The Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi Cluster case version 2.0!
How do you make the Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi cluster case better!?! I wrote this article sometime in late 2019 or early 2020… apparently I forgot to click publish. Woops!…
Category: Hardware
How to Build a JunkYard Kubernetes Cluster on the Cheap!
This post is about recycling old hardware that you might never consider using for a lab. It won’t be a super technical post, but since Kubernetes requirements are not the…
Geek stuff worth grabbing on #PrimeDay
Or grab them any other day… I didn’t wait till PrimeDay. It’s been a while since I blogged about my addiction to geek toys from Amazon, so here is an…
The Ultimate Nerd #RaspberryPi Cluster Case
Warning: This may persuade you to buy a 3D Printer… just saying you’ve been warned LOL. Let me start by saying all of the STL files to make this bad…
Why the HPE C3000 BladeSystem is the best lab setup ever
I can’t remember if I bought my C3000 chassis in 2016 or 2015, but it’s still running great (knock on wood) and has been the best “home lab” investment I’ve…
How to build a Raspberry Pi Serial Console Server with ser2net
If you’ve ever built a Cisco CCNA lab or some other hardware lab that has serial console ports, there is a good chance you sat within a few feet of…
Nutanix Acropolis adding Cloud Native stack
Initial Press Release: KubeCon 2018 – Seattle, Wa — Nutanix Cloud Native delivers reliable, automated, secure, and efficient services for developers on the private cloud and is powered by leading hyper-converged…
My Ubiquiti UniFi Appliance 3.0 – now even more super!
Update March 2021 The share hosting the appliance OVA files was removed. Since the OVA’s were over a year old I have not uploaded them to a new share. There…
How to Create a UniFi Server on AWS in 6 Easy Steps
If you are looking for an alternative to the Ubiquiti Enterprise Unifi service, hosting your UniFi server on AWS is a great alternative. Plus it’s super easy! If you have…
Ubiquiti Unifi Virtual Appliance 2.0
My Ubiquiti Unifi Virtual Appliance template The Ubiquiti Unifi Virtual Appliance that I posted a while back in this post was starting to get more traffic. However, there were some…
