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Category Archives: Lab Infrastructure
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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Helpful Docker Container Images for a Homelab
In a previous post, I described setting up a docker host for some containers that I need to run in a lab. This post will focus on a couple of those containers and how I use them. One service that … Continue reading
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Learn how to monitor Pi-hole with vROps using the Management Pack Builder
Learn how to build a vROps Management Pack to collect data about your Pi-hole servers Continue reading
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VMware Workstation lab: Photon OS Container Host and NFS Server
In a previous post (https://enterpriseadmins.org/blog/virtualization/nested-vmware-workstation-lab-using-linked-clones/) I mentioned a nested ‘smash lab’ using VMware Workstation. This post will focus on a Photon OS VM with docker and nfs-server services enabled. Occasionally there is a service that I may temporarily need in … Continue reading
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