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Rebuilding the Homestead’s DNS with Consul, DNSMasq, and Ansible

My friend Jason recently posted an update on his blog over at Peaks and Protocols about redoing his home network’s DNS setup. This …

Homestead Network Upgrades

Despite coming from the networking side of IT, I tend to use regular consumer grade equipment at home. It typically just works, and I’m …

Saving the Jeep

There has been a 1979 Jeep CJ-7 in my family for nearly 40 years now. My Great-Uncle bought it new from the dealer, and it passed to my …

The Great Cleanup – Chicken Coop Restoration Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of the Coop Restoration series. In this post, I’ll go over the cleanup that I did this past weekend. The coop started …

To Export the Unexportable Key

Every now and then, you have to export a certificate in Windows, and someone forgot to check that little box to let you be able to do …

Chicken Coop Restoration Part 1

One of the wonderful things about our homestead is that we inherited several outbuildings. We have a large post-and-beam barn (40 x …

My First Wine Kit – Winexpert World Vineyward Chilean Malbec

I’ve brewed beer about a half a dozen times over the last few years. It’s not a hobby that I’m not particularly active in, but I do …

Authorized_Keys in Active Directory

Now that we are implementing more Linux systems, I’m noticing some of the pain points of keeping certain things in sync. A big …

Flexible Email Alerts for Logstash

My company currently does a lot of it’s debug logging via email… This means that every time an unhandled exception occurs in …

What to do with an old Christmas tree farm?

It’s dark in there… As the missus and I sit and talk about our new homestead and the directions that we are thinking …