Stuff and Things Blog

How to resolve the file watchers error when serving an 11ty static site.

published: 2020-11-20

How to customise the Nunjucks environment to remove whitespace from rendered templates.

published: 2020-07-23

A collection of useful Ansible tips and tricks.

updated: 2019-06-12

published: 2018-06-11

Install Ansible AWX on CentOS 7 minimal server.

published: 2017-10-02

A high level look at the components in Ansible

updated: 2019-04-07

published: 2017-08-17

Download, install and license Ansible Tower.

published: 2017-03-26

Convert playbook from part 1 to Ansible roles.

published: 2017-03-13

Build a spine/leaf network with Ansible and Cumulus.

published: 2017-03-12

Build and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) cluster with Terraform.

published: 2024-03-10

Notes on how AWS Direct Connect (DX).

updated: 2024-01-06

published: 2024-01-01

Notes on AWS Transit Gateway (TGW).

updated: 2024-01-01

published: 2023-12-30

Notes on AWS Virtual Private Gateway (VGW).

published: 2023-12-28

Notes on AWS CloudFront.

updated: 2023-12-22

published: 2023-05-16

Notes on AWS Route 53 (R53).

published: 2023-05-15

Notes on AWS Elastic Load Balancer (ELB).

published: 2023-03-27

Notes on AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

published: 2023-03-13

An example subnetting plan for AWS.

updated: 2023-03-21

published: 2023-02-03

Notes on AWS Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs).

updated: 2024-01-07

published: 2023-02-02

An overview of AWS Networking infrastructure and services.

updated: 2024-01-07

published: 2023-02-02

Hosting a static website on AWS with Route53, S3, CloudFront and Terraform.

published: 2023-01-17

Hosting a static website on AWS with Route53, S3 and Pulumi.

published: 2022-09-06

Getting started managing AWS environments with Pulumi/Go Provider.

published: 2022-09-03

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

published: 2022-06-30

How to host a static site on AWS using S3 and Cloudfront.

updated: 2020-06-01

published: 2020-05-09

How to redirect a URL using AWS Route 53 and S3.

published: 2020-05-06

Getting the AWS CLI installed and setup.

published: 2020-04-23

Useful stuff and things related to searching Azure Firewall logs.

published: 2023-11-29

Useful stuff and things related to searching Azure Application Gateway logs.

published: 2023-11-29

Real world example of throughput on Azure when using a Cisco 8000v router.

published: 2023-07-08

Great quotes that I would like to remeber.

updated: 2025-01-02

published: 2020-12-11

How I achieved the AWS Advanced Networking - Specialty (ANS-C01) certification.

published: 2024-01-07

How I achieved the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA) certification.

published: 2022-08-06

How to play the JNCIS-SP game and win!

published: 2019-11-01

Cloud managed 'It just works' they said.

published: 2021-05-28

How to use TCL to pingsweep a subnet on a Cisco IOS device.

published: 2020-09-08

My review of the Framework 16 laptop.

published: 2024-12-29

How I fixed my sick Lenovo P14s.

published: 2021-08-15

Error while trying to install Ubuntu 1804 on a Dell R610 server.

published: 2019-05-26

Notes on Crystal Importing Code.

published: 2021-08-16

Notes on Crystal structs.

published: 2021-08-04

Notes on Crystal types.

published: 2021-08-02

Notes on Crystal enums.

published: 2021-08-02

Notes on Crystal tuples.

published: 2021-08-02

Notes on Crystal classes.

updated: 2021-08-04

published: 2021-07-30

Notes on Crystal modules.

updated: 2021-08-17

published: 2021-07-30

Notes on Crystal control flow.

published: 2021-07-29

Notes on Crystal loops.

published: 2021-07-29

Notes on Crystal methods.

updated: 2021-08-03

published: 2021-07-29

Notes on Crystal variables.

published: 2021-07-28

Notes on Crystal arrays.

published: 2021-07-28

Notes on Crystal hashes.

published: 2021-07-28

AWX installation.

published: 2018-02-28

Jenkins installation.

published: 2018-02-27

Gitlab installation.

published: 2018-02-26

Utility server setup.

published: 2018-01-24

How to publish a docker image to docker hub.

published: 2022-12-26

How to use PostgreSQL with Docker for development environments.

updated: 2022-12-22

published: 2022-12-21

How to install Docker engine and compose on Debian 10.

published: 2020-12-12

Docker CLI commands cheat sheet.

published: 2020-12-09

Notes on Elixir keyword list.

published: 2021-01-29

Notes on Elixir types.

published: 2021-01-29

Notes on Elixir maps.

published: 2021-01-29

Notes on Elixir tuples.

published: 2021-01-29

Notes on Elixir lists.

published: 2021-01-29

Notes on Elixir comments.

published: 2021-01-28

Notes on Elixir functions.

published: 2021-01-28

Notes on Elixir modules.

published: 2021-01-28

Notes on Elixir variables.

updated: 2021-01-28

published: 2021-01-26

How to create and Elixir package with Mix.

published: 2021-01-25

How to Extrahop appliances to EVE-NG.

published: 2021-11-11

How to add a Palo Alto PanOS 10 VM to EVE-NG.

updated: 2021-01-25

published: 2020-12-31

Configure SAML authentication for your ExtraHop devices with Azure AD.

published: 2022-09-09

How to deploy an ExtraHop discover appliance in GCP with Terraform.

published: 2022-03-27

A summary of my experience learning Go.

published: 2021-12-31

Notes on Golang pointers.

published: 2021-02-08

Notes on Golang types.

published: 2021-02-08

A record of the resources that I have used to learn Golang.

updated: 2021-03-02

published: 2020-09-24

Notes on Golang structs.

published: 2019-11-24

Notes on Golang types arrays.

updated: 2021-02-11

published: 2019-11-22

Notes on Golang functions.

published: 2019-11-21

Notes on Golang variables.

updated: 2021-02-08

published: 2019-11-19

Notes on NodeJS types.

published: 2021-11-04

Notes on NodeJS variables.

published: 2021-11-02

Reseting the posts password on a Juniper EX switch running 15.1R1 - 15.1R6 code.

published: 2021-08-15

Routing Policy

published: 2019-02-23

Protocol-Independent Routing

published: 2019-02-23

Firewall Filters

published: 2019-02-23

Junos Operating System

published: 2019-02-23

Trace Options

published: 2019-02-20

Authentication, Authorization and Accounting

published: 2019-02-18

Juniper open shortest path first version 3 config.

published: 2019-02-17

Juniper internal border gateway protocol config.

published: 2019-02-17

Juniper external border gateway protocol config.

published: 2019-02-10

Juniper virtual router redundancy protocol config.

published: 2019-02-09

Juniper routing information protocol next generation config.

published: 2019-02-07

Juniper static routing config.

published: 2019-02-06

Juniper open shortest path first version 2 config.

published: 2019-02-05

Juniper routing information protocol version 2 config.

published: 2019-02-05

Juniper syslog config.

published: 2019-02-04

Helpful hints for using Libvirt.

published: 2025-11-01

How to increase the logical volume size on Ubuntu Server 2404.

published: 2024-12-26

Installing Nvidia Driviers on Ubuntu 2404 server.

published: 2024-12-26

How to add themes ot Fedora 36 with Gnome 42.

published: 2022-08-07

How to Remove the lines with only white space from all files in a directory tree.

published: 2020-07-25

Gitlab gitaly issue causing 404 and 503 errors.

published: 2019-06-23

Use the ldapsearch command to query Microsoft Active Directory.

published: 2019-05-31

Customise a Gnome3 user shell theme.

published: 2018-12-21

Fix 100% CPU with CSR 1000v, vMX, etc.. VMs.

updated: 2019-01-26

published: 2018-09-08

How to configure a bridge interface with netplan on Ubuntu 1804 server.

published: 2019-11-02

Enable routing on the host in Linux with free range routing.

published: 2018-01-05

The components used under the hood in Openstack Neutron networks.

published: 2017-11-08

How to add Select2 to a Lucky webapp.

published: 2021-09-14

How to add pagination to a Lucky webapp.

published: 2021-09-01

How to add Font Awesome Icons to a Lucky webapp.

published: 2021-08-27

How to change inflections in a Lucky webapp.

published: 2021-08-26

How to setup UUIDs for database primary keys with a Lucky webapp.

published: 2021-08-25

How to add Bootstrap styling to a Lucky webapp.

published: 2021-08-21

NMAP quick reference guide.

updated: 2022-04-16

published: 2017-09-29

Netcat quick reference guide.

published: 2017-09-27

Documenting my home lab as im building it.

published: 2024-02-12

How to configure your Ubiquiti and Juniper network to trunk multiple VLANS.

published: 2022-12-09

My SecureCRT logging config.

published: 2021-04-29

IOL NETMAP file for Narbik's CCIE Routing and Switching v5.1 Workbook.

published: 2019-06-08

Links to collections of network related icons.

published: 2019-01-27

Vendor neutral base network lab.

updated: 2019-02-18

published: 2019-01-09

Use OpenConnect to access Cisco dCloud labs.

published: 2018-09-29

Spanning Tree Protocol

published: 2018-08-01

Ethernet 802.3

published: 2018-07-12

Virtual Local Area Network

published: 2018-07-11

Enhanced Interior Gateway Protocol

published: 2018-07-08

Routing Information Protocol

published: 2018-06-24

Command reference comparision between different network vendors.

published: 2018-01-20

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

published: 2017-09-30

Address Resolution Protocol

published: 2017-09-30

How to install Node JS and Yarn on Ubuntu 2004 server.

published: 2021-08-20

How to install and use Node version manager on Ubuntu 2004.

updated: 2020-11-21

published: 2020-07-22

YT-DLP quick reference guide.

published: 2025-11-01

My goals for 2025.

published: 2025-01-01

What did I do on the year of our lord 2024.

published: 2024-12-31

What I would like to achieve in 2024.

published: 2023-12-27

What did I do in 2023.

published: 2023-12-24

It's 2023 what's the plan dude?

published: 2023-01-01

What did I do in 2022.

published: 2022-12-31

My Moonlander keyboard setup.

published: 2022-04-02

My goals for the 2022th year of our lord and saviour Kermmit J Frog.

published: 2022-01-15

How did I go with my 2021 goals.

published: 2022-01-01

What are my plans for 2021..

published: 2022-01-01

How did I go with my 2020 goals.

published: 2020-12-31

What do to when MMS doesnt work on your android phone.

published: 2020-10-25

The eternal struggle of a beard leper.

updated: 2025-01-01

published: 2020-05-15

What are my plans for 2020.

published: 2020-01-07

How did I go with my 2019 goals.

published: 2020-01-03

How to re-map the keys on the Vortex Race3 keyboard.

published: 2019-05-11

Books I have read and when I read them.

updated: 2024-11-10

published: 2019-01-18

Backup device configurations to gitlab.

published: 2018-06-03

How to use Powershell to migrate certificates between Azure Key Vaults.

published: 2023-11-30

How to change the IP Addresses on Proxmox cluster nodes.

published: 2024-02-18

Bootstrap VM deployments on Proxmox with cloud-init, Terraform and SaltStack.

published: 2024-02-14

How VyOS Qemu images with Proxmox.

published: 2023-09-11

How to mirror all traffic for a virtual switch to a VM in Proxmox.

published: 2023-01-12

How to fix certificate errors in Proxmox aftger replacing a node.

published: 2021-12-31

Using Terraform to provision guests on Proxmox.

published: 2021-11-30

Using a hook script with Proxmox to start and stop a port mirror.

updated: 2021-11-27

published: 2021-11-26

How to enable a port mirror on Proxmox.

updated: 2021-11-26

published: 2021-11-15

How to import Extrahop virtual appliances in with Proxmox.

updated: 2022-03-31

published: 2021-11-14

How to import and use cloud images with Proxmox.

published: 2021-11-13

How to configure Open vSwitch for use with Proxmox.

published: 2021-11-13

Using VSCode launch.json to debug a Python CLI program.

published: 2024-10-25

Install and use pyenv on Centos 8.

published: 2020-11-24

Schema validation with Cerberus.

updated: 2018-07-17

published: 2018-07-16

Python quick reference notes.

updated: 2019-04-07

published: 2017-10-02

Napalm installation and basic usage.

published: 2017-09-15

Install python 2.7.13 and 3.6.2 on Centos 7 minimal server.

updated: 2017-10-01

published: 2017-09-14

TextFSM installation and basic usage.

published: 2017-08-20

Using Jinja2 to create network device configurations.

published: 2017-08-18

How to dockerize a Rails 7 app.

published: 2022-10-02

How to add stimulus JS to your Rails 6 application.

published: 2021-01-19

Some gotchas when using a has_and_belongs_to_many relationship with rails 6.

published: 2021-01-17

How to add nice URLs to your Rails 6 app using Friendly ID.

published: 2021-01-05

How to paginate records on your Rails 6 application data with Pagy.

published: 2021-01-04

How to build forms in Rails 6 and style them with Bootstrap 5.

published: 2020-12-24

How to paginate records on your Rails 6 application data.

published: 2020-12-22

How to add font wesome 5 to a rails 6 application.

published: 2020-12-20

How to add bootstrap 5 to a rails 6 application.

published: 2020-12-19

Ruby on Rails generators quick reference.

updated: 2020-12-06

published: 2020-12-03

How to install rbenv on Ubuntu Linux 2004.

published: 2020-11-21

Install rbenv on CentOS 7 linux.

published: 2019-03-15

Install rbenv on Ubuntu1804 linux.

published: 2019-01-28

Use Ruby with Jupyter lab.

updated: 2019-10-04

published: 2019-01-28

Install rbenv on openSUSE linux.

published: 2018-08-19

How to create a Rust binary with Gitlab CI and host it on Gilab Package Registry.

published: 2023-12-03

How to build and release a Rust projects binary assets and Docker images using Github actions.

published: 2023-01-04

How and why I migrated codingpackets.com to Shazam.

published: 2022-11-28

Querying the Pokemon API asyncronously with Rust.

updated: 2022-04-21

published: 2022-04-18

How to read and write JSON in Rust.

published: 2022-04-17

Notes on Rust closures.

updated: 2022-03-05

published: 2022-02-25

Useful links to resources for the Rust programming language.

updated: 2023-02-20

published: 2022-02-24

How to load a TOML file in Rust.

published: 2022-02-23

Notes on Rust enums.

published: 2022-02-20

Notes on Rust hash maps.

published: 2022-02-20

Notes on Rust vectors.

published: 2022-02-20

Notes on Rust traits.

updated: 2022-02-27

published: 2022-02-19

Notes on Rust structs.

published: 2022-02-19

Notes on Rust strings.

published: 2022-02-16

Notes on Rust loops.

published: 2022-02-16

Notes on Rust conditionals.

published: 2022-02-13

Notes on Rust arrays.

published: 2022-02-13

Notes on Rust tuples.

published: 2022-02-13

Notes on Rust chars.

published: 2022-02-13

Notes on Rust booleans.

published: 2022-02-07

Notes on Rust integers and floats.

published: 2022-02-05

Notes on Rust variables.

published: 2022-01-29

How to manage VyOS devices with SaltStack.

published: 2024-02-20

Install, configure and use Salt in SSH mode.

published: 2018-06-16

Salt quick start guide.

published: 2018-01-14

Compare commands between the vEdge and cEdge SDWAN devices types.

published: 2019-06-12

Build a self hosted Cisco SDWAN lab part 2.

published: 2019-06-03

Build a self hosted Cisco SDWAN lab part 1.

published: 2019-06-02

High level overview of the Viptela SDWAN solution.

published: 2018-06-29

How to set the ssh algorithm and cipher options from the CLI.

published: 2021-06-19

How to connect to a serial port via a USB to serial adapter from MacOS.

published: 2020-06-26

Install and configure the ST2 Ansible pack.

published: 2019-04-28

Integrate ST2 with Slack for ChatOps.

published: 2019-01-07

How to utilize Terraform Cloud Version Controlled Workflows to automagically deploy infrastructure from GitHub repos.

published: 2023-01-19

How to get your Terraform Cloud environment deploying resources in AWS.

published: 2023-01-15

Getting Terraform Cloud setup and ready for action.

published: 2023-01-14

How to get Terraform to play nice with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

published: 2022-03-24

Enable Terraform for management of Azure environments.

published: 2018-11-01

How to install an Ubuntu 1804 VM on Hyper-V for use as a Vagrant server.

published: 2020-08-18

How to install Vagrant with the Libvirt provider on Ubuntu 1804.

published: 2020-08-16

Build a Juniper vQFX 18.4R1.8 Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2019-09-01

Build a Juniper vMX 19.1R1.6 Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2019-08-31

Install and configure Vagrant with the Libvirt plugin on CentOS 7.

published: 2019-05-24

Host your Vagrant boxes on premises.

published: 2019-05-24

One weird trick to make SSH with Vagrant 1000x better.

updated: 2019-01-20

published: 2019-01-14

Build a Juniper vSRX3.0 Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.

updated: 2018-12-31

published: 2018-12-20

Build a Juniper vQFX Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2018-09-08

Build a Juniper vMX Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2018-08-31

Install Vagrant and the libvirt provider on OpenSUSE.

published: 2018-08-08

Build a Cisco IOSXRv Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2018-06-10

Build a Cisco IOSv Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2018-05-07

Build a Cisco ASAv Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2018-05-07

Build a Viptela vManage box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2018-01-01

Build a Viptela vBond/vEdge box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2018-01-01

Build a Viptela vSmart box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2018-01-01

Build a Juniper vSRX box for use with the libvirt provider.

updated: 2018-05-12

published: 2017-12-03

Build a Cisco CSR 1000v box for use with the libvirt provider.

published: 2017-11-26

Build P2P links between Vagrant guests with UDP tunnels.

published: 2017-11-23

Build an Arista vEOS box for use with the libvirt provider.

updated: 2018-04-24

published: 2017-11-18

Control the IP address a Vagrant box receives on the management interface.

published: 2017-10-25

Install libvirt and the vagrant-libvirt provider for use with Vagrant.

updated: 2017-12-03

published: 2017-10-22

How to install a Cisco Nexus 9000v Vagrant box.

published: 2017-08-19

How to install a Cisco CSR 1000v Vagrant box.

published: 2017-08-13

How to install a Cisco ASAv Vagrant box.

published: 2017-08-11

Install a Juniper Vagrant boxes with the Virtualbox provider.

published: 2017-07-09

How to install an Arista vEOS Vagrant box.

published: 2017-07-09

How to create code snippets in VS Code.

published: 2022-11-30

How restart the VMware (or any) network adapters from PowerShell.

published: 2021-07-02

How to copy your SSH keys from Windows 10 to a Linux host.

published: 2021-01-27

How to enable nested virtualization in a Linux VM on Hyper-V.

published: 2020-08-17

How to create a windows 10 bootable USB from MacOS.

published: 2020-06-30