In this post I will document the steps that I am using to create a fully virtualized OSP 10 environment in my lab. The undercloud node is a VM, as well as the overcloud nodes. We will configure libvirt so that ironic has the ability to boot and shutdown the VMs on the underlying … Continue reading How to Manage Libvirt VMs via OpenStack Ironic (OSP10)
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HomeLab Adventures: My HomeLab Overview
Today I am finally going to take the time write an article about my lab. A while back, I had posted an article detailing the FreeNas server that I built to provide shared storage to my virtualization lab. However, today I am going to attempt to dive in deep and write, in at least a bit of detail, about the other components of my lab.
HomeLab Adventures: Freenas Volume 1
So I am not going to lie, I am a very sick man, and I am not afraid to admit it. I have a terrible, terrible addiction which is my homelab. It all started out so innocently... An old Sun Ultra 5 to learn Sparc Solaris at home.. A couple of desktops converted over to rack mount cases and racked in a cheap telecom rack in my unfinished basement. This was very early in my career when I had a lot to learn and plenty of free time to study. However that was many moons ago.
HomeLab: Upgrading Cisco IOS Via tftp on RHEL
0012fbf7_mediumSo I was planning on blogging about this process simply because I keep forgetting it. Being that I am in the middle of building out my lab, and have a ton of old cisco hardware with ancient images, I have found myself going through the process of updating firmware quite a bit as I tinker with different IOS images.
HomeLab: The Cisco 3560G
The Cisco Catalyst 3506G is a layer 3 switch which went end-of-life in 2009. For the home lab its a pretty nice switch to have due to its layer 3 support and gigabit speed. Mine is the model seen to the left, 24 gigabit ports and 4x1gb SFP uplinks. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 is … Continue reading HomeLab: The Cisco 3560G