vmware Creating a macOS VM in ESXi Today's post will cover the simple process of creating a MacOS VM within VMWare ESXi. As you may or may not know, by default, ESXi will not let you run
Enabling the HTML5 iKVM in iDRAC I don't commonly use the iKVM in iDRAC on my R720xd but when I do, it's typically a pretty unpleasant experience. In the year 2021, nobody should be forced to
ansible Creating an Ansible Playbook IntroductionIn my previous post, I showed you how to prepare your Linux environment for the use of Ansible and the running of a basic test to ensure its functionality. Today's
ansible An Introduction to Ansible While I've been doing the occasional quick write up on new hardware I've obtained or neat tricks I've learned in Linux, it's been quite a while since I've written about
Transcoding Plex Streams in RAM on Ubuntu Server You may or may not realize it but transcoding streams in Plex causes a lot of writes to occur on whatever disk the server is running on. If your Plex
hardware A Breakdown of my Hardware Setup I've done a lot of referencing to some of my hardware in previous blog posts but I wanted to have a dedicated write up over some of the hardware that
Updating Plex Media Server on Linux This will be another quick write up but if you're like me, when you see it's time to update your Plex Media Server, you go out and manually download the
linux Mounting Disks by UUID In previous posts, I've mentioned a bit about my Plex media server. Up until now, I've just been running two Western Digital drives labeled as /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1
hardware Quieting an R720xd with ipmitool I mentioned a bit in this post about my R720XD being louder in comparison to my other servers. This has proven to continue, with the fans spinning up easily as
hardware The Newest Addition I wanted to do a quick lunch break write up over the newest addition to my homelab environment: the Dell R720xd. I chose this model of server for several reasons.
ghost Updating Ghost It's obviously important to keep things up to date for a plethora of reasons so I wanted to do a quick write up on how to update Ghost, a blogging
ghost How I Made my Blog The blog post that you are currently reading is hosted on my own infrastructure using Ghost, an open source and free to use blogging platform. If you visit their site,
vmware Upgrading vCenter Appliance from 6.5 to 7.0 With the imminent deprecation of Adobe Flash, I thought this weekend would be a great time for me to look into upgrading my version 6.5 vCenter appliance, since it
linux Switching from Nouveau to Nvidia Drivers in a Linux Machine My current Linux workstation doubles as a gaming machine when I choose to boot into Windows and, because of that, has an Nvidia RTX 2070 Super installed in it. While
linux Visualizing Storage Usage on a Headless Linux Installation This will be another quick read but I wanted to share a neat tool I found recently. The other day, I was SSH'd into my Plex/game server and noticed
linux Setting Primary and Secondary Nameservers in Linux While we've covered setting up a domain controller and also how create A records to give our servers easy names to use, rather than relying on referencing them by IP address, I've been limited to enjoying this luxury on only my domain connected Windows
vmware How to Setup and Configure a vCenter Appliance Not too long ago, I showed you how to set up a domain controller within ESXi. Other than that, unfortunately, I haven't blogged much about ESXi, or really virtualization in
hardware Dell XPS 13: First Impressions A while back I had done a brief write up on the iPad Pro and using the Magic Keyboard paired with it as an on-the-go solution for managing your homelab
ghost The New Blog! Welcome to the new blog! Our homelab blog has come a long way from the days of it being hosted on blogger.com. The site you're visiting right now is
Future Projects Setting up my homelab and getting more familiar with various technologies that have come along with the learning process has been like opening Pandora's box. Starting new projects always seems to open my eyes to other fun looking projects that I'd like to implement
Heimdall: Services at a Glance I've recently discovered a pretty neat tool called Heimdall. If you're like me, you probably have quite a bit of services running. At this point, it can start to become
linux Making the Switch In my pursuit of diving deeper into the world of homelabbing, I've been dealing more and more with Linux and have been absolutely loving it. It just feels right. It's
hardware The iPad Pro: A surprisingly viable option for remotely managing your homelab While I've owned my iPad Pro for a while now, I wanted to write up a quick update on how I've integrated it into my workflow since purchasing the Magic
Extending a Logical Volume While SSH'ing into my media server the other day, I noticed that my root directory was quickly starting to become pretty full. Lucky for me, I've set my operating system
Changing LAN Subnet in Unifi I've been hanging out a bit more at my a friend's house in my free time and have been dealing with a pretty irritating issue for a while now. When
