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Rancher / K3s. How to upgrade

December 13, 2024 · in Kubernetes · 5 min read

This post outlines the steps needed to upgrade rancher + k3s.

2024 Network Revamp

November 23, 2024 · in Technology · 7 min read

This month's goal, is to update the network to provide isolation, and separation between LAN subnets, and my server subnets.

Building a Shop Table - Part 1

October 22, 2024 · in Shop-Talk · 5 min read

Part one of my shop-table project. This occurred in Oct 2024.

Bathroom Floor Replacement

October 10, 2024 · in Home-Improvement · 18 min read

Recently, it came to my attention the floor in my middle bathroom had become a hazard, and was rotting out.

September 28, 2024 · in Technology · 1 min read

Want the old right-click context menu back?

Surge Protection

September 19, 2024 · in Technology · 5 min read

A few months back, I noticed one of my ESP32s, got smoked during a few nasty thunderstorms.

Proxmox - Install HAOS

August 12, 2024 · in Home-Automation · 9 min read

Recently, I needed to spin up a HAOS VM for testing an integration I am developing.

Metered, Switch PDU

August 9, 2024 · in Technology · 10 min read

For years- I have been using a combination of Sonoff S31 Plugs and a Kasa HS300 Strip to monitor, and measure my power consumption.

Synology Multipath

July 22, 2024 · in Technology · 11 min read

So… normally when you want faster networking, you can just upgrade to faster NICs (10g, 25, 40, 50, 100g.. etc…).

Unifi - Debugging DDNS

July 22, 2024 · in Technology · 6 min read

This is a very short post on how to debug DDNS for Unifi.

Rant: Unifi Layer 3

July 15, 2024 · in Technology · 18 min read

I have a love-hate relationship with Unifi.

Kubernetes - Edit Files in Containers

July 13, 2024 · in Kubernetes · 3 min read

This is a short post- documenting a few ways on how you can modify contents of files inside of a container's storage mounts.

Proxmox - Random Error Fixes

July 11, 2024 · in Technology · 4 min read

This- is a short post which details how to resolve a few random errors you may experience with proxmox.

Detecting a packetloss / latency issue

July 10, 2024 · in Technology · 16 min read

So- I recently installed a Quad 100G Mikrotik CRS504-4XQ-IN Router into my lab recently and moved a few servers over to 100G NICs.

Proxmox - Debian Cloud Init Templates

July 2, 2024 · in Technology · 14 min read

This post documents the steps needed to create a minified debian cloud image template, which you can easily clone, and have a running VM in seconds with no configuration needed.

Proxmox - Reinstall host without losing cluster configuration

June 12, 2024 · in Technology · 22 min read

So, literally ONE DAY after writing My backup strategies post, I encountered a need to completely reinstall proxmox.

Backup Strategies

June 11, 2024 · in Technology · 13 min read

This- is a short post explaining my personal backup strategies for VMs, Kubernetes, Personal Devices, etc.

Balancing Power Consumption and Cost: The True Price of Efficiency

June 7, 2024 · in Technology · 8 min read

Too often- I see the all too familiar post on reddit.

Proxmox - Import OVA

April 8, 2024 · in Technology · 1 min read

A random thing I recently came across while testing out LibreNMS-

Reattaching NVMe from VFIO

February 24, 2024 · in Technology · 1 min read

So, I have a VM on proxmox, which has 4 individual NVMe drives directly passed in.

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