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2021

Setting up Netbox with Pomerium

This post is a how-to on setting up Netbox with Docker Compose. In this example I will put Pomerium in front of the WebUI to be able to use Azure an Identity Provider and utilize Netbox's remote auth feature to auto create users that Pomerium grants access to.

Power cycling a HP server from Discord

My son has a HP Proliant G8 at a remote location that he uses for his Minecraft servers, it's a bit of a beast and consumes quite some power. I wanted to turn it off each night but needed to figure out an easy way for him to turn it on again. For that I used Discord and HP's Integrated Lights Out.

Setting up AdGuard Home

Like Pi-hole, AdGuard Home is a network-level software for blocking ads and tracking. It operates as a DNS server that re-routes tracking domains to a "black hole", preventing your devices from connecting to those servers.

Automate public DNS entries with External DNS for Kubernetes

With External DNS for Kubernetes you can automate the creation of DNS records based on an ingress resource. This is a great feature to have, especially in a dynamic development environment. You could have pipelines deploy feature branches which create ingress hostnames based on the branch name and let External DNS create DNS entries for them.