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3 million smart toothbrushes were just used in a DDoS attack. Really

by Tim Keller

My favorite part of the story.. "While the details are scarce, we know that the compromised toothbrushes were running Java." We are officially living in the dumbest time line. My only hope is that the servers at the far end of that DDOS attack at least had a minty smell to them.. Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Feb. 7, 2024

Re: Firewalld/iptables/nftables question

by Cara Salter

On 2/6/24 13:11, Patrick McEvilly via WLUG wrote: > All > > First off, I’m in way over my head. $dayjob we have a redhat 8 box. We > are looking to take in syslog messages and sent them out to one/two > different IP addresses. We tried using > https://github.com/sleinen/samplicator > <https://github.com/sleinen/samplicator> and while it works perfectly > and a one banana job to setup, we seem to be dropping a significant > amount of traffic on the box. At least 10% of the logs are missing and > we have not loaded up the system yet. We tuned out the network buffers > and added 25MB of memory without any improvement. What syslog server are you using? In rsyslog at least I'm 99% sure you can send to multiple addresses: *.* @$syslog-receiver:514;RSYSLOG_SyslogProtocol23Format Just duplicating this line should do it. Admittedly, I only have one syslog receiver, but the manpages don't offer any issues with that. The issue it does bring up is with high volumes of logs, where UDP can cause logs to get dropped: > Due to the nature of UDP, you will probably lose some messages in transit. If you expect high traffic volume, you can expect to lose a quite noticeable number of messages (the higher the traffic, the more likely and severe is message loss) (from rsyslogd.conf(5)) I'd take a look at that and see if you even need samplicator. --cs

Feb. 6, 2024

Re: Firewalld/iptables/nftables question

by soup

Haven't used either of those. syslog over tcp will ensure delivery but if volume precludes that use I would use nginx for forwarding UDP if you need something quickly and dirty, but fluentd is kind of made for this. It can do parsing and transforms but it's all modularized with a fairly simple DSL, you can just do forwards. There's a gelf for graylog if that's where you're sending but it'll do s3, stdout, http, etc. https://docs.fluentd.org/how-to-guides/graylog2 There's a mess of how-tos for the popular use cases. good hunting, soup On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 1:18 PM Patrick McEvilly via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > All > > > > First off, I’m in way over my head. $dayjob we have a redhat 8 box. We > are looking to take in syslog messages and sent them out to one/two > different IP addresses. We tried using > https://github.com/sleinen/samplicator and while it works perfectly and a > one banana job to setup, we seem to be dropping a significant amount of > traffic on the box. At least 10% of the logs are missing and we have not > loaded up the system yet. We tuned out the network buffers and added 25MB > of memory without any improvement. > > > > https://github.com/sleinen/samplicator/issues/72 > > > > Seems at a high rate of logs (which I think we would fall under) there > seems to be some issues. > > > > We looked at this option - > > https://zapier.com/engineering/iptables-replication/ > > > > Redhat 8 seems to be using firewalld and backended with nfttables so we > can’t directly use this method so we tried this. > > > > > > firewall-cmd --permanent --direct --add-rule ipv4 mangle PREROUTING 0 -i > ens192 -p udp --dport 514 -j TEE --gateway 127.0.0.1 > > firewall-cmd --permanent --direct --add-rule ipv4 nat PREROUTING 1 -i > ens192 -p udp --dport 514 -j DNAT --to-destination 10.137.241.79:514 > > firewall-cmd –reload > > > > With no luck, packets are not getting sent to 10.137.241.79. > > > > When it works with samplicator this is what we get. > > > > 11:53:04.382233 IP 10.240.136.4.24277 > 10.240.1.1.syslog: SYSLOG > local7.notice, length: 670 > > 11:53:04.382408 IP 10.240.136.4.24277 > 10.137.241.79.syslog: SYSLOG > local7.notice, length: 697 > > > > sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward > > net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 > > > > IP Forwarding is enabled. > > > > I’m not at all familiar with any of this and cutting and pasting from the > internet and chatgpt has come up empty. > > > > Anyone have any suggestions on what we are doing wrong? > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/M2BHG… >

Feb. 6, 2024

Firewalld/iptables/nftables question

by Patrick McEvilly

All First off, I’m in way over my head. $dayjob we have a redhat 8 box. We are looking to take in syslog messages and sent them out to one/two different IP addresses. We tried using https://github.com/sleinen/samplicator and while it works perfectly and a one banana job to setup, we seem to be dropping a significant amount of traffic on the box. At least 10% of the logs are missing and we have not loaded up the system yet. We tuned out the network buffers and added 25MB of memory without any improvement. https://github.com/sleinen/samplicator/issues/72 Seems at a high rate of logs (which I think we would fall under) there seems to be some issues. We looked at this option - https://zapier.com/engineering/iptables-replication/ Redhat 8 seems to be using firewalld and backended with nfttables so we can’t directly use this method so we tried this. firewall-cmd --permanent --direct --add-rule ipv4 mangle PREROUTING 0 -i ens192 -p udp --dport 514 -j TEE --gateway 127.0.0.1 firewall-cmd --permanent --direct --add-rule ipv4 nat PREROUTING 1 -i ens192 -p udp --dport 514 -j DNAT --to-destination 10.137.241.79:514 firewall-cmd –reload With no luck, packets are not getting sent to 10.137.241.79. When it works with samplicator this is what we get. 11:53:04.382233 IP 10.240.136.4.24277 > 10.240.1.1.syslog: SYSLOG local7.notice, length: 670 11:53:04.382408 IP 10.240.136.4.24277 > 10.137.241.79.syslog: SYSLOG local7.notice, length: 697 sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 IP Forwarding is enabled. I’m not at all familiar with any of this and cutting and pasting from the internet and chatgpt has come up empty. Anyone have any suggestions on what we are doing wrong? Patrick

Feb. 6, 2024

Re: Hey Everybody! WLUG Meeting this week!

by Tim Keller

Currently we're having issues getting the Turing Pi 2 to boot, so doing a show off of Proxmox I could definitely do as well. I've got a three node setup as well as a backup node running at work, but I don't have anything on it that I couldn't show the world. Tim. On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > We've got a WLUG meeting on the 8th! I know weirdly early in the > > month because the 1st landed on a Thursday! > > > If things go well, I *might* have a Pi cluster using compute cards > > in it! I'll keep you all posted! > > That would be awesome to see. I've finally got ProxMox 8.1.3 up and > running at work. It's an interesting beast with some funky > limitations. And alot of flexibility. But the setup can be tough if > you have VLANs on your trunks/bonds feeding the servers. Lots of by > hand networking setup. > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Feb. 6, 2024

Re: Hey Everybody! WLUG Meeting this week!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > We've got a WLUG meeting on the 8th! I know weirdly early in the > month because the 1st landed on a Thursday! > If things go well, I *might* have a Pi cluster using compute cards > in it! I'll keep you all posted! That would be awesome to see. I've finally got ProxMox 8.1.3 up and running at work. It's an interesting beast with some funky limitations. And alot of flexibility. But the setup can be tough if you have VLANs on your trunks/bonds feeding the servers. Lots of by hand networking setup.

Feb. 6, 2024

Hey Everybody! WLUG Meeting this week!

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody! We've got a WLUG meeting on the 8th! I know weirdly early in the month because the 1st landed on a Thursday! If things go well, I *might* have a Pi cluster using compute cards in it! I'll keep you all posted! As for the meeting details: Time: 7pm Date: 2/8/2024 Location: Techncopia Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Feb. 5, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by Mike Peckar

I am very interested in this topic and also have a conflict most Thursday evenings. I'm curious if folks are using cockpit for virtual management and their impressions. I looked at it a year or two ago and a deal killer in our environment was that it required a browser plug in for that use case on the client side. Mike

Jan. 26, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by Gregory Boyce

On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 4:45 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 5:03 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > >> Coincidentally, I just recently started in a support role at Scale > >> Computing, which provides virtualization leveraging qemu/kvm, with > >> their own proprietary clustered filesystem. > > > Can we convince you to come and give us a talk? This looks really > > interesting! > > > I'm open to giving a talk, but I don't tend to be free on Thursday > > evenings. > > I think we could schedule something if it works better for you. Is > there a particular night that works better? Ideally I'd like to have > you do it in person, if only so I can pick your brain better. > I'm typically free on Mondays and Wednesday evenings, as well as every other Friday. > And does Scale offer support for datastores (not sure the term) on NFS > storage? Since that would make our transistion simpler. > No. We have a proprietary file system that distributes blocks across the cluster. In addition to redundancy of blocks across servers and disks, it also offers tiered storage where the bulk of content will exist on SAS HDDs, with more commonly used blocks moving to SSD or NVME storage. There's some good information here in the linked PDF: https://www.scalecomputing.com/resources/sc-hypercore-scribe-theory-of-oper… The VMs themselves would still be free to make use of any networked filesystems. -- Greg

Jan. 26, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Cara" == Cara Salter via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > On 1/25/24 17:44, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: >> Proxmox is it's own linux distro with a customized kernel that focuses >> on kvm. So installing it on a box takes it over. >> I've also setup a proxmox backup server and I'm doing backups of all my >> VMs in 30 minute intervals. >> >> It *feels* a bit like vsphere. The interface is *miles* better than >> OpenStack's interface. > Personally, I'm a fan of XCP-NGs interface over proxmox's. I manage > two clusters (one at home, one in a lab) and one thing that's stuck > out to me is how clunky its authentication is. Manually syncing LDAP > gets kind of old. Could we convinse you to come down to Technocopia and do a presentation too? Dueling presentations! And ideally on the strenths and weaknesses of migrating from VMware. ESX is still the 900lb gorilla, but broadcom certainly seems to be sawing away at the branches underneath it.

Jan. 26, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 5:03 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: >>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> Coincidentally, I just recently started in a support role at Scale >> Computing, which provides virtualization leveraging qemu/kvm, with >> their own proprietary clustered filesystem. > Can we convince you to come and give us a talk? This looks really > interesting! > I'm open to giving a talk, but I don't tend to be free on Thursday > evenings. I think we could schedule something if it works better for you. Is there a particular night that works better? Ideally I'd like to have you do it in person, if only so I can pick your brain better. And does Scale offer support for datastores (not sure the term) on NFS storage? Since that would make our transistion simpler.

Jan. 26, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by William Grenache

Understood - Thank you for that. Bill On Friday, January 26, 2024 at 08:22:54 AM EST, Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 7:10 AM William Grenache <grenache7994(a)verizon.net> wrote: Gregory, Looks like Scale Computing competes directly with VxRail (VMware w/ Dell/EMC product) and other HCI appliances - Nutanix AHV comes to mind as well... Although, first glance - looks like you don't need and or can't use the VMware hypervisor in any way. Can I assume Scale has a VM converter? v2v like tools? That's correct. We use the Linux KVM hypervisor rather than working with something like VMWare. You can directly upload vmdk, qcow2, img, vhd and vhdx, and the system will automatically convert them before use if needed. We're natively using qcow2 internally. We also have a partnership with Carbonite for p2v migrations. -- Greg_______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/FFIM4…

Jan. 26, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by Gregory Boyce

On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 7:10 AM William Grenache <grenache7994(a)verizon.net> wrote: > Gregory, > > Looks like Scale Computing competes directly with VxRail (VMware w/ > Dell/EMC product) and other HCI appliances - Nutanix AHV comes to mind as > well... Although, first glance - looks like you don't need and or can't use > the VMware hypervisor in any way. Can I assume Scale has a VM converter? > v2v like tools? > That's correct. We use the Linux KVM hypervisor rather than working with something like VMWare. You can directly upload vmdk, qcow2, img, vhd and vhdx, and the system will automatically convert them before use if needed. We're natively using qcow2 internally. We also have a partnership with Carbonite for p2v migrations. -- Greg

Jan. 26, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by William Grenache

Gregory, Looks like Scale Computing competes directly with VxRail (VMware w/ Dell/EMC product) and other HCI appliances - Nutanix AHV comes to mind as well... Although, first glance - looks like you don't need and or can't use the VMware hypervisor in any way. Can I assume Scale has a VM converter? v2v like tools? We can take this offline if this isn't the thread for questions like these. Thanks, Bill On Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 06:23:55 PM EST, Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 5:03 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: >>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Coincidentally, I just recently started in a support role at Scale > Computing, which provides virtualization leveraging qemu/kvm, with > their own proprietary clustered filesystem. Can we convince you to come and give us a talk? This looks really interesting! I'm open to giving a talk, but I don't tend to be free on Thursday evenings. _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/N3ZGN…

Jan. 26, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by Cara Salter

On 1/25/24 17:44, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > Proxmox is it's own linux distro with a customized kernel that focuses > on kvm. So installing it on a box takes it over. > I've also setup a proxmox backup server and I'm doing backups of all my > VMs in 30 minute intervals. > > It *feels* a bit like vsphere. The interface is *miles* better than > OpenStack's interface. Personally, I'm a fan of XCP-NGs interface over proxmox's. I manage two clusters (one at home, one in a lab) and one thing that's stuck out to me is how clunky its authentication is. Manually syncing LDAP gets kind of old. --cs

Jan. 25, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by Gregory Boyce

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 5:03 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > Coincidentally, I just recently started in a support role at Scale > > Computing, which provides virtualization leveraging qemu/kvm, with > > their own proprietary clustered filesystem. > > Can we convince you to come and give us a talk? This looks really > interesting! > > I'm open to giving a talk, but I don't tend to be free on Thursday evenings. >

Jan. 25, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by Tim Keller

Proxmox is it's own linux distro with a customized kernel that focuses on kvm. So installing it on a box takes it over. I've also setup a proxmox backup server and I'm doing backups of all my VMs in 30 minute intervals. It *feels* a bit like vsphere. The interface is *miles* better than OpenStack's interface. Tim. On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 5:03 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > Coincidentally, I just recently started in a support role at Scale > > Computing, which provides virtualization leveraging qemu/kvm, with > > their own proprietary clustered filesystem. > > Can we convince you to come and give us a talk? This looks really > interesting! > > > > Obviously I'm a bit biased since they pay me, but I have been pretty > impressed with the product. > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 10:38 AM Tim Keller via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > > Hey Gang, > > > As many of us have been watching the news, BroadCom has been > gleefully destroying vmware at > > scale. > > > I've been exploring FOSS replacements for esxi and one of those is > Proxmox. It looks pretty > > cool and has a pretty awesome set of features. > > > Tim. > > -- > > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as > > "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > > Web Forum/Archive: > > > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/5JBZJ… > > > -- > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/4HGXC… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 25, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Coincidentally, I just recently started in a support role at Scale > Computing, which provides virtualization leveraging qemu/kvm, with > their own proprietary clustered filesystem. Can we convince you to come and give us a talk? This looks really interesting! > Obviously I'm a bit biased since they pay me, but I have been pretty impressed with the product. > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 10:38 AM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Gang, > As many of us have been watching the news, BroadCom has been gleefully destroying vmware at > scale. > I've been exploring FOSS replacements for esxi and one of those is Proxmox. It looks pretty > cool and has a pretty awesome set of features. > Tim. > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as > "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/5JBZJ… > -- > Greg > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/4HGXC…

Jan. 25, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > I am using virtualbox running on Ubuntu 22.04 (not Pro). I'm using plain KVM on Debian 12 at home and it works nicely. But I want more features like live migration of VMs. So I've started looking at ProxMox as well. Also for $WORK since Broadcom is busy shooting itself in the foot in regards to ESXi. This tutorial looks quite in-depth. Haven't spent enough time looking it over, and I'd need to find spare hardware to run things on. https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-self-hosted-environment/ > I know this is not an enterprise level solution. but this seems to > do well (enough) for my personal needs. Yup, personal needs aren't as critical, but getting something to replace VMware might be key. And which is supported by Veeam as well. > I am running Windows 10 Pro as well as some other random stuff in > virtual machines. I am not a gamer. Me either! Except 'crawl', I'm adicted to v18.x of it. :-) > It has been functional/stable for quite awhile except for a very > recent Kernel Update breaking virtual box. This may be fixed since > virtualbox has automatically updated since this kernel update. I > have not updated the kernel to confirm that virtualbox works with > the new kernel. I will get a 'round tuit' when I do. I'm leary of VirtualBox for a couple of reasons. 1. It's Oracle. 2. It's not quick on kernel updates and I like to run newer kernels if I can.

Jan. 25, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by Kevin Stratton

I am using virtualbox running on Ubuntu 22.04 (not Pro). I know this is not an enterprise level solution. but this seems to do well (enough) for my personal needs. I am running Windows 10 Pro as well as some other random stuff in virtual machines. I am not a gamer. It has been functional/stable for quite awhile except for a very recent Kernel Update breaking virtual box. This may be fixed since virtualbox has automatically updated since this kernel update. I have not updated the kernel to confirm that virtualbox works with the new kernel. I will get a 'round tuit' when I do. On 1/25/2024 10:45 AM, Gregory Boyce via WLUG wrote: > Coincidentally, I just recently started in a support role at Scale > Computing, which provides virtualization leveraging qemu/kvm, with > their own proprietary clustered filesystem. > > Obviously I'm a bit biased since they pay me, but I have been pretty > impressed with the product. > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 10:38 AM Tim Keller via WLUG > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Hey Gang, > > As many of us have been watching the news, BroadCom has been > gleefully destroying vmware at scale. > > I've been exploring FOSS replacements for esxi and one of those is > Proxmox. It looks pretty cool and has a pretty awesome set of > features. > > Tim. > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to > their constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/5JBZJ… > > > > -- > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list --wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email towlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account:https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings:https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive:https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org…

Jan. 25, 2024

Re: Proxmox!

by Gregory Boyce

Coincidentally, I just recently started in a support role at Scale Computing, which provides virtualization leveraging qemu/kvm, with their own proprietary clustered filesystem. Obviously I'm a bit biased since they pay me, but I have been pretty impressed with the product. On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 10:38 AM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > As many of us have been watching the news, BroadCom has been gleefully > destroying vmware at scale. > > I've been exploring FOSS replacements for esxi and one of those is > Proxmox. It looks pretty cool and has a pretty awesome set of features. > > Tim. > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/5JBZJ… > -- Greg

Jan. 25, 2024

Proxmox!

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, As many of us have been watching the news, BroadCom has been gleefully destroying vmware at scale. I've been exploring FOSS replacements for esxi and one of those is Proxmox. It looks pretty cool and has a pretty awesome set of features. Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 25, 2024

Re: I just bought a Pi5.. we'll see if I actually get it.

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Aljerin" == Aljerin Butler,Jr via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Or you could look here: > http://customdesktopsolutions.mywebcommunity.org/index.php/linux-open-sourc… Thanks for the link. But I have to admit, the formatting on this site is horrendous! *grin* Black text on a grey background? And _small_ text too? Sheesh!

Jan. 18, 2024

Re: I just bought a Pi5.. we'll see if I actually get it.

by Aljerin Butler,Jr.

Or you could look here: http://customdesktopsolutions.mywebcommunity.org/index.php/linux-open-sourc… On Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 04:06:14 PM EST, John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: So for those looking for other SBC options, think one looks tempting: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-m1s-with-8gbyte-ram/ assuming it's actually reliable and tolerant of crap. I might try getting one of these and putting Ubuntu 22.x LTS on there. That at least implies it will be better supported than my OrangePi3 LTS boards (bringing one tonight!) which has been running Armbian, but which are frankly a crappy choice since I find that Armbian isn't such a great distro. Or more likely the vendor is just shipping meh parts. I've got one board working, and one dead one that won't even power up. Sigh... time to take a look at the board more closely and see if there's anything I can do. but mostly I hate throwing good money after bad. _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/HPHI3…

Jan. 14, 2024

Re: I just bought a Pi5.. we'll see if I actually get it.

by John Stoffel

So for those looking for other SBC options, think one looks tempting: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-m1s-with-8gbyte-ram/ assuming it's actually reliable and tolerant of crap. I might try getting one of these and putting Ubuntu 22.x LTS on there. That at least implies it will be better supported than my OrangePi3 LTS boards (bringing one tonight!) which has been running Armbian, but which are frankly a crappy choice since I find that Armbian isn't such a great distro. Or more likely the vendor is just shipping meh parts. I've got one board working, and one dead one that won't even power up. Sigh... time to take a look at the board more closely and see if there's anything I can do. but mostly I hate throwing good money after bad.

Jan. 11, 2024