PHP 8.2 : the Crash-list

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Just a quick warning for people upgrading PHP to the latest and greatest version of PHP 8.2 (and AlmaLinux 9.1, and Remi Repo). There are a lot of programs and stuff that doesn't work with it (yet). Here's the 'crash list' that I found so far: Nextcloud 25.0.2 (Thanks for…
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InfluxDB : Stay away from them!

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Summary:Do not use InfluxDB, especially on IoT/RPI3 (32 bit). You will run into an (will stay) unfixable problem when data size gets big Background/Story:I have created a great Grafana/InfluxDB (seemed a match in heaven) solution to be deployed to client sites as monitoring for Sungrow SH5k inverters. Beautiful presentation, and…
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ESXi 6.7U3 Update issues

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ESXi 6.7U1->6.7U2 update introduced a "Not enough space" error when running the CLI level update. This appeared to have been carried across to the ESXi 6.7U2 to 6.7U3 updates. This is because one vib is just too large for it to install. The solution is to update one VIB then…
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Personal Control Panel

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I have been working on my own personal control panel for a while, integrating all sorts of random API, stats, and stuff - like a proper NOC except for home. One of the latest additions is the financial module, with Crypto Currency in it. Just got the status up and…
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Homelab crazyness

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Lookslike I've gotten overboard with a lot of hardware picked up for cheap. 3 x Dell 6248's for ~$50 - a bunch of RAM (ECC 16GB)x10. Got a couple of hexcores (X5650's) coming up to fill up the old school X8DTT (Supermicro) motherboards coming up. Been busy the last few…
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Quick roundup for Mar-Apr

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Packages of note in the Internet worlds: pfSense (2.3 release) Runs off Bootstrap front end now, FreeBSD to 10.3 base. Looks very 'slick'. I did break the upgrade, cos the 'RX-offload' bug with Xen still exists in this release. Has to be turned off from the host. Code snippet given…
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