Yearly Archives: 2016

Installing CentOS on the Raspberry Pi

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Will Foster

I recently acquired a Raspberry Pi 2 and wanted to run CentOS7 on it. Here’s how I got CentOS installed and setup. There are now official Raspberry Pi 2 CentOS ARMv7hl images available for your enjoyment. Let’s get started.

Posted in open source, sysadmin | Tagged armv7, centos, centos7, how to install centos on raspberry pi, how to install centos raspberry pi, install centos raspberry pi, installing centos on raspberry pi, linux, open source, raspberry pi, raspberry pi 2 | 9 Comments

How to Manually Clean Indexes from Elasticsearch

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Will Foster

In a previous post we covered getting started with the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana). Now we need to remove old indexes manually from an Elasticsearch datastore sorted by age. We’ll be using the curator tool in a sandbox using … Continue reading →

Posted in open source, sysadmin | Tagged curator, elasticsearch, elk, linux, pip, python, sysadmin | 3 Comments

Hobo’ing it up in NYC

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Will Foster

After 40+ hours of travelling, three long flights and a boat ride from warm, tropical Southeast Asia to Wintertime NYC my luggage containing warmer clothes and pretty much everything needed for survival past a few days was lost. With only … Continue reading →

Posted in life, travel | Tagged hobo, life, lost luggage, NYC, pragmatism, sketchy guy, travel | Leave a comment

Creating lots of iSCSI LUNs Quickly on Netapp

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Will Foster

I’ve been using Netapp technology since Ontap 6 before flexible volumes were around, and it’s my favorite commercial storage platform. They provide a robust CLI and you can automate repetitive tasks by using SSH and a bit of creativity. Recently … Continue reading →

Posted in open source, sysadmin | Tagged iscsi, lun, netapp, shell, storage, sysadmin | Leave a comment

How to Make Citrus Chicken with Kale

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Will Foster

Here’s a quick, easy recipe for citrus chicken and kale. It costs around €8, feeds two people and it’s delicious and healthy. Price based in Dublin, Ireland so may vary (I’m sure it’s cheaper elsewhere). Let’s get started.

Posted in food | Tagged citrus chicken and kale, cooking, food, home cooking, organic, recipe | 1 Comment

Linux RAID Disk Replacement with Sans Digital 8-bay eSATA tower

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Will Foster

There’s plenty of useful articles and guides on managing Linux software RAID floating around. I recently had a disk failure in my 8-bay eSATA array and thought I’d add to the mix. Here’s what I did, including some notes specific … Continue reading →

Posted in open source, sysadmin | Tagged 8bay sata tower, esata, eSATA Linux, linux, linux raid, mdadm, sans digital, SANS DIGITAL TR8M-B, software raid, sysadmin | 1 Comment

Logitech G933 Wireless Headset on Linux

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Will Foster

I recently came into possession of a Logitech G933 wireless headset and started using it on my Linux work laptop for 100% of my audio and video conferencing needs. There were a few issues out of the box on Linux … Continue reading →