Zack

Homelabber.
Amateur Coder.
Linux Enthusiast.
Show me something interesting.

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

Today in the lab:
-> New 3D printer is churning away
-> Going to try out Huginn as a selfhosted IFTTT replacement
-> It's cold outside, so a lunchtime hibernation may be in order

[Zack Lewis @LimaThreeW]

Join the discussions on CyberSecurity or IT in general: https://t.co/aWAbaaYonO @Eventbrite

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

For anyone who does programming of any sort, check this out. Free programming books, no annoying ads, no gimmicks, PDFs are safe. https://t.co/ToaPTfajc0

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

I am finding that the only way for me to get out of a rabbit hole is to decide to climb down another one.

My mind has more rabbitholes than the movie Holes

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

@RedHat and @ansible: can you get your act together and fix the open source #AWX install? Trying to get it set up for home or test use is not possible. The Operator install clearly says "ALPHA" on it and doesn't work. The "legacy" docker version fails to build. I used to like you

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

@archang3l_media I was reminded by @NetworkChuck and the video he posted today. :)

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

Bonus of signing up for AnsibleFest. @geerlingguy is giving a talk! And it's free!

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

That feeling when your boss tells you that he's trying to get the entire team signed up for well known public learning sites, instead of some wish[.]com version

[Jeff Geerling @geerlingguy]

Just updated my Kubernetes 101 book on LeanPub — as always, buy whenever, you get updates free forever! https://t.co/mE0FejvYXi #k8s #kubernetes

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

Team lead asks me to do some IP and DNS cleanup. So I threw together a quick script that pings every ip and if there's no response, print it out and do a reverse dns lookup. This way I can visually confirm what needs to stay.

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

@gammacapricorni But but but... Why wouldn't your partner want to hear that? I think its great.

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

Surprisingly, support actually just sent me the link without trying the whole "Can we get your support ID?" or "We want you to buy this product" first. They waited until after I got the link, then emailed asking to set up a demo. Which I respectfully declined. Lab use only. 😀

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

Trying a new backup vendor. Their site says they support a Linux based host (cuz I dont want to bloat my system with Windows if I can help it) but the link provided for their install script returns a 403 Forbidden error. 😒🤭

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

When researching a software project, I will almost always look at the date of last publish/update on the most current version. If its not from within the last year, I won't even consider it. Prefer less than 3 months. If your project isn't updated that often, is it secure? 😬

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

Terraform. Infrastructure as Code ebook. Its free, doesn't even ask for info.

https://t.co/GZBytWf56U

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

@TechnoTimLive All good. I'll just hang out in discord all day working in the lab!

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

@TechnoTimLive Hey Tim! Trying to catch your live streams. Am I missing them? I have some thoughts and ideas and need some help and relief from boredom!

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

@TechnoTimLive I must be watching old videos where the schedule was different. I'll try to catch the Saturday show sometime! And I'll try to pop into the discord.

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

Trying to set up a kubernetes cluster. Realized there are many many ways to do this, but each must be done in their own way.

And none of them are intuitive.

[Zack @Zacks_Lab]

Starting in an hour, the forecast is 50% chance of thunderstorms for the next 48 hours at least. My servers are not currently on any voltage protection or UPS. Guess I may not have them online this weekend at all.