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Grafana Series Part 2: Monitoring a UPS with Grafana on Linux

I recently purchased a new UPS which has a USB interface, the APC BX1500M to be precise. After piecing together a few blog posts I had a working Grafana dashboard giving me information about the power consumption of the devices connected to the UPS. Nice.

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
5 min read
linux

New Hard Drive rituals

Two is one. Once is none. If you treat every drive (new or not) like it's about to die I've found that is a pretty safe strategy to ensuring no data loss. That is especially true of brand new drives which are still within their retailer exchange periods.

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
3 min read
arch linux

Bootstrapping WiFi for an Arch install with wpa_supplicant

It's quite easy to get tied in knots when dealing with the early stages of an Arch install because you're offline. So what do you do about this? Get online ASAP.

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
1 min read
linux

How to configure systemd boot with UEFI

We cover configuring a Linux system to boot using systemd boot on a UEFI system.

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
2 min read
ansible

Ansible Tip - Referencing items from a hash

Let's say you are in the midst of writing an Ansible playbook and you need to reference multiple values from an 'item' in different places. Here's a neat code snippet that will allow

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
1 min read
ansible

Ansible Tip - Using the expect module

Another Ansible top tip. Suppose you are running an installer or other process via Ansible which expects the user to be present accept a license agreement, enter some information or something. Enter expect,

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
1 min read
linux

A quick introduction to Ansible Console

Managing multiple machines sucks. No matter how much you automate there are always going to be edge cases where you'd like to perform the same command on multiple machines simultaneously. Enter, ansible-console -

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
1 min read
linux

Using Traefik as a Reverse Proxy with Docker

Nginx is a great reverse proxy to put in front of your containers. But what if I told you there's another solution? One that involves less configuring, still supports LetsEncrypt, and automatically adapts

  • hackerman
    hackerman
5 min read
linux

Building a cryptocurrency mining rig

When I write for this site I like it to be a reflection of my current interests and right now, that is crypto mining. I'll share some of the tips and tricks I've

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
9 min read
linux

How to get started mining crypto on Linux with Nvidia

I'm really excited about the current influx of new people to building computers for the first time to mine cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and more. Spending time browsing Reddit I get the

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
6 min read
linux

Huge VFIO news: Project Looking Glass released!

In the world of PCI passthrough few things have excited me more than the release of the new Looking Glass project from gnif over on the Level1tech forums. https://github.com/gnif/LookingGlass

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
1 min read
linux

Grafana Series Part 1: Setting up InfluxDB, Grafana and Telegraf with Docker on Linux

Welcome to a new series of articles that will take you on a journey to generate beautiful looking dashboards using Grafana. We'll take the readings from the metrics the things in your house

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
5 min read
how to

How to give Telegraf non-root user IPMITOOL permissions via udev

In order to use ipmitool to gather metrics as part of my Telegraf, Grafana and InfluxDB (TIG) setup (read more about how I set that up here) I needed to find a way

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
1 min read
kvm

How to fix a Windows 10 QEMU guest stuck in a 'preparing automatic repair' boot loop

My Windows 10 QEMU guest shut down uncleanly and Windows, being the (un)helpful soul it is decided I needed to boot loop through 'preparing automatic repair' until the end of time. Here's

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
1 min read
linux

dstat - How to check individual disk IO in Linux

There might be the odd occasion where you want to know what your drives are up to individually. Enter, dstat. Do follow the link as the site has a plethora of other options

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
1 min read
linux

The Perfect Media Server 2017

It's been almost 18 months since my original article in 2016 on the 'perfect' media server - this article assumes you've read that one for background on the software we're about to install.

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
14 min read
microserver

Revisiting the HP ProLiant Gen8 G1610T Microserver

One of the most popular pieces on this site was an article I wrote just over a year and a half ago on how to set up an affordable and small home server.

  • Josh Stark
    Josh Stark
9 min read
linux

Managing your music collection with beets

Any audiophile will attest to compiling albums well into the hundreds, or even thousands. When a music collection grows, it can become harder to keep it well managed. The main problem with managing

  • Josh Stark
    Josh Stark
8 min read
containers

Installing Nextcloud on Unraid

This seems to generate a lot of questions and queries so thought I’d do a quick walkthrough. Install MariaDB First of all you need to install MariaDB, now one of the stipulations

  • chbmb
    chbmb
5 min read
arch linux

Installing Linux on the Dell XPS 13 (2016) 9350 Skylake revision

Let me begin by saying if you are reading this article considering whether or not to purchase the Dell XPS 13 (9350) Skylake revision to run Linux, just do it. The build quality

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
5 min read
linux

The Perfect Media Server 2016

Choosing how to store your data is one of the most hotly debated topics amongst data hoarders. I frequently find myself discussing this topic with friends, family, redditors and anyone else who’ll

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
12 min read
kvm

Creating an Unraid Virtual Machine to run on an Unraid Host

At Linuxserver.io we decided that this may be a good way for us to run test dockers and compile the mediabuild leaving our own personal arrays intact.  Especially for creating the mediabuild

  • chbmb
    chbmb
8 min read
linux

Setting up a Linux home server: Using the HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 G1610T

In recent years it has become increasingly popular to own your own home server. Whether it's for personal private data backup, home automation or media storage more and more people are looking into

  • Josh Stark
    Josh Stark
9 min read
arch linux

How to setup Docker on Linux using Plex as an example

I’ll leave a lot of the theory out and just focus on trying to get you up and running as quick as possible providing example commands. I found the biggest hurdle when

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
3 min read
arch linux

Configure KVM and libvirt on Arch Linux with PCI passthrough

This post is aimed at making setting up KVM with virt-manager a breeze. If you havn’t already, set up X11 forwarding to a remote host or install some kind of a GUI

  • IronicBadger
    IronicBadger
4 min read
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