10G Networking Upgrade: Intel X540 Problems I decided it was time to upgrade the 10G networking in my lab, here is the story about the problems I faced.My main ESXi box has a dual port Intel X540 10G
Self Contained Encrypted iSCSI Datastore in VMware ESXi Hopefully the title made sense. Alternate title could beLUKS Encrypted iSCSI SAN in DebianLUKS Encrypted iSCSI Target in DebianHow to share a volume via iSCSI in DebianYou get the idea.This article is
My New ADS-B Flight Tracking Setup I just installed my Flight Tracking setup, here are the detailsHere is a list of the components I bought, along with the price and where I got them from. Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Comcast XB6 Teardown I got hold of an XB6 Modem, and its very heavy. So I wanted to see whats inside.This is not a guide, and I don't know much about what's inside. Hopefully these
Hosting Traefik Reverse-Proxy Setup with Let's Encrypt in Docker I am using Traefik together with Let's Encrypt to have automatic reverse proxy setup with valid SSL certs for my Docker containers. Here is how I set it upFirst, make sure that port
Network My Overly Complicated iOS Camera Upload Solution This solution will transfer photos photos from my iPhone to my home NAS automatically (Or manually) based on location, and its all self-hosted and encrypted. I used to use Dropbox for getting images
VMware VMware VCP 6.5 Data Center Virtualization Certification Passed! Just before the new year I tool the VCP6.5-DCV Exam, and passed!If that's not an excuse to buy more hardware, I don't know what is...
Blog Ghost on Docker + Office 365 SMTP Here is how to get Ghost running in Docker to use Office 365 to send emails via SMTPI wanted to do this, and there were no guides. This could also be adapted for
Hosting Using CloudFlare to lower bandwidth and latency Yesterday my blog was busier than usual, and it highlighted why you should be using CloudFlare's CDN to significantly lower the bandwidth to your web serverFrom around 11AM to 7PM my website used
VMware What Virtual Machines Am I Running? Almost all of the servers in my homelab run inside virtual machines, here are all of them (Subject to change, very quickly...)Everything runs under ESXi 6.7 and is managed by vCenter
What Docker Containers Am I Running? Quite a few of the applications I run in my lab run inside Docker containers. Here they areI used to run everything directly in Ubuntu Server virtual machines, but it made moving and
Homelab Homelab power upgrade I recently upgraded the UPS equipment in my lab. I moved from a single APC SMT1000RM2U and added a SMX1500RM2U and another one of the CyberPower PDU15M2F10R PDU'sThis brings the setup to the
Guide Finding unknown IP of a device on your network You just bought a network device which is already configured with a static IP, and you don't know what it is. This is how you can find it.I had to do this
Powering a Motorola MB8600 Modem with PoE This post shows how I power my Motorola MB8600 DOCSIS 3.1 modem with PoE from my network closet (Which is backed by UPS's). This means that as long as my firewall has
Fancy new status page My blog now has a fancy new status page made in Grafana with WorldPingYou can view it here, or just click on "Website Status" on the navigation bar above. I found inspiration from
Private Internet Access VPN on pfSense 2.4.4 guide Here is how I have Private Internet Access (PIA) setup on both of my pfSense firewalls. This setup has worked perfectly for me and does not interfere with any other gateways.This guide
Silencing the Supermicro SuperChassis 826 A few months ago I purchased a system based on the Supermicro SuperChassis 826, and it was way too loud.It includes three very powerful and loud 80mm fans. The model is FAN-0126L4.
How I made my blog. I recently decided to make this blog, and quite a few people suggested Ghost (What this blog is running). Here is now I made itFirst, I needed somewhere to host the blog. Luckily
Rosewill Build Quality Fail. Back in 2017 I bought one of the highly regarded Rosewill RSV-2600 cases. It wasn't great.I had high exceptions since it was a very popular case, its even featured on the reddit.
Redundant M.2 SATA SSD's in pfSense Firewall This will be a short one since I have moved on from this configurationA year or two ago I wanted to have redundant SSD's in pfSense, and I happened to find some very
Homelab 6 Year Homelab history in pictures Since 2012 I have been interested in servers and networking, and started running them at home. Here is a history of changes over the yearsI don't have full explanations of everything, but ill
Homelab 10G SFP+ Mellanox ConnectX-2 in Synology DS1817+ This will be a short one, but there is almost no information out there about these cards in the Synology DS1817+I wanted to get a cheap 10G SFP+ card for my DS1817+
Quick and easy Snipe-It Docker Deployment I wanted to very quickly get Snipe-it up and running, but none of the guides seemed very simple, and they all wanted advanced configuration. Running these commands as-is will result in a functional
My Backup/Data Protection Plan I have spent a lot of time ensuring that no matter what happens, my data is not only safe, but also accessible. Here is howI will break this into sections:Data ProtectionData ReplicationData
Homelab My All-in-one colocated ESXi server I have a 1u Supermicro server colocated in a datacenter. I mainly use it for DR, Backups and hosting services which need to be on 24/7/365. Those services include this very
