@scottalanmiller said in Windows Server for your home lab:

The more often you are forced to rebuild, the more you will be encouraged to automate.

Can you sysprep before adding the trial license? That way you could just clone and add the license automatically.

@jaredbusch said in what programming language can I learn now ???:

@roopankumar said in what programming language can I learn now ???:

@scottalanmiller need to experiment myself and thinking of what limit can I able to push myself into this. change of course too alternate techie thing

Start by automating your job with scripting in the appropriate language for your systems (powershell or bash).

Then one you understand the logic flow of scripting, you can choose to get into development and actual programming.

This provides you with the benefit of improving your knowledge and your work environment at the same time.

I definitely agree with this. It actually makes the knowledge that you are gaining applicable to your everyday life to begin with. That's huge. I also agree with Scott that scripting langs are very popular right now. Compiled does have it's place in my opinion but there are arguments to be had there. That being said compiled languages would be the last thing that I would suggest for a sysadmin as it's applicability would be very little for you (if any).

@marcinozga said in I need some ideas how to use spare server:

@jmoore said in I need some ideas how to use spare server:

Host your own blog, bulletin board, Irc, mail client, and I'm running out of ideas.

Wrong direction. All that is more of a hobby. Elk stack was a good suggestion, I'm leaning towards Sensu, Vector, Salt, Consul, perhaps Snipe-It, that kind of stuff.

Sensu looks like it could be interesting. I may give that one ago too.

@scottalanmiller I'll try it the next time I'm in vi.

Take a look at this as well
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/connect-to-remote-aadj-pc

Take a look below:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/connect-to-remote-aadj-pc

I visited someone's home tonight that had two Unifi APs, one at either side of the house. Though one half the house had horrible connections. Turns out the second AP had no power. Reset connections, tada! AP back online and wifi is awesome!

Is best and more efficient to buy a new powersupply rather than spending time on an older workstation. The fan needs to be desoldered and then solder the new one back in. That's a lot of time of labor that can readily be done with a $34 part.

This is why I don't enter contests with Meraki as the prize. Its like giving somebody a satellite dish as a present.

"Merry Christmas and enjoy the next 2 years under contract at $150/month out of your pocket."

@scottalanmiller said in Is CloudFlare Working for the NSA:

Given that you can do end to end SSL with CF, how does CF enable the NSA?

Exactly, so again I ask the OP,

OH?

@gjacobse said in DHCP Scope and DNS Reverse Lookup:

@scottalanmiller said in DHCP Scope and DNS Reverse Lookup:

@gjacobse said in DHCP Scope and DNS Reverse Lookup:

Never Mind.

Found the issue, and added the A Record accordingly - points like it should.

There was no record at all?

I had added the record. But didn't work. searched for record, not there.
Was in wrong zone.

That is 100% no record at all.

Well that sucks, have to purchase it on Mac. . ..

Only $1.99 but still.

@networknerd said in When Someone Points Their DNS at Your Site:

@scottalanmiller said in When Someone Points Their DNS at Your Site:

Could still be weird. But could be benign, too.

Or it could be the NSA.

All your websites are belong to NSA.

@jmoore said in Trying to Install log.io on Fedora 26:

I finally got Log.io running and I like it. It will be really useful on the server for my website.

Nice, welcome to the club 🙂

Mainly at home, however, i do keep a virtual machine running at work with it installed. Some things I just prefer to do using Fedora. I find it much more flexible and I just like the software better in a lot of cases.

@jmoore said in log.io on Fedora 26 Cannot Fine logging:

Oh ok, that sure is weird.

Just a bit.

My vote on this topic is Fedora. Just so few problems that i don't cause myself. Its made for Gnome.

@dustinb3403 said in List folder/file path length as a number:

@scottalanmiller said in List folder/file path length as a number:

It's the low hanging fruit approach.

The repetitive of this is what I was considering, and piping it out to something.

Use that to make a script and an email alert!

@AlyRagab said in CoreOS vs CentOS for Containers Deployments:

@scottalanmiller said in CoreOS vs CentOS for Containers Deployments:

I'd certainly not use CentOS. I'd use Fedora.

Why @scottalanmiller ?

http://www.smbitjournal.com/2017/04/rethinking-long-term-support-releases/

Especially for a component where constant development is taking place. Fedora is dramatically more modern and up to date on containers than CentOS.