Couple things on the nginx proxy things.

First one I know is something boneheaded I messed up in the configs, but can't figure out what it is. I'm getting an unable to connect web socket error. Haven't really had time to go look at logs yet, but figured I'd see if it's something someone would know.

Second, why do the Nginx proxy instructions assume that Nginx and MeshCentral are running in the same instance? I'd never run them both withing the same instance, separate VMs at least, and neither should anyone else.

@hobbit666 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@travisdh1 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

I've been getting back into Elite Dangerous lately. Wonder if anyone else plays here?

I started playing (well did the tutorial bit), not sure if I'm going to play regular or just a now and again thing.

Mainly been trying out GeForce Now games I can get cheap

I've found that it could be one of those addictive games, just because it's so huge.

@JaredBusch Not sure if more impressed that you made all those screenshots, or horrified at how Microsoft buried that setting.

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Installing Proxmox, but not from the ISO as i couldn't get the USB to boot.

So installed Debian then installing Proxmox.

Thought it was FREE?

Or is this "if" you want support?

I believe there was a post someplace around here about getting rid of that pop up.

https://github.com/foundObjects/pve-nag-buster

Looks like Microsoft finally allowing licenses to be used in hosting services in a way that doesn't mean purchasing a license for every server at the host, but only for a select few places. I'll grant you that they are the major hosting providers, but that still leaves out a bunch of our favorites around here.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Huntsman aren't really a problem, the biggest thing they do is frighten you, it's other mongrels that can make you pretty crook.

I used to be scared of snakes, not as much now after learning how they & why they react and how to treat snake bite. You don't want to get between a mother snake & it's babies either, they go mad at you.

Are Deers feral in the USA? They are down here, they're a real pest.

Most are. A few farms actually raise them around here, but 99% are feral.

Either kind is tasty, but I don't like processing them either. Tried it once, and no thanks.

@Emad-R said in how do you deal with SPOF with HAproxy:

Hi,

I wonder if this ever came across where you use HAproxy but wish to made it redundant and can sustain it going down. I know it rarely ever go down but what do you do if you want to make it redundant.

You'd be looking at changing DNS via scripts if you need to have a high availability HAproxy. Totally doable with any DNS provider that gives API access.

I have to ask the dumb question. How are tablets being connected to a wired network?

@scottalanmiller said in WPS Office 2019:

@kamidon said in WPS Office 2019:

This is random, but how good is GIMP now?! I mean damn it's awesome nowadays. Love the new interface.

Been quite good for a long time. But still hard to use.

Anything that can do all that stuff is going to be complicated to learn. Photoshop is just as hard to learn.

@WrCombs said in Collision Domain - In POS:

@travisdh1 said in Collision Domain - In POS:

@WrCombs said in Collision Domain - In POS:

@travisdh1 said in Collision Domain - In POS:

I have to ask the dumb question. How are tablets being connected to a wired network?

Access point on the firewall routed to the wired network.

FFS, there is the issue.

I know you normally have a network dedicated to POS. That doesn't magically free up availability for the wifi network when things get busy. The wireless environment is probably clogged full when the place gets busy. That'll be your bottleneck.

FFS explain what you mean? Nothing you just said makes any sense to me.

The Tablet is Not Currently in Use.

You've been talking about the wired network, but the tablets that are having issues aren't even connected to it.

Connectwise is my latest everyday driver, and it's design is just terrible in addition to being stupid complex to setup.

Frankly, none of them that I've ever used were all that good. Serviceable is about so good as it got.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Halfway through rearranging the office. Personal stuff all back up, going to take a break before redoing all the work things.

home office?

Yep. Working from home all the time made us rethink the office setup. Got me enough room for all 3 of my monitors, printer, the 2 monitors for work, and my home lab server back in action. The wife dubbed it the "Command Center".

I suppose I'll post pictures after I get it all put back together this afternoon. We do have a thread for that here.

@creayt said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

Damn dude you just missed a deal that was exactly what you're looking for. Bummer.

https://www.edealinfo.com/d/00193386277347/Lenovo-Legion-Y545-15-6-inch-FHD-Laptop-with-Intel-Hex-Core

It's Lenovo, so automatically blacklisted.

@dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@travisdh1 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

About to fire up some Elite Dangerous.

I've been seriously ADD the last couple of days with the games I've been playing. I've played Final Fantasy 6, Final Fantasy 9, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Doom (the new one), Killing Floor 2, The Forrest, Outcast: Second Contact, and Vector.

Can't seem to get settled into a Rhythm on anything.

I so want all 3 installments of the Final Fantasy 7 remake already. I've got the original, but haven't played it in years now.

@wrx7m said in Cross platform automated patch management:

@marcinozga said in Cross platform automated patch management:

Ansible is the correct solution, and I guess you could save output to log file with log_plays plugin. Perhaps AWX or Tower have reporting capability, I haven't used Tower and I briefly looked and AWX.

Other configuration management solutions might do what you need too.

Tower is pricey, depending on your needs. AWX lacks "support", as it is free.

Also, AWX is treated as a toy and has constant issues with the current release software. You can see all the issues I had when experimenting with it: https://mangolassi.it/topic/19300/install-awx-on-centos-7-with-docker

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Reviewing configuring sudo access (other than just dropping a user into the wheel group) and autofs.

Like most "simple" tools, you can do a lot of managing who is allowed to run what with it.

https://letsencrypt.org/

No reason to not use https anymore. Automate renewal with letsencrypt tools. It's what I use for my home lab web services.

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Updating lab VMs before heading to sleep.

You have to do that manually? I need to do more auto-update instructions I guess.

@Pete-S This made me think of something I haven't considered since the 90s. Back then UNIX based systems were so much better at streaming data to the tape that we'd use IRIX systems to make backups of all the things rather than Windows. Anyone know if OS makes a difference in keeping tape drives fed with data today?

Back to your current question. A worst case scenario with either option will lead to full restore from off-site. So Option 1 would make the most sense to me. Feeding enough data to today's tape drives can be a challenge even from local disc.

@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Think I'm going to put shared mailboxes up there on my hate list along with printers; not sure yet which I hate more

Shared mailboxes lol

Shared calendars :angry_face: