change docker defaults

Some of my environments are docker based. The filesystem layout mostly does not fit to the docker default of using /var/lib/docker to store all data-intense information. As I learned now a second time how to change the settings in CentOS without having problems during updates and avoid manual…

(system) mails via sendgrid

When you run multiple servers it might happen that you have one - or multiple - that run local jobs. In addition those jobs might need to mail results somewhere. Or you have software that wants to send our e-mails - or you want that this software does, like the…

How Zerotier changed my (Home)Lab

In the past, my home lab runs on the famous intel nuc. It has aged well over the last 3 years and is still incredible. But the load of the virtual infrastructure becomes more as it does not run only my Graylog Setup, but also the Minecraft server, the UniFi…

see the tree in the woods - github notifications and google mail

When you start working with Github you might be overwhelmed by all the notificiations that are suddenly in your inbox. It looks like every action that everyone does creates an e-mail that just floods you. Github themself already provide help with that topic in the github help center but you…

Working with Cisco ASA / Nexus on Graylog

It is hard to have a working centralized logging environment when you run network devices. Every vendor has his own version and understanding of syslog. Additional most did not speak any kind of structured log format. Some speak some binary format. With that knowledge and the wish to include Cisco…

der eigene dns resolver (zuhause)

Mein ursprüngliches Ziel war es in meinem Heimnetzwerk alle DNS Anfragen mitzuschneiden und mittels threat intelligence Plugin von Graylog zu analysieren. Das vorbereiten der vorhandenen Infrastruktur im Netzwerk gestaltete sich schwieriger als gedacht, das für den Heimanwender erschwingliche IT Equipment bietet die dafür notwendigen Einstellungen meist eher nicht. An den…

automatisches backup

Wie so viele habe ich das Thema Backup meiner heimischen Entwicklungsumgebung und auch meiner im Netz befindlichen Server eher vernachlässigt. Nachdem ich einige Tage Arbeit fast vollständig verloren habe, musste eine Strategie her um die laufenden Umgebungen unabhängig wo sie laufen zu sichern und möglichst nicht noch weitere kosten entstehen…