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Server Rack Pet-Project: Proxmox

There’s a shortage of Raspberry Pi, that’s not news, it’s been a while and people are selling the ones they have at crazy prices. Since I’m not really willing to spend ~150€ for a Pi which usually costs less than half, I’ve decided to go for a real pc, small in dimensions though, or at least what I was thinking……
Categories Sys Admin

Past Year Review (2022)

The end of the year has arrived, and it’s time to look back and sum up all the good and bad things that have happened in the year. It’s a great exercise to review each achievement and to focus on how to get better.…
Categories Time Management

Server Rack Pet-Project: Cabling

After having configured the firewall, I needed to have one extra cable to plug it to the switch in order to connect my laptop to the network. (Un)fortunately I ran out of spare ethernet cables, so I took advantage of this to learn how to make one.…
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Server Rack Pet-Project: Firewall

What server rack project would it be without a firewall?! I got myself another bargain deal with a WatchGuard Firebox XTM25. I should have enough fun with some Stateful Packet Inspection and Threat protection (such as DoS attacks, fragmented & malformed packets, blended threats, and more), and if I manage to reactivate a WatchGuard subscription I might even get: IPS,…
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Server Rack Pet-Project: NAS

After mounting and finally managing to have a UPS working, I can guarantee that a NAS will “always” be powered on without disrupting the data availability… I started in a very naive way by plugging my HDD into the Pi, then one of the two almost broke and I had to run take shelter and buy a real NAS.…
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Server Rack Pet-Project: KVM

It happened already a handful of time that the Raspberry Pi are not reachable in the network, so I need to have a proper way to access them directly. The solution would be a KVM switch, a little overkill for my Pis, but I’m looking for something more flexible.…
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Server Rack Pet-Project: UPS (Part 2)

After quite a lot of suffering and sweating with my new UPS I managed to finally have it working.…
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Server Rack Pet-Project: UPS (Part 1)

Now that I have something that is network-connected and which I could use finally, it is time to make sure it has continuous electricity to keep things stable. I picked another deal and managed to get an APC Smart-UPS SC450, with almost new batteries (just 6 months old).…
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Server Rack Pet-Project: Switch

After having done a little tweak to the rack, I started tackling the networking side. I bought a network switch, I have already 2 Raspberry Pi, so finally, I can connect them to the network, then let them do something (not yet sure what though). Because those Pis without connection they’ll be useless.…
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Server Rack Pet-Project: Wheels

Now that I have got my cool rack assembled I noticed the mess it made on my floor. Unfortunately, I was so busy cleaning it right away, that I didn’t take any pictures of it. 26kg of an empty rack, which most likely is going to be something like 40kg once filled, on my parquet… with screws’ heads scratching it…
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