I responded to a question recently with someone having trouble creating a dynamically variable number of storage devices for a Proxmox VM using the Telmate/proxmox provider: Is there any way to turn those scsi<N> blocks into a loop or something like that? I tried dynamic, but that only works if they all have the same … Continue reading Terraform Providers: Proxmox Edition
Terraform was first released in 2014 and has been a staple in the infrastructure as code (IaC) community. I recently passed the Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional certification and I have been teaching Terraform for a few years and have helped a great many Fortune 500 companies with adoption. This has led me to think … Continue reading Terraform v2 Ideas
I have been working with numerous customers lately using Release Flow to support highly reusable Terraform deployments. There are a number of practices that have been in place within the community, some of which I will proclaim are bad (and have done so repeatedly and publicly). The practice described in "Terraform Up and Running" whereby … Continue reading GitHub Actions Release Flow
I have always had a mind towards energy independence, or just general concepts of independence. I would rather do something myself if I have the time learn and it isn't absurdly inexpensive to just pay for something. Things around energy have been highly politicized. It also seems that as part of this politicization that people … Continue reading Thoughts on Energy Independence
This is a long story with a lot of backstory, but a lesson learned. Backstory In 2010, I came home from work to hear that my AC wasn't working. Up until this point, I had never done anything with HVAC besides set my thermostat and change air filters. It was miserable. We're accustomed to keeping … Continue reading When Learning by Analogy Fails
I have been working from home for nearly a decade and have always been concerned about my ability to get things done. To satisfy that, I have run two internet connections. Years ago, I had two DSL lines from AT&T, predating U-Verse, and there was no bonding, which worked well for us because we were … Continue reading New Router with OPNsense
Having taught both A+ and Python courses, I have used IP subnetting as a topic to teach some fundamentals about logic. This is an important skill for IT professionals and developers to understand, yet there are so many that have not picked up these concepts. In this post, I will explain: What is subnetting? Why … Continue reading IP Subnetting and ANDing
Over the past few years, I have had to address cryptographic vulnerabilities on Windows Server by disabling SSL v2, SSL v3, TLS v1, and RC4. Here is a script that I cobbled together (could definitely be improved): Harden-SslTls
Prior to the arrival of the iPhone, I purchased the Samsung Blackjack Windows Mobile phone which integrated well with my work (I do a lot with Exchange Servers). Time went on and I never really bought into the hype and life was good. A couple of years ago, I was working with a customer doing … Continue reading My Winding Journey with iOS
Dustin Dortch 