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AWS Training and Certification Promotion Roundup – Feb 2023

February 1, 2023February 12, 2023Jason Paul

Introduction There are a number of current promotions around AWS training and certification that include free training, discount vouchers on exams, and other resources. These are typically hard to find…Continue readingAWS Training and Certification Promotion Roundup – Feb 2023

AWS Bootcamp

Free AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp with Andrew Brown

January 31, 2023February 12, 2023Jason Paul

Introduction I’m excited to be part of Andrew Brown’s Free AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp which starts on February 11, 2023. I was fortunate enough to be accepted before enrollments closed.…Continue readingFree AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp with Andrew Brown

Proxmox Server Administration

Ceph Clustering with Proxmox

January 27, 2023February 7, 2023Jason Paul

Errata A kind soul on Reddit pointed out that the network ranges I used for the Ceph and Proxmox cluster networks are not actually in the reserved IP address ranges.…Continue readingCeph Clustering with Proxmox

Proxmox Server Administration

Setting up a Proxmox Cluster

January 19, 2023February 7, 2023Jason Paul

Errata A kind soul on Reddit pointed out that the network ranges I used for the Ceph and Proxmox cluster networks are not actually in the reserved IP address ranges.…Continue readingSetting up a Proxmox Cluster

Linux

KWLUG Presentation – Origin Stories – Linux and Open Source

January 18, 2023March 7, 2024Jason Paul

During the January meeting of the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group, a number of attendees, including myself, gave brief presentations on how we got started with Linux and Free/Open Source software.…Continue readingKWLUG Presentation – Origin Stories – Linux and Open Source

Proxmox Server Administration

Migrating Virtual Machines from VMware to Proxmox

January 18, 2023February 7, 2023Jason Paul

Introduction This article will go through the steps for migrating virtual machines from VMware vCenter/vSphere 7.0.3 to Proxmox 7.3-3 on separate physical servers. Background I’ve been using VMware products for…Continue readingMigrating Virtual Machines from VMware to Proxmox

AWS Server Administration

Self-Hosting Bitwarden on AWS

January 3, 2023March 13, 2023Jason Paul

Quick Start – Github Project Introduction I’ve used LastPass for quite a few years now as my primary password storage service. I randomly generate most of the passwords for websites,…Continue readingSelf-Hosting Bitwarden on AWS

AWS Coding

LinuxTek 2022 Retrospective

January 1, 2023Jason Paul

Introduction I started this blog back in September 2020 when I set up some Minecraft servers on Google Cloud Platform for some online friends to play on. It turned into…Continue readingLinuxTek 2022 Retrospective

Coding Server Administration

Terraform Associate Certification – Resources and Recommendations

October 29, 2022October 29, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction On Friday, I sat for the Hashicorp certification exam for Terraform Associate (002). I spent most of the week brushing up on the exam topics, and passed on my…Continue readingTerraform Associate Certification – Resources and Recommendations

AWS

Amazon Lightsail Free Credits Draw

October 17, 2022November 1, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction I’ve been exploring the Amazon Lightsail services recently through these previous articles: Migrating WordPress from GCP to AWS Testing Lightsail Containers with Minecraft As part of the research, I’ve…Continue readingAmazon Lightsail Free Credits Draw

AWS Minecraft

Testing Lightsail Containers with Minecraft

October 14, 2022October 17, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction After my previous article where I used Amazon Lightsail to migrate my blog to an Amazon Lightsail VPS (Virtual Private Server) instance, I decided to try out the Lightsail…Continue readingTesting Lightsail Containers with Minecraft

AWS Google Cloud Server Administration

Migrating WordPress from GCP to AWS

September 18, 2022September 18, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction You may have noticed some changes to this site. Along with some style and color changes, I’ve updated the domain, and focused the pages on my technical blog. Originally…Continue readingMigrating WordPress from GCP to AWS

Server Administration

In Support of Backups: Part 2 – The Recovery

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction Since my previous article, while I was waiting for the replacement Dell PERC H730P Mini RAID controller to arrive, the controller failed again. The Minecraft servers again crashed, and dmesg…Continue readingIn Support of Backups: Part 2 – The Recovery

AWS

AWS Community Builder Program

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction I’m excited to announce that I’ve been accepted into the AWS Community Builders program! I received the email today inviting me into the program, and I’m looking forward to…Continue readingAWS Community Builder Program

Server Administration

In Support of Backups

August 9, 2022August 16, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction This article is a reminder that: No matter how good the hardware you purchase is… No matter how much you build in redundancy… No matter how well you protect…Continue readingIn Support of Backups

Minecraft

Minecraft Valhelsia Enhanced Vanilla Update

July 24, 2022July 24, 2022Jason Paul

Just a quick update that the Minecraft modded server running Valhelsia Enhanced Vanilla has been rerolled and upgraded to the latest version, with a brand new world. Valhelsia Enhanced Vanilla…Continue readingMinecraft Valhelsia Enhanced Vanilla Update

AWS Coding

Serverless Malware URL Checking Application

July 18, 2022March 13, 2023Jason Paul

Quick Link – Github Project Introduction One of the recent challenges I took on was to build a URL lookup service. The tech challenge was stated as follows: URL lookup…Continue readingServerless Malware URL Checking Application

AWS Coding Server Administration

Accessing PostgreSQL databases using the PSQL interactive terminal

July 10, 2022July 11, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction Recently, I’ve been running a lot of one-off queries for other teams who need access to data from production PostgreSQL databases hosted in Amazon RDS. I would do this…Continue readingAccessing PostgreSQL databases using the PSQL interactive terminal

Coding

Spinning up a local environment using Vagrant

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022Jason Paul

Quick Link – Github Project Introduction In this post, I described steps for setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine using Virtualbox, to connect to with Visual Studio Code. This allows…Continue readingSpinning up a local environment using Vagrant

AWS

AWS Summit Toronto 2022

June 23, 2022June 24, 2022Jason Paul

Introduction I found out about the AWS Summit Toronto happening June 22-23, 2022 in Toronto from a random LinkedIn post. I’m glad I came across it, and grateful to my…Continue readingAWS Summit Toronto 2022