The best thing about open source, and one of the reasons why I love the entire Linux ecosystem, is choice. With open source software you have the ability to choose what OS or software you run, how you run it, and what you can do with it. If you don’t like the decisions that have […]
In this post I wanted to demonstrate converting from one of the RHEL compatible Enterprise Linux distributions, like CentOS, Rocky Linux or Oracle Linux, to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. I’ll be demonstrating from an Oracle Linux server running in Proxmox, however these steps will work regardless of the RHEL compatible distribution you are starting from […]
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Exploring OpenShift
OpenShift is Red Hat’s container orchestration platform built on top of Kubernetes. I love working with containers and Kubernetes, and as I’m also a big fan of Red Hat technologies I wanted to become more familiar with working with OpenShift. I’ve also been studying Red Hat’s Openshift training courses including OpenShift Developer and OpenShift Administrator, […]
I think having a homelab is one of the most fun, and most important things you can build as an I.T enthusiast, and it doesn’t even need to be complex or expensive to set up. So many times I’ve gone down the homelab rabbit hole on YouTube or Reddit and gotten frustrated that I don’t […]
Recently I’ve been working on an Ansible upgrade project that included building out an Ansible Automation Platform installation and upgrading legacy ansible code to modern standards. The ansible code that we were working with had been written mostly targeting Enterprise Linux versions 6 and 7 and was using pre ansible version 2.9 coding standards. The […]
I’ve recently built a Minecraft server in my homelab to give my kids something new to play with. All of my kids love playing Minecraft and we already have multiple copies on all of the different devices in the house. In this post I wanted to explain the steps to getting a Minecraft server running […]
WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems in the world estimated to be running over 40% of all websites. Its easy to use of use, has a massive theme and plugin ecosystem, and it’s super flexible for both personal websites and businesses. I’ve been using WordPress since the start of my career […]
Previously I discussed deploying Enterprise Linux in AWS which I demonstrated by using the AWS console. This is a common way to deploy servers to the cloud, however doing server deployments manually can create a situation where you’re stuck with static images that are difficult to replicate when your infrastructure grows. One of the benefits […]
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Deploying Enterprise Linux in AWS
In a previous post I discussed installing Enterprise Linux in a virtual machine, this time I wanted to write about deploying a server to the cloud. Cloud Computing platforms like Amazon’s AWS allow you to build and run all kinds of Infrastructure and services on-demand without having to purchase and maintain expensive physical computing hardware. […]
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Vulnerability Scanning with Nessus
All software has bugs. Everyone has experienced waiting for your laptop, tablet or phone to install some critical update, or had their computer crash with a spinning wheel of death or blue screen. Bugs in software are generally faults in the programming code or mistakes in the logic of the code. Programmers make mistakes, programming […]