

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Christmas Shopping 2023

Posted on December 8, 2023 by larry

About this time of the year wife and I get away to do some shopping. We left house a little late like 1PM but timing was good, we did a bit of shopping and it was dark enough to see … Continue reading →

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Guacamole On Home Server

Posted on December 7, 2023 by larry

Added one final bonus app, and I got openvpn to work. Got guacamole on there. With tomcat. Now I am just getting more accurate nagios and cleaning up things to make it a good example. It is done though. Accepting … Continue reading →

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Oh so close

Posted on December 6, 2023 by larry

Almost got all of my major objectives done, to recap here is the list. To recap these were the goals • DHCP• DNS• NTP• File Server (NAS Samba and NFS)• Mail Server (postfix and dovecot)• Podman(Docker)• DNS over HTTPS• TFTP• … Continue reading →

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Working Hard Making Progress

Posted on December 5, 2023 by larry

I got my sample server working, all the bits are installed and most of the features are installed. So far Done and Working• DHCP• DNS• NTP• File Server (NAS Samba and NFS)• Mail Server (postfix and dovecot)• Podman(Docker)• DNS over … Continue reading →

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Purchased Second Unit

Posted on December 4, 2023 by larry

Got a second unit for testing. First thing I did was to try and test a Windows install, unfortunately I had a bad drive and wasted a bunch of time trying to get it to work. I found a good … Continue reading →

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Home Server Demo Built

Posted on December 3, 2023 by larry

I have the home server built, but am looking 1 more storage. I have an on motherboard 250GB NVME drive, and a 1TB Internal 2.5 SATA. Now I want an external disk for mass storage, so am waiting for a … Continue reading →

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XMas Lights 2023

Posted on December 2, 2023 by larry

Got the lights done today, looks better then most year’s cause the lawn was actually cleared of leaves and we got more lights than usual. Indoors is done too. Season going to be good. Weight: 348.4

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