Living now, Lost in 46 BC
Every time I spin up a new virtual machine or restore a template, I always grumble, mumbling something about how I should automate my standard testing process. Well friends, I have finally done just that; using the handy dandy VBoxManage terminal interface which comes pre-installed as part of VirtualBox.
I recently sold my existing home lab environment and run all of my work off a MacBook. It was a good day, but a sad day. My home lab saw me through the RHCSA exam, helped me learn Chef, and provided the backdrop for many of the articles I have posted here.
The Network Diagram A friend asked me to share a diagram of my current network configuration. Below is that diagram.
Through this project, I learned a LOT about arrays. How to generate them, how to add, remove, or change elements, and how to compare data sets. It was a fun and challenging process to be sure. I also learned how to apply basic loops in Ruby.
Building off my previous tutorials in which I described the setup of a Chef Infrastructure Environment, I thought it would be cool to actually do something with the thing I built!
Introduction In case you were not aware, Terraform is a tool to create infrastructure as code. And AWS is the world’s largest provider of cloud infrastructure. Together they make an automated infrastructure producing pie of awesome. I’m very much a newb with Terraform, and just as much of a newb with AWS. But, that wont … Read more
This is part A of a two part series describing the process of setting up my web server through AWS. Part A deals with configuring the domain and connecting it to the web server. Part B will detail the process of adding SSL certification to the web server.
Previously on HomeLab Tutorials, we configured IdM domain services. This is nifty and lets us do lots of cool authentication things, as well as provides DNS management on our domain. But, none of that matters if we dont do anything with it. Our very first IdM managed service will be NextCloud. NextCloud is an opensource alternative to Google Drive and Onedrive. I use NextCloud, because i can configure it however I like, and I’m not beholden to someone else’s data center for my personal data. I want my data to be my data.
Budgeting sufficient time to work on studying is hard. Full disclosure, I didnt study yesterday. No excuses. I did make major progress on my Chef Implementation though, which is pretty sweet. I now know how to use templates in Chef. But, Im not trying to earn a Certificate in Chef right now (But only because they aren’t offering one). So, I need to stay on the band wagon. Below are the flashcards which I have crafted for my AWS Exam, focusing on the S3 material.
I spent thanksgiving with my Wife’s family. For much of that time I was without access to internet, which was wonderful. It also means I was unable to post my study notes. That does not mean I did not study for my exam during this time. Today is the first of December. That means I have 15 days before I need to have my notes finalized for the exam. Over the course of my Thanksgiving vacation, I wrote a lot of notes, most of which was from the video linked below: