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Restarting Gitlab via Ansible and Kestra

One of the great things about running Kestra is that, that if I do a job more than a few times, I can script it and make it re-occur very quickly and easily. Gitlab, when it changes major versions, doesn't appear to like that. Also, the service doesn't appear to want to be enabled.

pfSense and Tor

I have recently moved from a pfSense vm to dedicated hardware. I may move back, but while I was evaluating the system, I installed TOR ( The Onion Router) package on to my firewall to allow me to route traffic.

Using Kestra to update my proxmox IPSet

I've been using Kestra for a while now to automate some of the more mundane tasks around my network. One of these tasks is keeping the firewall up to date. This blog sits behind cloudflare, and as such, only cloudflare needs to access it. All other sources should be be denied (except internally).

Triggering kestra on posting to Ghost

I have had a few issues publishing posts on a schedule recently, mostly down the fact that I sit behind cloudflare. One of the things I wanted to do was check that the post had published. Yes, I could hop on to the blog and look, but I would much prefer to be told.

Automating Air filters

Recently I was watching a Thomas Sanladerer (Making with Layers) video on youtube about the emission of gases from 3D prints. Like Thomas, I am concerned about the fumes that come from my 3D printers and I'm interested in ways to reduce them, especially around my young son.

Getting klipper to detect my CR-10 MAX reliably

I am on a journey to make my CR-10 MAX as reliable as possible. I have updated various things on it, but one thing I was struggling with was powering the printer on and having klipper work reliably with it once it was. The printer is powered down after completing jobs to save power.

Improving an Ikea lantern with a Cricut Joy - for Hallowe'en

Just over a year ago, I was given a Cricut joy. During that time, I've gotten to grips with the software and it has helped quite a few projects become a reality. I have used the Joy from things like sencils for painting Warhammer models to making T-Shirts.

FreePBX and Zen Digital Voice

As part of a money saving effort along with improving my internet speeds, I needed to do something with the telephone number coming in to my house. Fortunately, I have been playing with Asterisk for quite a few years now.

Klipper and the CR-10 Max

The CR-10 max i have is great, now I have it working properly and started to get it dialled in. However, there are a few things that could always do with a bit of improvement. First off, the speed. I wanted it to go a bit fast. Not super speed, but something to finished prints in reasonable time.

Updating docker hosts with Kestra

Patching is a balancing act. There are some who say you shouldn't if it works, others who say you should, but stay a certain about of time behind and those that think that bleed edge is the way to stay protected.