notes
For tidbits or little TIL (Today I Learned) articles. Notes from experience help me remember on those days where I can’t remember. The main reason for creating this blog was to write about things I learn. But, it also acts as a second brain for me in a way.
2022
Skipping fsck Manually Upon Boot to Speed Up Ubuntu Server Install
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Summary A friend of mine pointed something my way for speeding up the process for installs.Disable & Remove Cloud-Init On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
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Summary Cloud Init is configured and installed on Ubuntu 22.OpenBSD Initial Virtual Private Server Baseline
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Summary These are just some notes for common steps I perform after adding a server to a Virtual Private Server provider.Personal VPN Setup Using Wireguard, OpenBSD, and Vultr VPS
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Notes for building my personal WireGuard VPN on OpenBSD hosted on Vultr VPS.Troubleshooting MongoDB: My Failure to Read Documentation
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I recently experienced an issue with MongoDB where I failed to read documentation.Updating & Upgrading Ubuntu
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Summary This post provides a brief overview on how to apply updates on Ubuntu.Request Tracker (RT): Installing on Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS
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Summary Note that these are notes from walking through a basic deployment.Linux & BSD: Configuring & Using OpenSSH Client on Cisco Devices Using Legacy Key Algorithms
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Summary This is an old thing I came across.Cisco: Switching to New DNS Server(s)
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Summary This post contains some notes for switching a Cisco switch over to a different DNS server.Cisco: Configure DNS Server(s) & Search Domains For Name Resolution
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Summary Notes for configuring DNS servers and search domains for name resolution on Cisco switches.VMware ESXi 6.7: Configuring NTP Client from CLI
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Summary This post contains notes for configuring NTP on ESXi 6.Cisco: Saving Running Config to Startup Config
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Summary This is just a some notes on how to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration on a Cisco device.VMware ESXi 6.7: Configuring DNS Using esxcli
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Summary Needed to add some DNS configuration to some ESXi 6.VMware ESXi 6.7: Changing DNS Servers Using esxcli
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Summary Needed to change DNS servers from one to the other within my lab on ESXi 6.Windows: Release/Renew DHCP and Flush DNS Using CLI/PowerShell
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Summary Just some notes.Exchange 2013: Configuring Calendar Permissions
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Overview This article will provide a brief overview on how to Get, Add, and Set Calendar permissions in Microsoft Exchange 2013.Play Station 4 Troubleshooting: Error Saving to USB Storage
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This article discusses some troubleshooting fun I had with a Play Station 4 a couple of days ago.Cisco Switches: Configuring An Access VLAN On A Port
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Summary This article goes through configuring a VLAN on a switch port on a Cisco switch.Sysadmin Pain: When Percona and MySQL Community Repos aren't Synced
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Just thought I’d talk a little bit about some Sysadmin pain that I’ve come across.Percona MySQL: Installing on Oracle Linux 8.6
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Summary Notes for installing Percona MySQL on Oracle Linux 8.