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Tuesday, 29 April 2025

  • DIY Precision Agriculture: Fertilizer Monitor with Raspberry Pi Pico Part 2

    DIY Precision Agriculture: Fertilizer Monitor with Raspberry Pi Pico Part 2

    Posted on April 28, 2025 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
    I have good news and great news: The good news is that all my corn is in the ground! The great news is that my DIY fertilizer monitor preformed amazingly. If you havent read part 1 check it out here, but the TLDR recap is: consistency is the name of the game. I need to…
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  • DIY Precision Agriculture: Fertilizer Monitor with Raspberry Pi Pico Part 1

    DIY Precision Agriculture: Fertilizer Monitor with Raspberry Pi Pico Part 1

    Posted on March 16, 2025 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment
    Agriculture has been part of my life forever. I grew up on a farm and worked for my grandpa and dad until I was old enough to go off to university. Computers were a huge interest as well and sometimes those two priorities conflicted when I was growing up. I cannot even count the times…
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  • Automated Rotation of Keycloak LDAP Federation Password for Zerto

    Automated Rotation of Keycloak LDAP Federation Password for Zerto

    Posted on October 9, 2024 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
    Maintaining secure integrations between Active Directory (AD) and identity management platforms like Keycloak is a crucial task in any modern IT environment. Password management for service accounts, especially those used in sensitive environments such as LDAP integrations, can become tedious when performed manually. However, automating the process reduces errors, enhances security, and saves time. In…
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  • A Water Heater Breakdown Was the Best Thing for My Utility Bills!

    A Water Heater Breakdown Was the Best Thing for My Utility Bills!

    Posted on September 12, 2024 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
    The back story… Recently I replaced an electric water heater with a manufactured date from 1992. You might be asking yourself how the hell a water heater survived that long to begin with. Long story short, my wife and I purchased a farm which belonged to my great-grandparents in 2021. They had passed about 15…
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  • DIY Stratum 1 NTP Server: Secure Time Sync with Raspberry Pi Under $200

    DIY Stratum 1 NTP Server: Secure Time Sync with Raspberry Pi Under $200

    Posted on August 30, 2024 by Justin Paul | 9 Comments
    In today’s digital world, precise timekeeping is more important than ever. From securing financial transactions to managing networks, accurate time synchronization ensures that all devices are on the same page. This is where the Network Time Protocol (NTP) comes into play. NTP is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over a network,…
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  • Harnessing Zerto 10 API Enhancements for Superior Disaster Recovery

    Harnessing Zerto 10 API Enhancements for Superior Disaster Recovery

    Posted on August 12, 2024 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
    Zerto 10 marks the third iteration of a Linux based ZVM, and v10 is already in its 5th major update. While 9.5 and 9.7 were aimed at greenfield environments, Zerto 10 is the path forward for all customers and with the introduction of update 5, has introduced many new APIs. Summary of Core APIs When…
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  • Converting REST API Scripts for ZVM Appliance v2

    Converting REST API Scripts for ZVM Appliance v2

    Posted on August 7, 2024 by Justin Paul | 3 Comments
    A little over a year ago I posted about converting your scripts from Zerto’s ZVM 9.x API to the new ZVM 10.x API. The process I described here still works, but there is an easier way if you are willing to use a username and password, instead of a key and secret. For most purposes,…
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  • How to Install Docker on a Raspberry Pi 5

    How to Install Docker on a Raspberry Pi 5

    Posted on July 27, 2024 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments
    In this How to install and use Docker on Raspberry Pi 5 guide I will walk you through the process I use to get a fresh Raspberry Pi OS image ready for docker workloads. These are my notes and should be considered a living document that may get updated as needed throughout the lifecycle of…
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  • How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 24.04

    How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 24.04

    Posted on July 16, 2024 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
    In this How to install and use docker on Ubuntu 24.04 guide I will walk you through the process I use to get a fresh Ubuntu machine ready for docker workloads. These are my notes, and should be considered a living document that may get updated as needed throughout the lifecycle of Ubuntu 24.04. Prerequisites…
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  • How to visualize Zerto metrics using Grafana

    How to visualize Zerto metrics using Grafana

    Posted on April 18, 2023 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
    Monitoring Zerto with Open source tools like Grafana and Prometheus
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Zerto script: Quiesced MongoDB Journal Checkpoints!

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
Don’t let MongoDB get amnesia, quiesce it! If you are a MongoDB user that also has Zerto Virtual Replication you can now get quiesced Zerto journal checkpoints with a script I published this week over on the Zerto Tech Alliances…
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Zerto Tip: Change your PowerShell API credentials

Zerto Tip: Change your PowerShell API credentials

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment
Quick tip for a little extra security with Zerto Let me start by saying that by default unless you have your Windows firewall wide open, no one who doesn’t already have access to your Zerto server can access the PowerShell API.…
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Magical Internet Money – Cryptocurrency

Magical Internet Money – Cryptocurrency

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
Cryptocurrency Magical Internet Money (a.k.a. Cryptocurrency or crypto) has been gaining more and more attention lately so I thought maybe I should share some of my experiences and also how to make your own magic internet money! You might be…
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How to install VMware Tools for Easy Cross-Hypervisor Migrations

How to install VMware Tools for Easy Cross-Hypervisor Migrations

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Justin Paul | 4 Comments
Overview This is a companion article to the Hyper-V Integration Services Installation article I did recently. If you are looking to move a non-VMware based machine to VMware with minimal headaches then this is the article for you. These steps…
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How to install Hyper-V Integration Services for Easy Cross-Hypervisor Migrations

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments
Overview I.T. organizations are constantly looking for efficiencies and cost savings in their organization. Migrating VMware VMs to Microsoft Hyper-V is one way that some organizations are looking to save money (by reducing VMware license fees). Other organizations may be…
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Azure Quotas – How to request more Cloud

Azure Quotas – How to request more Cloud

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
Everyone loves cloud! Right? But what if you run out? If you aren’t sure where you are on the “About to run out scale”, check out my article on how to check usage and limits here. But if you need…
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Nakivo – A Flexible, Cost-Effective Backup Solution

Nakivo – A Flexible, Cost-Effective Backup Solution

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
Backup for more than just VMware! There has been a lot of transition in my geek lab in the last six months. I have been exploring public cloud, I no longer have a home lab, plus my colo was completely…
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Moving my Blog to Azure and back with Zerto!

Moving my Blog to Azure and back with Zerto!

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
To Azure and Back, while also replacing hardware! First, Let’s Recap! In case you haven’t been following along, my latest personal project has been to completely eliminate my home lab and opt to have everything at one location – the…
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Checking Azure Resource Quota Limits with PowerShell

Checking Azure Resource Quota Limits with PowerShell

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments
The Cloud has Limits?!?! When migrating workloads into Azure one of the first things that people run into is the limit on the number of resources they can initially consume. We are all told that “the cloud” is limitless, but…
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FuelRod – My R&D recommendations

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments
The Backstory One of the interesting travel accessories that I have acquired is a FuelRod. If you don’t know what a FuelRod is let me explain. Basically, it is a USB battery pack much like the free ones we get…
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