Just a nerd living in London. Feel free to tell me I'm wrong about: smart home, web services, cloud infrastructure & more. Currently enjoying #100DaysOfHomeLab
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4 Dec 2022
Finally feel up to Day 52 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
Multiple reinstalls of main 2 proxmox nodes. Using 16gb optane drives as boot (hope better lifespan), but default partitions don't allow dist-upgrade. Finally fixed with:
lvresize -L 1G pve/root
resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-root
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5 Dec 2022
Day 53 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
2 node proxmox HA cluster using replication is working. Third node is on the way, but I need to move a couple of things over first so I can reinstall the OS.
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24 Nov 2022
No #100DaysOfHomeLab today. Not been well, so ended up watching the succession of football world cup matches because it was easier than moving or trying to do anything productive
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4 Dec 2022
Finally feel up to Day 52 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
Multiple reinstalls of main 2 proxmox nodes. Using 16gb optane drives as boot (hope better lifespan), but default partitions don't allow dist-upgrade. Finally fixed with:
lvresize -L 1G pve/root
resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-root
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23 Nov 2022
Yes to nanoleaf clones! These are WLED powered 😎
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22 Nov 2022
Day 50 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
Halfway through and I thought I'd be doing more interesting stuff. But, no, replacing a dodgy SSD. How dodgy is it? I've no idea, but it's past its max write life so I don't think it's worth the risk.
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23 Nov 2022
Day 51 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
While I had the NUC apart, I had a go at replacing the WiFi card with 2.5gbps ethernet. Card LEDs were flashing but couldn't get proxmox to see it. Cool little card and if I can get it to work, a 3d printed lid for the NUC would make space for rj45
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22 Nov 2022
Day 49 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
New Home Assistant (HAOS) VM is up. Time to start migrating bits over!
But wait: "Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], Failed SMART usage Attribute: 202 Percent_Lifetime_Remain" ... I guess it's the right week for getting a good deal on flash storage.
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21 Nov 2022
Day 48 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
Pretty quiet. Updated some of my wiki.js documentation (the GitHub sync is very reassuring for when I brick the container, and info to fix it is in itself). Synology firmware update
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19 Nov 2022
Day 47 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
Migrating Home Assistant VM from HyperV to Proxmox. A couple of tries, but it's working. I might keep this running, but create a fresh install and move services over, so I can slowly fix issues with my config. I went too long without updating...
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19 Nov 2022
Day 46 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
Working on my screenshot manager container (Python Flask App). It was working fine before, didn't use it for a while and now it's creating loads of extra collections.
^ getting fed up with manually managing screenshots but have fallen down a hole
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18 Nov 2022
Fellow makers, home assistant-ers, homelabbers, general nerds and sysadmins - if you're looking for a Mastodon instance where there you might find likeminded people, feel free to join and say hi: sudo.cat/invite/UNbjK6Gk
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17 Nov 2022
Day 45 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
3 nodes running proxmox, 1 to go. Once the last one is in place, I'm really tempted to create a 3 node CEPH cluster so a few VMs can be highly available. Only 3 node, because the 4th is the syslog dumping ground to hopefully reduce SSD wear.
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17 Nov 2022
oh yeah, they are all NUCs, so: underpowered and the furthest from redundant hardware as you can get. Terrible idea?
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16 Nov 2022
Anyone wanting to dip a toe in with Mastodon, this script now support Debian 10 & 11 (on top of Ubuntu 20.04 & 22.04). github.com/techbitsio/Mastod…
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16 Nov 2022
Day 44 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
Less working on the lab, more actually using the lab. Spinning up various VMs to test and add Debian 10/11 support to github.com/techbitsio/Mastod…
Although, new 10gig sfp arrived/installed in the UDM-Pro. 1100mbit/s internet to the desktop!
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13 Nov 2022
Day 40 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
Back to python and MQTT. Basic connect and listen to topics working. Tested individual Linux commands for monitoring system stats, and some services. Next: start putting it together and try to get autodisovery working
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14 Nov 2022
Day 42 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
More MQTT fiddling. I can't, for the life of me, get Home Assistant MQTT Discovery to work. I seem to be sending the right information but can't get the new sensor to appear. Does anyone have any examples of this?
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15 Nov 2022
Day 43 of #100DaysOfHomeLab
Same MQTT woes. Next time: fresh hass install, basic config, and work up from there.
Meanwhile: replacing old SSD drive in Proxmox node. It's probably fine, but write life is looking suspect.
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14 Nov 2022
What's new in Mastodon v4.0.0 and how do you upgrade? There's a post for that:
techbits.io/mastodon-4-upgra…
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