I recently began to set up a new MiniPC cluster and needed a VM template. Usually, I would use something like Ubuntu. However, this time I wanted to go with Debian. Initially, my older methods of using Packer seemed to offer little for this process. Though I was looking half-heartedly. Then along came Brandon’s post on …

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This is a guide to how I securely configure a CyberPower RMCard. By default, many settings are left to be desired. In this guide I assume the actual power-related settings are based on good engineering principles i.e. Keep it default stupid.

1. Firmware Upgrade When setting up a new device the first thing we should do …

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The Backdrop In early 2024 a user decided that they /really/liked my Blackbox API. They and many others decided to blow my little cluster out of the water and ship an astonishing 3 Billion requests in a single month. All of this was handled timely with only 6 old E3 servers and some caching magic. Funny enough, this …

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The First Iteration It all started, initially, with a few ServeTheHome YouTube videos. They had been talking about the power of MiniPCs and how many of the cheaper models you could find on the likes of eBay were quite powerful. It soon turned into a series, Project TinyMiniMicro, which I watched through as I settled …

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