| Linux – Simple DNS server using DNSmasq |
This article offers a 5 min howto about configuring your own DNS server (perhaps for your company or maybe for your home network) using DNSmasq. Obviously, only the surface is covered on this post.
Given my router does not allow me to add host entries for local DNS resolution, I decided to use DNSMasq on one of my internal network … Read more
| Home Server (9) – Upgrade HP Microserver Gen8 CPU |
Im using my Microserver Gen8 a lot and, sometimes the poor performance of the CPU is noted (when showing galleries with many images for example). So I decided to replace it by another better one.
I chose the cpu model based on this resource
Those are compatible CPU with different performances prices and all of them … Read more
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| Home Server (8) – Update iLO4 firmware (HTML5 console) |
In this post, I show how I update my Microserver Gen8 iLO4 version. One of the ways to do it is via command line but i decided to use the web interface (the most common way).
At the time of writing this, the version i had was iLO 2.50 (Sep 23 2016) and the new version is … Read more
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| Home Server (7) – Install Linux Debian virtual machine in ESX |
In this 7th post of the Home Server series, after having configured a SSD drive, a working ESX environment and the RAID disks, let’s create our first virtual machine based on Debian Linux.
For the goal we want to achieve (hosting a web server, our personal files, personal streaming server, …) we do not even need the graphic … Read more
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| Home Server (6) – Create RAID1 disk array |
This is the 6th post of the “Home Server” series. In the last post we installed the ESX system in the SSD disk. The idea is to use 2 disks in Raid1 as data storage (RAID1 data mirroring. If one disk fails, you can still work with a single one until the failed is replaced without any data loss!).
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| Home Server (5) – VMWare ESXi 6.5 installation |
5th post of the Home Server series in which I explain how I built my own server.
In previous posts I have shown how to install an SSD disk to your HP microserver Gen8 server. Even if you do not have this hardware, in this post I will show step by step how to install the VMWare ESXi 6.5
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| Home Server (4) – Install SSD to HP Microserver Gen8 |
Although it is not essential I strongly encourage you to install an SSD disk to your HP Microserver Gen8 to host the system you want to run. I will use it for a VMWare ESX and the virtual machines that will create in it. As I said in the previous post, since the prices are more than affordable, the price/performance … Read more
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| Home Server (3) – First steps configuring HP Microserver Gen8 |
Third post of the Home Server series in which I explain how I built my own server.
Visit the first post for details about the objectives of the project.
Maybe you have decided to have your own server and already you are owner of any model as HP Microserver Gen8. Surely there are many more to be done, but these… Read more
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| Home Server (2) – Hardware to buy list |
In this second post of the “Home Server” series I show you a list of the hardware I have used. Not all of them are mandatory, but depending on the performance you want to achieve it is interesting to use all of the recommended.
The main protagonist of the project. These servers stand out because they offer … Read more
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| Home Server – Set up a home server step by step |
I enjoy doing my own projects, mostly technological motivated by my passion for my profession, and the one I really wanted to do (I began it ending last year 2017) is my own home server.
With this one, I begin the first of many posts relative to the installation / configuration of a home server with the following ideas and … Read more
