It has been about two years since I have visited a specific rack closet, and took pictures. Several days ago I have visited the same rack closet, and took some new pictures. You can tell time went by 
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A common tool in use when needing a console access to a remote server is the IPMI. There are multiple names and implementations – HPE’s ILO, Dell’s iDrac, Lenovo IMM, and so on. This interface can be configured – both network settings and user access credentials, when having a BIOS access, however – a question…
Hi. As some know now, I have an article about encrypting and protecting Linux – while using TPM to prevent the need to enter the encryption passphrase every time the system boots. This is one of the most popular article in this blog, and for a very good reason – people want their computers (especially…
I will discuss the issue of placing a Linux machine as a router, and some special cases where things might play a bit different. The most common scenario is of placing the Linux as some sort of PPP or DHCP-via-cables router. It might look like this: In this picture, the Linux machine actually recieves, via…
I have an old Dell server (R610, if it’s important) and I seem to fail to connect to its iDrac console via Java. No other options exist, and the browser calling Java flow fails somehow. I have found an explanation here, and I will copy it for eternity 
First – Download the latest JRE…
We have one connection via ATM like interface and we have one PPP connection via xDSL (described here), and we want load balancing for this whole party. Following this specific part of lartc.org guide, we’ve managed to get this to work. The idea goes like this (Centos 4.3): 1. Do not state default route for…
A while ago, a newer version of Cacti became available through Dag’s RPM repository. An upgrade went without any special events, and was nothing to write home about. A failure in one of my customer’s Cacti system lead me to test the system using “spine” – the “cactid” new generation. I felt as if it…
A common tool in use when needing a console access to a remote server is the IPMI. There are multiple names and implementations – HPE’s ILO, Dell’s iDrac, Lenovo IMM, and so on. This interface can be configured – both network settings and user access credentials, when having a BIOS access, however – a question…
Hi. As some know now, I have an article about encrypting and protecting Linux – while using TPM to prevent the need to enter the encryption passphrase every time the system boots. This is one of the most popular article in this blog, and for a very good reason – people want their computers (especially…
I will discuss the issue of placing a Linux machine as a router, and some special cases where things might play a bit different. The most common scenario is of placing the Linux as some sort of PPP or DHCP-via-cables router. It might look like this: In this picture, the Linux machine actually recieves, via…
I have an old Dell server (R610, if it’s important) and I seem to fail to connect to its iDrac console via Java. No other options exist, and the browser calling Java flow fails somehow. I have found an explanation here, and I will copy it for eternity First – Download the latest JRE…
We have one connection via ATM like interface and we have one PPP connection via xDSL (described here), and we want load balancing for this whole party. Following this specific part of lartc.org guide, we’ve managed to get this to work. The idea goes like this (Centos 4.3): 1. Do not state default route for…
A while ago, a newer version of Cacti became available through Dag’s RPM repository. An upgrade went without any special events, and was nothing to write home about. A failure in one of my customer’s Cacti system lead me to test the system using “spine” – the “cactid” new generation. I felt as if it…
A common tool in use when needing a console access to a remote server is the IPMI. There are multiple names and implementations – HPE’s ILO, Dell’s iDrac, Lenovo IMM, and so on. This interface can be configured – both network settings and user access credentials, when having a BIOS access, however – a question…
Hi. As some know now, I have an article about encrypting and protecting Linux – while using TPM to prevent the need to enter the encryption passphrase every time the system boots. This is one of the most popular article in this blog, and for a very good reason – people want their computers (especially…
