puppet fun

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Starting to get into more puppetizing the 'production' servers - but then this means some things break more often. Currently gotten a nice nginx setup which creates configurations based on a heira file. Also, thrown in is mod_security, and a customized PHP 7.2/7.3 script - per site in PHP-FPM mode.…
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New work, new changes – but still tech!

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It's been a flash change for this year. Taking more changes for positive changes. New Double-glazed windows/doors complete (April), better management of health (blood sugar), new job (Woo!) which scored me even more gear for my home lab now. Got a quad-chassis Supermicro, and 4 blades (1 faulty, replaced). Some…
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Reinventing DevOps/SysAdmin (Intro)

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The term "DevOps" have been thrown around for years. Initially just a fad (and still sort of is, as a "terminology"), it is pretty much summarized to me as System Administrator, with a lot of provisioning automation specialist stuff. The System Administrator (now "Systems Engineer") is mainly a maintainer role…
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Fun with Netgear D7800 Routers

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For a 'high end' Gaming Router that cost a mint, this model definately doesn't get the love it deserves from Netgear. Netgear used to be remotely reputable, compared to the corner-cutting Billions and the TP-Links. However these days, it feels like Netgear has joined the ranks of other sell-cheap brands.…
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Flare-On Challenge 2016

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Never even heard of it until a friend of mine told me they're working for FireEye (none of the fun stuff though). Looking up their blogs, I found they ran a yearly FLARE-ON challenge. So I thought I'd give it a check out. http://2016.flare-on.com/ - if anyone wants to participate!…
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Faerie.CX goes back to the Cloud

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Yes, I broke down on costs and stuff - and decided to get a hosted server :) Cost me a mint, but still a good deal from my old folks I used to work for (Web24). Too bad for our backwater Australian Internet (read:ADSL2+) for the really slow uploads. Having…
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Tech temptations

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Lots of things are on my tech shopping list: - 800W Titanium PSU : ~$250. Though I'm not sure of it's return on investment value. Sure it's more efficient, but saving < $0.5/day, sounds like it will take years. Still, it's a Green thing. Also, seemed like the 800W Titaniums…
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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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