(Or a home network.) ENV: Pi-Hole 5 on a Centos 7 LXC Container on Proxmox VE 6Skipping the original home of Pi-hole here (RPI) and going straight to desktop series processors on proxmox for reduced latency and better performance when…
Author: moon
Zabbix
Zabbix Proxies (Proxy’s?)
Zabbix Proxy Servers are a useful addon to zabbix that extend the monitoring capabilities of a server to remote sites.The three main reasons I believe they are useful are: WAN/Link Efficiency. Instead of having say 10 zabbix agents at a…
Auto Electrical
Narva 54427 (54427BL) Battery Fuse – Some Photos and a Description of the Operation
After some research into battery fuses for a pair of new 12v lithium (LiFePO4) batteries I couldn’t decide between an ANL fuse system or what Narva refers to as a “Bold Down battery Fuse” (Also know as a Marine Rated Battery…
Solar Systems, Zabbix, pfSense
Monitoring a solar system with Zabbix 5.2
ENV: Zabbix 5.2.6 (edit: now 5.4.4 with recent release) Server on rhel8 eq, Zabbix Proxy 5.2.6 on rhel7 eq, Zabbix Agent 5.2.6 on same host as proxy. Sungrow SG8K-D (AU) Solar Inverter. With a heavily modified solariot script for querying…
Unifi, VR, Wifi
[Fix] Unable to Cast Oculus Quest 2 on Unifi Wifi
TL;DR Enable “Multicast Enhancement” in Unifi under Wifi > Network > Advanced Ubiquity Unifi Wi-Fi Access Points with Oculus Quest 2 VR Headsets. Since purchase I have only bee able to get casting working once and I’m now assuming it…
CentOS, OS
[Fixed] filesystem package fails to upgrade on docker/lxc containers – centos 7/8
Have had an ongoing issue with a handful of lxc containers that fail to dnf upgrade the ‘filesystem’ package. Reading online it looks to also occur on docker containers. Error: Failed:filesystem-3.8-2.el8.x86_64 Issue is caused by the /proc subsystem that is…
3.2, Hardware, Type-C, USB, VR
[Success] USB-C VR Headset on a non-USB-C Motherboard or Graphics Card
Tl;dr Gigabyte USB 3.2 Gen2x2 PCI-E Card, will power and connect to an Oculus Quest 2 over the Oculus Link Cable. Updated with multiple edits after testing was completed. ENV: 1150 Socket CPU, recent upgrade to RTX 2070 Super Card.…
Dell, Dell, Dell Command Update, Dell Repository Manager
Dell Repository Manager – Setup, Use and Maintenance
ENV: Windows 10 Pro Desktop for Dell Repo Manager v2.2.4Proxmox Containers running nginx for repo distribution Background I’ve personally found Dell Repository Manager (Business Client Version) to be an unstable beast of a program that I don’t not recommend unless…
Windows
Windows 10 Shutdown Behavior
After a couple of months of encountering more and more users with simple system or software issues which were easily resolved by shutting down or restarting their computer; but the user insisting they shut it down each night. We starting…
Proxmox, Unifi-Video
UniFi Video Server as a LXC Container on Proxmox
To be clear, UniFi Video. Not UniFi Protect,Specifically tested with:ENV: Unifi-Video 3.10.10-3.10.12 on Ubuntu 18.04.xx LTS as a LXC Container on Proxmox 6.2-4. Build:Basic Container Build with the following specsUnprivileged6GB BootSpec’d mount point for video storage needs: mp=/var/lib/unifi-video/videos(300GB gets me…