Server Administration Archives

Upgrading Ceph Quincy to Ceph Reef on Proxmox VE 8.1

April 5, 2024Jason Paul

Introduction In my previous article, I upgraded my hyperconverged Proxmox cluster in my homelab from Proxmox VE 7.4 to 8.1: As recommended by the Proxmox upgrade guide, we purposefully left…Continue readingUpgrading Ceph Quincy to Ceph Reef on Proxmox VE 8.1

Proxmox Server Administration

Upgrading a Hyperconverged Proxmox Cluster from 7.4 to 8.1

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024Jason Paul

Introduction Before setting up some new projects in my homelab, I wanted to make sure I was up to date on the latest version of Proxmox. I was a bit…Continue readingUpgrading a Hyperconverged Proxmox Cluster from 7.4 to 8.1

Server Administration

Day of the Tentacle: ScyllaDB University Live

March 24, 2024March 29, 2024Jason Paul

Introduction On March 19, 2024, ScyllaDB hosted a live training event, going over an Essentials and an Advanced track, covering a number of topics. I had heard of ScyllaDB through…Continue readingDay of the Tentacle: ScyllaDB University Live

Linux Server Administration

KWLUG Presentation – March 2024 – Introduction to TrueNAS SCALE

March 8, 2024April 22, 2024Jason Paul

Introduction During the March 2024 session of the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group, I delivered a presentation on TrueNAS SCALE: A free, open-source Linux based Network Attached Storage software solution. TrueNAS…Continue readingKWLUG Presentation – March 2024 – Introduction to TrueNAS SCALE

Linux Server Administration

KWLUG Presentation – March 2023 – Homelab Tour

March 7, 2023Jason Paul

Introduction During the March meeting of the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group, I did a 40 minute presentation on my homelab. Here are the slides and the audio: KWLUG Resources Here…Continue readingKWLUG Presentation – March 2023 – Homelab Tour

Proxmox Server Administration

Setting up a High Availability Cluster with Proxmox

February 5, 2023February 7, 2023Jason Paul

Introduction As a final step for configuring Proxmox in my homelab, I set up high availability in my Proxmox cluster. This article will go over the steps for configuring this…Continue readingSetting up a High Availability Cluster with Proxmox

Proxmox Server Administration

Ceph Clustering with Proxmox

January 27, 2023February 7, 2023Jason Paul

Errata A kind soul on Reddit pointed out that the network ranges I used for the Ceph and Proxmox cluster networks are not actually in the reserved IP address ranges.…Continue readingCeph Clustering with Proxmox

Proxmox Server Administration

Setting up a Proxmox Cluster

January 19, 2023February 7, 2023Jason Paul

Errata A kind soul on Reddit pointed out that the network ranges I used for the Ceph and Proxmox cluster networks are not actually in the reserved IP address ranges.…Continue readingSetting up a Proxmox Cluster

Proxmox Server Administration

Migrating Virtual Machines from VMware to Proxmox

January 18, 2023February 7, 2023Jason Paul

Introduction This article will go through the steps for migrating virtual machines from VMware vCenter/vSphere 7.0.3 to Proxmox 7.3-3 on separate physical servers. Background I’ve been using VMware products for…Continue readingMigrating Virtual Machines from VMware to Proxmox

AWS Server Administration

Self-Hosting Bitwarden on AWS

January 3, 2023March 13, 2023Jason Paul

Quick Start – Github Project Introduction I’ve used LastPass for quite a few years now as my primary password storage service. I randomly generate most of the passwords for websites,…Continue readingSelf-Hosting Bitwarden on AWS

Coding Server Administration

Terraform Associate Certification – Resources and Recommendations

October 29, 2022October 29, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction On Friday, I sat for the Hashicorp certification exam for Terraform Associate (002). I spent most of the week brushing up on the exam topics, and passed on my…Continue readingTerraform Associate Certification – Resources and Recommendations

AWS Google Cloud Server Administration

Migrating WordPress from GCP to AWS

September 18, 2022September 18, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction You may have noticed some changes to this site. Along with some style and color changes, I’ve updated the domain, and focused the pages on my technical blog. Originally…Continue readingMigrating WordPress from GCP to AWS

Server Administration

In Support of Backups: Part 2 – The Recovery

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction Since my previous article, while I was waiting for the replacement Dell PERC H730P Mini RAID controller to arrive, the controller failed again. The Minecraft servers again crashed, and dmesg…Continue readingIn Support of Backups: Part 2 – The Recovery

Server Administration

In Support of Backups

August 9, 2022August 16, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction This article is a reminder that: No matter how good the hardware you purchase is… No matter how much you build in redundancy… No matter how well you protect…Continue readingIn Support of Backups

AWS Coding Server Administration

Accessing PostgreSQL databases using the PSQL interactive terminal

July 10, 2022July 11, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction Recently, I’ve been running a lot of one-off queries for other teams who need access to data from production PostgreSQL databases hosted in Amazon RDS. I would do this…Continue readingAccessing PostgreSQL databases using the PSQL interactive terminal

Server Administration

How to extract a Western Digital hard drive from an EasyStore USB enclosure

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction For mass storage in a homelab, a central Network Attached Storage (NAS) server is typically a good way to go. This can be a commercially purchased unit such as…Continue readingHow to extract a Western Digital hard drive from an EasyStore USB enclosure

Coding Server Administration

PLEX Media Server and Bash commands for file organizing

April 9, 2022April 28, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction This weekend, I set up a PLEX Media Server to be able to share my legally acquired Linux ISO Collection to some friends and family. It would also let…Continue readingPLEX Media Server and Bash commands for file organizing

Coding Server Administration

Building a Virtual Machine on vSphere using Hashicorp Terraform

January 25, 2022January 28, 2022Jason Paul

Quick Link – Github Project Introduction When working with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, to create a new virtual machine, this is typically done through the…Continue readingBuilding a Virtual Machine on vSphere using Hashicorp Terraform

Coding Server Administration

Building an Ubuntu 21.10 vSphere template using Hashicorp Packer

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022Jason Paul

Quick Link – Github Project Introduction When deploying new VMs on a public cloud platform such as AWS or GCP, the base OS is typically available as a pre-built image,…Continue readingBuilding an Ubuntu 21.10 vSphere template using Hashicorp Packer

Coding Server Administration

Building a Kubernetes Cluster on VMware vSphere using Infrastructure as Code

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022Jason Paul

As part of my professional development, I want to become more familiar with Kubernetes. I’ve used Docker for a while in a minimal fashion in my homelab, but only recently…Continue readingBuilding a Kubernetes Cluster on VMware vSphere using Infrastructure as Code

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