Homelabs are great, and im so glad ive reduced my footprint to a single powerful device. In the UK we are getting temps plus of 30c this week and that heat has a negative effect on home hardware...

#daveknowstech

I started a new job this week, and the IT kit i was given was an HP Elitebook with Windows 11...
Now im not going to complain about using windows for work, its a tool to do a job..
I'm also not going to complain about Windows 11 and how its an awful OS, because its really not
I've also not been deluged by AI Copilot stuff..

Its the speed of the thing.. I booted the laptop off a couple of distros and its very quick.. Windows 11, its noticibly slow..

Now the 35year IT vetran in my knows this is Antimalware, virus and all the other background tasks protecting the OS..

The same person also wonders, we were doing this in the 90s, 00s and 10s.. (and long before) are Microsoft really not able to do this better?

#daveknowstech #windows11 #enterprisetech

I thought "Why is the elearning platform releasing an audio player?"
Seems these are two very different things..
However Adding this to the list of things to try on the RPI

https://fosstodon.org/@moodeaudio/116789409180249929

#daveknowstech #selfhosted #homelab

HAving got a few extra security focussed apps deployed via helm (testing pending) I then for some reason had this thought "oooo, COSMIC would be a good desktop to try.." next time I have these thoughts, will someone slap me back into reality please..

Suffices to say I've got my 3rd fresh install of the week running of #cachyos back to KDE

Its not like i've got anything to do.. :-)

#daveknowstech #linux

I have been looking for a service i can use to manage ssh keys on my homelab, I found keywarden, its still very alpha however I've found it stable enough for my needs and managed to deploy to kubernetes using helm

https://git.techniverse.net/scriptos/keywarden

I think I will ask the dev if they would add a revoke key feature

#daveknowstech #selfhosted #linux

Kasm isn't suppported on any arch distro out of the box, however its installer file does work with an edit

The instructions here: https://docs.kasm.com/docs/tutorials/install/single-server-install will fail is
1) docker is't installed and running
2) docker-compose isn't working

Then it get to a point and ar setup to use the service command to restart docker, however needs the systemctl

The issue was that the installer called sudo service docker restart, which doesn't exist on systemd-based systems like Arch/CachyOS.

Fix applied: I patched three locations in the installer to check for systemctl availability and fall back to service for legacy init systems:
• Line 699 in restart_docker()
• Line 713 in install_logger_plugin()
• Line 814 in install_network_sidecar_plugin()

Each now uses:

```
if command -v systemctl &> /dev/null; then
sudo systemctl restart docker
else
sudo service docker restart
fi
```

Installation result: All Kasm services are running:
• 8 Docker containers active (proxy, API, manager, database, agent, RDP gateways, Guacamole)
• systemd service kasm.service is enabled and active
• Admin credentials generated and ready for use on https://localhost/ (or your configured hostname)

I'm going to create my own OS Container so i'll post up how i do that

#daveknowstech #selfhosted #linux

Ive come up with an interesting solution for not running AUR packages on my CachyOS until this is resolved

Kasm running locally for the AUR apps.
I know this is supposedly only happening to orphaned projects on AUR, however better safe than sorry

https://kasm.com

A single local install

#daveknowstech #selfhosted #linux

I thought, huuum this AUR issue, its not getting any better, maybe I will try another distro till it calms down, after trying 5 I will just reinstall #cachyos back tomorrow

I will pretent its a restore session test for my backup and never talk of it again..

#daveknowstech #linux

My longhorn storage broke on my k8s cluster, no idea why.. however the current focus is backups.. :-) Always best to shut the door after the horse bolts.. 

#daveknowstech #selfhosted #homelab

It never fails to amaze me how most people think you need a "traditional" looking camera to take decent photos, i have a Sony A6000 and love it however 90% of the photos I take are on my Samsung phone...

So many people hear this and sldiscount the outcome

Gallery: https://daily.photowalkmyworld.com

#daveknowstech #photography #mobilephotography