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With Github Actions and Package Registry, you can now build almost an entire CI/CD chain without using other services

A number of ports didn't work on the Force10 switch when initially using it as a standard switch. This was likely due to having special settings based on the previous installation while also having credentials for access via the console port. This post describes getting access to the switch, wiping the settings and setting it up for the given project.

The US Diversity Visa Lottery is now open for 2021. Entry costs about an hour of your time, but the reward can be life changing.

After the introduction of the X400 to my home data center project, the next step was getting the server to manage it's cooling much more efficiently so that I could run the server in a household setting.

This post deals with how to I managed to format NetApp drives so that they can be used in a normal context, outside of NetApp hardware.

The next step in building a home data center: adding a server to handle storage. For this purpose I picked up a 36 HDD bay, 4 unit rack-mount Isilon / EMC X400 chassis with a Supermicro X8 series motherboard. Fun ensues getting this part of the project working!!

After completing my previous project of building a Kubernetes cluster using old computers, I decided to take the next logical step and use real data center hardware to build a Kubernetes cluster at home within a budget of $3000. This is the first of a series of posts describing the build.

Prometheus is fantastic for drilling down into whats happening with the resources within your cluster.