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Getting started with ZFS on Linux
After attending Linuxfest Northwest 2019 where both Allan Jude and Jim Salter gave excellent talks about ZFS, I finally gave in and decided to implement ZFS on my server. I wonder…
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Grafana Series Part 2: Monitoring a UPS with Grafana on Linux
I recently purchased a new UPS which has a USB interface, the APC BX1500M to be precise. After piecing together a few blog posts I had a working Grafana dashboard giving me…
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New Hard Drive rituals
That new hard drive. Should you trust it? Maybe. Over the last 10 years that I've been messing around with Linux servers (hence the name of the site by the way) there's been one…
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Bootstrapping WiFi for an Arch install with wpa_supplicant
It's quite easy to get tied in knots when dealing with the early stages of an Arch install because you're offline. So what do you do about this? Get online ASAP. Sometimes via…
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How to configure systemd boot with UEFI
Today we will cover configuring a Linux system to boot using systemd boot on a UEFI system. Firstly you'll need to check you're booted into EFI mode. You can do this with dmesg |…
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Ansible Tip - Referencing items from a hash
Let's say you are in the midst of writing an Ansible playbook and you need to reference multiple values from an 'item' in different places. Here's a neat code snippet that will…
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Ansible Tip - Using the expect module
Another Ansible top tip. Suppose you are running an installer or other process via Ansible which expects the user to be present accept a license agreement, enter some information…
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A quick introduction to Ansible Console
Managing multiple machines sucks. No matter how much you automate there are always going to be edge cases where you'd like to perform the same command on multiple machines…
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Using Traefik as a Reverse Proxy with Docker
Nginx is a great reverse proxy to put in front of your containers. But what if I told you there's another solution? One that involves less configuring, still supports LetsEncrypt…
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Building a cryptocurrency mining rig
When I write for this site I like it to be a reflection of my current interests and right now, that is crypto mining. I'll share some of the tips and tricks I've learned over the…
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How to get started mining crypto on Linux with Nvidia
I'm really excited about the current influx of new people to building computers for the first time to mine cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and more. Spending time…
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Huge VFIO news: Project Looking Glass released!
In the world of PCI passthrough few things have excited me more than the release of the new Looking Glass project from gnif over on the Level1tech forums…