Damage Control

Backing Up on Ubuntu Server

I have several VM's that are managed through Proxmox and therefore can be backed up pretty easily. The whole VM is backed up to a separate disk which has saved me several times already. However, I have another machine that is stand alone and

Documentation is Important

That's basically the whole reason that I started this blog. However, since doing so I've also been using other tools to help me document the changes to my network, servers, and services. While I explored a few options like DokuWiki, which seems like a

Partitioning your Network

Or rather: creating VLANS so that the traffic between various devices does not conflict or interfere with one another. In my case I wanted to separate several groups of devices into their own LANs for security and peace of mind. The various smart devices

Docker

Saving Disk space on VM's with NFS

In a previous post I talked about how one of my Ubuntu 18.04 VM's was running out of space so I explained my steps to expand the space allocated to it. However, I've been monitoring the disk usage with my Grafana-Telegraf-InfluxDB setup and

Proxmox

Adventures in Disk Resizing

I just finished installing a fancy new SSD for my VM's to use in my r710. After getting that detected and used by Proxmox I migrated my high i/o VM's there and admired a job well done. However, One of my VM's the

Docker

Migrating Services to Docker

I held off for awhile on the Docker train, but I decided to set up a test VM running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and just put Docker on it to mess around as seen in this post. At first I was just using the

Migrating Blog to Ghost

Well, it happened as I said it would in post number 1. I messed up again. Although not that bad as it turns out. But it is the reason that I decided to switch blogging platforms. I was in the process of migrating all

Automatic Fan Control for PowerEdge R710

There are various guides online for controlling the fan speed of you R710 through IPMI. And I used them and others to make my own script. For me, I was not able to get IPMI working through an Ubuntu VM so I made a

Proxmox

Transferring VM's from one server to another in Proxmox

IntroductionI recently got a new server (PowerEdge R710) and so I need to transfer the VM's that I have on my existing server over to the new one. There are a couple ways to do this but I chose to go with the backup

Docker

Install Docker CE on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

IntroductionI've decided to spin up a new VM to see what all the fuss abut Docker is about. I'll be following the guide on the official docker docs website which I will link to at the bottom of the post. I'm going to set

Plex Update on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

IntroductionSo recently I've been having an issue with my Plex Media Server (PMS) where the Hama scanner plugin gets stuck in a constant loop maxing out one core of my cpu to endlessly scan my files. Not sure why this is, most likely cause

Creating a Minecraft Server on Ubuntu 18.04

IntroductionI decided to try and get a small minecraft server running on a Linux server because, why not? So I spun up a new VM of Ubuntu 18.04 and went to work. InstallationFirst update everything apt update && apt install git build-essential

Proxmox

Proxmox Error When Updating

IntroductionOn my Proxmox box there is a daily apt-get update task run. However it has been erring out every time it has run since I installed Proxmox. So hopefully this will fix it. Work PartThere are various package repositories for Proxmox and those are

Installing and Setting up Chyrp Lite

IntroductionSince I needed a way to document my installations and such on my personal server and websites because I'll eventually mess up and have to rebuild the whole thing (already happened once) I started looking for a blogging platform. I decided to go with