Jason - jpft.win

Upgrading Wallabag

If you're running Wallabag in Docker and you suddenly get a blank page when trying to access or login, you may need to run a database migration. Check the logs for an error like this: [error] 278#278: *1 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught

homelab

OMV5 + Docker + NGINX

With OMV5 it seems some plugins have been depricated in favor of hosting them on a local Docker instance. Docker and Portainer are easily installed on OMV using omv-extras.org. The next step is to configure a reverse proxy so we can get rid of ports in the address and

aws

Getting AWS Certified

Last week I earned my AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification! At first glance the AWS CSAA can appear daunting as it covers a wide breadth of knowledge. Fear not as there are lots of resources out there to help you learn and prepare for the exam. In this post

docker

Docker Swarm + MACVLAN

A little while ago I created an Ansible playbook that deploys Pi-hole to a docker swarm in order to create a redundant self-hosted ad blocking DNS service. It's been working great but two issues have come up as a result of running the service in a swarm. Clients were not

homelab

Chassis migration

In an earlier post I mentioned my homelab server, a 1U Supermicro server I picked up for a song on OfferUp. I love it! It came with an X10 motherboard sporting dual Xeon E5-2620 v4 CPUs!! The 4x hot swap bays were immediately populated so with the "need" to expand

woodworking

Moto Shed

My "garage" "remodel" was a quick and easy project that was a lot fun to build. I'm confident it can be completed from start to finish in an afternoon, though it took me longer with COVID-19 related shop closures, and you'll only need a few power tools. When we moved

homelab

Supermicro IPMI Telegraf plugin

As your homelab grows, you need to keep an eye things. Creating dashboards to visualize your homelab environment becomes essential. In this post I'll give a brief overview of the TICK and TIG stacks and talk about a plugin I developed for Telegraf that's used to monitor IPMI sensor data

docker

YouTube-dl

Sometimes while browsing the internet you come across a video that is so great that you must have it! YouTube-dl is a command-line application that lets you do just that. It's pretty simple, small, and to the point, so why would it need to be Dockerized? There are plenty of

aws

SSL with TurnKey Ghost AMI

TurnKey is a group that provides Debian based system images that come pre-installed with some great open-source software. This allows end users to quickly and easily deploy "turn key" solutions like Ghost. In this post I'll go over some issues I had enabling SSL while using the TurnKey Ghost AMI

homelab

SnapRAID shuffle

Death, taxes, and hard drive failure. Hang around long enough and you're going to experience all three, it's just a fact of life. To help mitigate the risk of that last one we can use SnapRAID, a free open-source software (FOSS) solution used to create backups of your disk arrays.