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Automated PHP upgrade to 8.1 for LibreNMS

I've been putting off updating PHP on my LibreNMS box for a while, but I finally figured I'd take a crack at it. I was on 7.3 and needed to get to 8.1. I am running Debian 10, and only running LibreNMS on this machine. If you are

Deploying a TrueNAS Backup Server to my hot Texas Garage

If you've read my older posts, you know I have a rack in my unconditioned detached garage with a Cisco switch, an APC UPS, a couple of Raspberry Pi's and some other misc items. Everyone told me it would all fail because it will get too hot in summer, too

Redundant Heating and Cooling with Mini Split heat pumps

This post will go over my experience installing some Mini Split AC's to save power and offer redundancy in heating and cooling. A few months after I moved into my home, my AC compressor died. It was August at the time which is in the height of summer here in

Redundant Water Heater - Never be without hot water

This post details my redundant/backup water heater setup, so I can hopefully never be without hot water, even in the event of a power and natural gas outage. Hot water is not something I ever really thought about. I have a newish (3 years) water heater with a 12

Redundant WAN - Ditching T-Mobile 5G for Verizon 5G

If you've been reading recent articles, you will know I got T-Mobile 5G Home internet as a secondary WAN connection. It is fantastic knowing I should always have internet. My main connection is AT&T Fiber 1Gb/1Gb, but I like having a secondary connection. It started out GREAT. For

Backup a running Raspberry Pi over the network

For the longest time I've been looking for a way to backup my Raspberry Pi's over to the network, to an easy to restore format. But every solution I've looked at has come up short. This post details a solution that works very well. Best of all, it makes incremental

Generac Maintenance, Oil Report and more Genmon Changes

I could roll this into more than one post, but I'm not sure at what point there is too many generator posts. This post will go over some changes to Genmon (The FINAL CHANGES!) and some notes on maintenance, and the Blackstone Labs Oil Report. First, Genmon. I think I've

Full Lab Details - September 2022

Its that time of year again! Last year in September I posted a full update to my home lab/home network. Since it has been a year, I thought I would do it again. You can read last years post below. I will try go into as much detail as

Replacing and Upgrading the 12v battery in my Generac RG027

If you read my other posts you know that around a year ago I got a Generac RG027 Generator. The Problem Lately, I've noticed thanks to Genmon, that the battery charger has been on more often than not. And it also cranks slower than it used to when it was

Motorcycle Trailer

At the start of the year, I decided I wanted to learn to ride a motorcycle. So me and my wife went and took the MSF course and got our motorcycle endorsements. After that, we purchased motorcycles and modified a trailer to haul them around with. Here are all the

Why No Batteries?

A lot of people have asked my why I have no batteries to go with my solar array. Here is the reasonings I did touch on these slightly in my power monitoring post, and my power FAQ, which can be read below Power Monitoring Setup (IoTaWatt + Grafana)After getting solar

Power Monitoring Setup (IoTaWatt + Grafana)

After getting solar panels I got used to checking the Enphase app for power details, but it's not very reliable as sometimes the data is delayed, it requires internet access and it can't get me any information other than solar and grid consumption. So if I want to see how

Power Overview and QA

Since posting about my Solar, Portable Generator and Generac Generator, I've had a lot of questions. So here is a full overview of the entire setup as a whole, and a list of questions that were asked. First, let's start with the diagram, because people like diagrams. That pretty much

17kw Enphase Grid Tied Solar Install

Rounding off the posts about my power setup, here is all the details on my solar install. I got 17kw of solar which consists of 45 x 380w Q CELLS Q.PEAK DUO Panels paired with Enphase IQ7+ Microinverters. These work out more efficient than the 400w panels I was

Champion 7000w Portable Generator and Gasoline Storage

Here are all the details on my portable generator setup that can power my house in case of emergency. A while ago I got all my electrical updated, read more below Texas Freeze - Part 2 - Electrical OverhaulThis post is about getting my electrical system overhauled ready for solar

Generac RG027 Install (27kw, 1800RPM, Liquid Cooled, Standby Generator)

Here are the full details on my Generac RG027 Generator install including all the issues I encountered. If you have not already, I would suggest you read these two articles first Texas Freeze - Part 1 - Damage and PlansLike a few people noticed, back in February this website was

Moving my Blog from Home to Linode

A while ago I posted an update showing I host my blog from Home (You can read about it below) Blog Hosting UpdateI started hosting this blog over a year ago, here is where things currently stand and how things are performing. When I set it up, I pretty much

Mullvad VPN with Wireguard in PFSENSE - Setup Guide

I used to use PIA VPN with OpenVPN. The speeds were alright, but I no longer trust PIA since they got bought by Kape. I decided to try out Mullvad which seems to be the best VPN Provider currently. Its more expensive than PIA, but its only $5/mo Mullvad

Monitoring 27kw Generac Generator with Raspberry Pi and Multimode Fiber

A while ago I got a Generac RG027 Liquid Cooled Generator. It runs on a 2.4l Mitsubishi engine running at 1800RPM. The Generac Monitoring sucks, so I installed Genmon. An open source generator monitoring solution on a Raspberry Pi 4 GitHub - jgyates/genmon: Generac Generator Monitoring using a

Kiwix - Access Wikipedia (And More) With no Internet

Do you want to be able to read ALL of Wikipedia at home with no internet? If so, this is for you. Last year during a long, big power outage I realized that I rely on the internet to look up a LOT of stuff. I now have a generator

Network Upgrades - 10G Fiber, 5G WAN Failover, new switches

Its been a long time since I have updated my actual network setup. I've had posts that details parts of it, but never the full config. Here it is I've recently made a lot of changes. I've added more 10G, more Fiber, and even WAN Failover. Hardware First I'll get

Full Lab Details - September 2021

Last year in September I posted a full update to my home lab/home network. Since it has been a year, I thought I would do it again. You can read last years post below. I encourage you to read it, as I go into detail about some things there

Champion 100520 GFCI Removal - Running a UPS from generator power

I have a Champion 100520 8750/7000w portable generator, it will power my entire home including the AC and my server rack as long as I am careful. This post will detail the issues I had running my UPS directly plugged into the UPS. I usually just use my generator

My Data Backup Plan - 2021

This post will detail how I am protecting my important data. The old post can be found here: My Backup Plan & Lessons learnedI’ve posted about my backup plan before, but a lot of things have changed, and Ihave learned a lot about what works, and what doesn’t work

UPS Upgrade - APC SRT3000RMXLA Double Conversion

I have upgraded my lab power setup. The old setup can be found here My Lab Power SetupA lot of people wanted to know what UPS’s and PDU’s I am running, and where.Here are all the details I would highly suggest you read my post on setting