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Encore: Update

Progress has been slow going. I've been having issues with getting the network to set itself up correctly; I'm using rack space that has a picky DHCP server, and doesn't like to assign IPs to my VMs.

However, I have made some other progress. On an old laptop, I set up another installation of Proxmox -- named Courier -- which is acting as a temporary personal server while I work Encore. This computer just has some basic stuff on it like a Wireguard VPN and Syncthing.

Right now, the biggest problem I've been running into is networking. Because of the picky DHCP server (or potentially some misconfiguration on my end, I'm not smart), I can't seem to connect any VMs within Proxmox to the outside world. They can ping the outside, as well as each other, but not curl or traceroute to them.

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Project 1: Encore

Back in September, I bought a Dell Poweredge R710. The specs are:

64 GB RAM

6x2TB Drives, RAID 1+0 Configuration (6TB Total)

24-core Intel Xeon X5670

It was sold as a virtualization server, and that's what I intend to use it for. I've installed Proxmox on the machine, and I want to build up several environments within it. I've still got a lot to learn, but I'm nearly finished with the network layout. I have a lot of services that I want to host, but I don't trust them or their security, hence this being a larger project.

The server itself is sitting inside a rack somewhere and has several physical connections to the internet and IPs. I intend to leverage this to host different websties and services on different adapters, containing all intra-site traffic unto itself.

P.S.: I almost forgot to explain why I called the server Encore! I had another server before this, a small little Altix from the early 2000s. It was barely powerful enough to run a Minecraft server! It was named Alpha, and originally, Encore was to be named either Beta or Bravo. However, I named it Encore as a sort of inside joke: I just spent ~2 years building up this server to suit my needs perfectly, now do it all again.

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Hello, World!

It’s been a while. I’ve had this account around as a backup for a long time, may as well put it to some use. With the upcoming winter break and my renewed interest in a couple of projects, I’d like to start to document my progress on Tumblr. I intend to use these first projects as a resume builder and a learning experience, so a blog would be a great format for show incremental learning and progress. I’ll make a dedicated post to reveal the nature of the first project later.

I also prefer the more long-form style of blogging to the short-form style of twitter, so I may also use this (or likely another blog) to post some of my writing. I have a lot of small scraps and ideas kicking around. I’d love a chance to flesh them out. 

Finally, a little about myself! I’m 21 years old, and currently a student at RIT in New York. I’m a Systems Administration major, and have a lot of experience with Linux, DevSecOps, and various services. 

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading!