From b80cbb4da92dcdead24a3ab44f84f5e75e1e7c1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Romain=20Gon=C3=A7alves?= Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:20:21 +0100 Subject: website: Bump for archived repository --- content/writeups/homelab.md | 26 +++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/writeups/homelab.md') diff --git a/content/writeups/homelab.md b/content/writeups/homelab.md index 3f325a9..4e8f192 100644 --- a/content/writeups/homelab.md +++ b/content/writeups/homelab.md @@ -3,48 +3,41 @@ title = "Making an homelab" date = 2020-07-20 +++ -
- ## Motivations - Fun ! (We are hackers, aren't we ?) - Private git hosting, syncthing, game servers and build servers .. - Gaining more and more experiences - Portfolio ;) ? -
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## Software -There are already plenty of ways already for managing servers and services, such as ansible, terraform, kubernetes + docker, .. -But why should I spend a LOT of time learning all these tools seperately (and together) ? +There are already plenty of ways already for managing servers and services, +such as ansible, terraform, kubernetes + docker, .. +But why should I spend a LOT of time learning all these tools seperately +(and together) ? Right, they are used for professional needs. But I got a keyboard. Seriously. Let's spend twice that time on making my own infrastructure scripts ! [Gitlab repository](https://gitlab.com/rgoncalves.se/infrastructure/) -
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- ## Enjoying a dell r710 rev II - + ### Using an internal SSD -As I decided to turn my r710 as a bare-metal server with OpenBSD, I had to do some hacks to get a working internal SSD. +As I decided to turn my r710 as a bare-metal server with OpenBSD, I had to do +some hacks to get a working internal SSD. - Yes, I could have used the internal USB 2.0 port with a USB drive, but we are talking about a bare-metal server, not EsXi loaded in ram. - Yes, using the internal SATA ports (as SATA 2) will reduce the speed allowed by my SSD, but it's a spare one, and the main goal is to get an **internal 2'5 drive** or replace that term with whatever you want. ![](/images/r710_and_switch.jpg) -
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## Building a rack -(Never use pine wood.) +Never use pine wood. It tends to break easily. A friend of mine told me to use +oak wood, but the cost is a bit high for my needs. I finally ended up using pine wood (here planks). The key is to build a shelf intended to support at least 100Kg. @@ -56,4 +49,3 @@ Below, before and after : ![](/images/homelab_wip_01.jpg) ![](/images/homelab_wip_02.jpg) ![](/images/homelab_front_01.jpg) -
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