Author Archives: Freejack

Car Wars and Car Wars 6E, A Comparison

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Freejack

I played Car Wars back with the pocket edition and a bunch (not quite all) of the expansions. I even ran a AADA chapter in Virginia for a bit and when we got into a car accident one Sunday afternoon, … Continue reading →

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Recommended Games

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Freejack

Jeanne and I have played several games in the library (see prior post). I did a quick walk through for someone who asked for a list of good games. While there are quite a few games that are pretty good, … Continue reading →

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Mid Year Review

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Freejack

This is more of a redo of the game room into a game library type post. I generally do a COMC as an end of year review so none of the extra information that’s typically added. In this case the … Continue reading →

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Sequential Updates

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Freejack

Say you want to upgrade all the servers. Straight yum upgrade or apt update. For example, in my inventory, I have servers grouped by OS. If I wanted to patch all the CentOS boxes sequentially, I’d run: For a Debian … Continue reading →

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Homelab 2021

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Freejack

It’s that time again. It’s a year later and there have been quite a few changes in the Homelab. With the release of VMware 7, I needed to replace my servers with something a bit more current. I repurposed one … Continue reading →

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Installing OKD4

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Freejack

Overview What I’m trying to accomplish here is to set up a homelab OpenShift type environment. I’m installing OKD4.7 in this case but OKD is an upstream of the Red Hat OpenShift so should be just fine for my use-case. … Continue reading →

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LACP, Bonding, Bridges, and VLAN Tagging

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Freejack

Overview This article provides some brief information on setting up bonded interfaces in Linux, configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), and then setting up tagged VLANs. Many times there’s an assumption of knowledge. This article provides some background and resources … Continue reading →

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Ansible Patterns

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Freejack

Overview One of the cool things with Ansible are Patterns. With Patterns, you can combine entries in your inventory file. Instead of having a bunch of tags specific to each site, you can instead have a list of servers in … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Upgrade to 1.20.6

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Freejack

Upgrading Kubernetes Clusters The following lists what software and pods will be upgraded during this quarter. Upgrade the Operating System. Upgrade Kubernetes. Upgrade kubeadm, kubectl, and kubelet RPMs from 1.19.6 to 1.20.6. kube-apiserver is upgraded from 1.19.6 to 1.20.6 automatically. kube-controller-manager is … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Preparation Steps for 1.20.6

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Freejack

Upgrading Kubernetes Clusters The purpose of this document is to provide the background information on what is being upgraded, what versions, and the steps required to prepare for the upgrade itself. These steps are only done once. Once all these … Continue reading →

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