Category Archives: Lab Infrastructure

Aria Automation Internal IPAM reserve / release API

In the May 2023/8.12.1 release notes for Aria Automation, one of the what’s new items was the ability to reserve/unreserve an IP address to make it unavailable/available for deployment. In this release the functionality is supported via API only. This … Continue reading

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Emulating a Wide Area Network with Latency and Packet Loss

Have you ever found yourself needing to simulate network latency or packet loss? I recently wanted to test a replication scenario but needed to have at least 15ms or so of latency between the source and destination. Years ago I … Continue reading

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Horizon Linux Virtual Desktop – Non Persistent Ubuntu 22.04

I recently wanted to apply some updates (OS updates and Horizon Agent) to my Ubuntu 20.04 desktop. It had been several months since I had last updated the desktop and realized the Ubuntu 22.04 had since been released. This is … Continue reading

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Homelab Power Outage & Recovery – Lessons Learned

My homelab has a small UPS to help carry through short power ‘blips’ that occur from time to time — it is not sized for prolonged outages. As such, I don’t have any automation to detect/respond to these on battery … Continue reading

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Keep it secure: Automate Skyline Collector admin password changes

Too frequently I login to my Skyline Collector and am immediately required to change the password. Follow along with me as I explain how I figured out how to use automation to reduce the frustration of this process. The Skyline … Continue reading

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