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  • 2019-07-18
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Taking puppet-ghostbuster for a spin

We use puppet at $dayjob to configure OpenStack. I wanted to know if there's a lot of unused code in our manifests! From left of stage enters: https://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-ghostbuster Step one is to install the puppet modules and gems and whatnot, this blog post was good about …

  • 2019-07-14
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Home Network Convergence

Finally got around to sorting out an issue which basically was that the TV+Chromecast near the TV was on another network than the media server and thus I couldn't stream videos by using my phone. I've been thinking lately and in previous posts that maybe I should just get …

  • 2019-05-30
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VLAN in the home network!

https://www.guldmyr.com/some-updates-to-the-home-network/ Above is a previous post in this series about some improvements to my home network. With two modems from two ISPs. So! On Alibaba I found two Hasivo 8x1GbE managed fanless switches with VLAN support. Delivery time to Finland was really quick. It didn't say …

  • 2019-05-15
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Some updates to the home network 1/2

Current layout: The corner: Cable MODEM NAT&WiFi ISP A One server One desktop who should be on both networks, default gw on one Phones and tablets wifi TV Area: DSL Modem NAT&WiFi ISP B One raspberry pi connected to the server Phones and tablets wifi One chromecast, would …


  • 2018-11-17
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Certified OpenStack administrator - check!

Yay! Took the exam last week after having studied a few days. Nothing seemed to be impossible from the list of requirements at least :) Thought because it's done online it can be scheduled almost on demand, but one had to wait at least 24h for the exam environment to get …

  • 2018-11-08
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Playing with devstack while studying for OpenStack Certified Administrator

Below I'll go through some topics I thought about while reading through the requirements for COA: Users and passwords because we use a LDAP at $dayjob. How to set passwords and stuff? openstack user password set openstack role add --user foo member --project demo Users and quota. Can one set …

  • 2018-11-04
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Studying for Openstack Certified Administrator

The plan : study a bit and then attempt the coa exam. If I don't pass then attend the course during openstack summit: SUSE And what to study? I've been doing openstack admin work for the last year or two. So I have already done and used most services, except Swift …

  • 2017-12-11
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wtangy.se - now with user preferences!

As part of my learning some more about modern web developments I've learnt that cookies now suck and one should use some kind of local storage in the web browser. One of them is Web Storage . https://wtangy.se/ got some more updates over the weekend :) Now if you choose …

wtangy.se/menu - now with a menu!

https://wtangy.se/menu has been born! A colorful menu where one can (at least I hope) fairly easily choose a team if one does not want to change the URL :) This was a requirement for being able to make a simple webview app :)