Ronald Nutter's Blog, page 14
August 1, 2020
How to backup Windows with FreeNAS in your SmartHome
What you see here is the bare minimum in order to be able to backup a Windows workstation (windows 10 in this example). If you want to do a bare metal restore, that will take a few more steps that … Continue reading →
July 27, 2020
How to setup mirrored boot flash for FreeNAS in your SmartHome
Since FreeNAS mostly accesses the USB boot flash drive during startup, it never hurts to be prepared for the boot flash drive to fail or get corrupted. The only cost for having a mirrored USB boot flash drive is the … Continue reading →
July 25, 2020
How to deal with a problem NIC in FreeNAS for your Smarthome
Imagine my surprise when I setup my FreeNAS using what I thought was a supported NIC based on the hardware requirements list. I found a USB C based ethernet NIC that got things running but had its own issues. Thanks … Continue reading →
July 20, 2020
How to setup FreeNAS for your Smarthome
This video will let you follow my journey on setting up FreeNAS for my SmartHome. This is part 1 of what will be a multi part series due to all of the flexibility that FreeNAS offers when used in a … Continue reading →
July 13, 2020
How to monitor hardware in Docker using Netdata in your Smarthome
While there are several commands in Docker that will help you see some of the information that Netdata gives you, Netdata gives it you to in a graphic web interface. After installing Netdata, wait a few minutes and go to … Continue reading →
July 11, 2020
How to use WatchTower to automatically update Docker containers
Watchtower is a valuable option to have to help simplify the updating of containers automatically instead of having to go through each Docker Host and manually going through the update process. How to deploy Watchtower using script template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sel... CLI … Continue reading →
July 6, 2020
How to use setup an Intel NUC for your Smarthome
There are times you need more than the Raspberry Pi you have been using for your Smarthome work. Whether it is because of a processor requirement for a Docker container, amount of Ram or hard drive space, the Intel NUC … Continue reading →
July 4, 2020
How to Implement Raspberry Pi or Intel NUC for your Smarthome
It seems like there is a never ending possibilities of what you can run in your Smarthome on a Raspberry Pi. There may be times when a Raspberry Pi may not be your best option. I go through a list … Continue reading →
June 29, 2020
How to create a flash drive image on your IODD-2541 using DeepBurner in your SmartHome
One of the features that attracted me to the IODD-2541 was the virtual flash drive images. Unfortunately, it wasn’t in the manual that the IODD-2541 had to formatted in NTFS for this to work. I found a way to create … Continue reading →
June 27, 2020
How to deploy ISO’s in your SmartHome using IODD-2541
With more computers starting to ship without a CD/DVD drive built in or as an option. While you can get an external USB CD/DVD drive, that still requires that you burn the iso image onto a CD/DVD blank media. With … Continue reading →
