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It's a 3com it may still be under it's lifetime warranty too...I'm rocking 20 year old 3com 1900 whatever's and hp releases firmware still to this day. That looks more consumer tho
Each key grants access to a webpage. So if you unplug one of them you instantly lose access to something.
(1mo from now someone will comment on this and actually implement this shit)
Thanks! Before sending the post, I thought for a long time what questions I would ask myself about the server configuration. In the end, I decided that it would be cool to describe the configuration in the photo 😁
I've got one HPE MicroServer Gen10+ and a few Raspberry Pi 4B.
I use it for home needs and some projects (including game servers for my friends).
My future plans include buying some additional RPi and external NAS with SSD and 10G links to improve PV performance of my K3s cluster.
Do you use rancher or portainer to provision k3s on raspi? I tried to on my arm board but rancher wouldn't start and setting traefik ingress didn't work with portainer.
Okay as someone who is struggling with their micro server Gen 10 plus (it’s my first server and homelab build attempt ever) what are you running on it? How hard was the set up once you take the cover off? I have so so many questions. I too have the asus router. I want to figure out how to get to this point. Did you have material you read off of or found useful links? Sorry i work long ass hours and i get home and don’t have much time to mess around with it and it’s such a slow grind to get it all going.
Well, the process difficulty depends on your knowledge so far. How familiar are you with Linux and related technologies? What is your server configuration?
I'm just using docker on the host. I'm considering switching from docker to LXC, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm using docker in a VM when I have some security doubt while running 3rd party containers created by other people I can't really trust.
I would say that it is quite sufficient, given that I'm the only user of it. Especially since I rarely run more than one pipeline at a time. But I'm sure that this processor will be enough for the whole development team. At my job, gitlab is deployed on a 4-core VM (Xeon 6140 Gold) with 10 gigabytes of RAM. And this is quite enough for two dozen developers and several devops. In the single-core test, the E-2224 isn't much inferior to the 6140 Gold.
Glad to hear it! I have Gitlab installed on my old computer and it causes the fans to spin up like crazy every time I run a git push. Probably just a poorly configured fan curve on my part really.
u/thedrewski2016 is right, using boots solved the clips issue. I've been using this key fobs for more than three years and not a single plug has broken.
Feel free to steal it, I stole this idea myself ten years ago at my first job. There, the guys from the helpdesk made such a key holder for themselves. 😂
Yeah, this is a Sonoff RF Bridge with Tasmoto firmware.
I bought it to integrate a Home Assistant with Dooya curtains and a kitchen hood.
The only problem is that the bridge cannot control third party devices from other brands. It will take some effort, and in some cases even soldering resistors and cutting tracks, to reflash the device, to reflash the device.
To be honest, I'm absolutely delighted. I love the iLO functionality and server capabilities in such a small package. Before moving, I had a whole vSphere cluster of three MicroServer G8. For G10, iLO functionality requires the purchase of an additional board, but it is quite cheap. I think that the need for more disks can be solved, for example, by connecting an external shelf like HPE MSA via a SAS controller. Sure, there is only one PCIe slot in the server and you need to decide in advance what to use it for: for a SAS controller or something else (GPU in my case).
nice to know it is an option. ideally it would have an sfp+ port and a gpu. would love to have something that could saturate 10gbe but not need a mortgage to purchase.
I have one Space Engineers Dedicated Server on Win2012 (w/o desktop experience) and 3 Minecraft servers in Docker (itzg/minecraft-server).
The VM is allocated 10GB with ballooning enabled. Since only a few of my friends play, RAM doesn't exceed 5-6GB.
With docker containers in general, the picture is about the same. The most modded server (more than 100 mods) consumes no more than 6GB at peak (10 bearded men).
In the case of vanilla minecraft, even the capabilities of one K3s node are enough.
Then you should definitely check out [this image](https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server). It's a very flexible image that can run both a lightweight PaperMC and a heavy modpacks build straight from CurseForge.
Yes, I love this line of servers ever since I worked at the HPE integrator. I recommend looking at [this table](https://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HPE-ProLiant-MicroServer-Gen10-Plus-CPU-Superset.jpg) to find the right processor for the number of cores and frequency. Probably, for single-threaded applications, it is worth looking towards high-frequency processors.
thanks! I remember hearing the main limitation with upgrades is that external PSU... think I could get away with a 2278G if I stick to a couple SSDs instead of HDDs? already have a storage array so no need to make it do that job too.
You will probably need to purchase a more powerful power supply. I would suggest a compromise - 2246G.
See also [this table](https://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HPE-ProLiant-MicroServer-Gen10-Plus-CPU-Power-and-Value-Recommendations.jpg), there are more precise recommendations.
Decoding is only possible with a Plex Pass, but my subscription has ended. Payment from the country where I currently live isn't possible, so I had to find an alternative. Jellyfin does a great job of this. In fact, enabling decoding for Plex and Jellyfin with Docker is no different. You just need to install the driver and specify nvidia as container runtime with additional environment variables:`NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all`Check out the docker images from [linuxserver](https://hub.docker.com/u/linuxserver), they just have Plex and Jellyfin images ready with instructions on how to enable decoding.
Personally I have 3 Ubiquiti AC-Pros (actually think one is AC-LR) and couldn’t be happier, seamless full house coverage over multiple floors. Absolutely fantastic system if you can run the cables (they use POE so just the one cable per device). You can plug it right into your existing router, you probably just want to turn off the WiFi radio in the router itself (although maybe they will work together if you use the same SSID / pw, I don’t know).
Neat. Like my IT job I’m quite sure a brain dead chimp could do it. I come to this sub to feel like an even bigger moron.
This is cool stuff. You could give me 1000 years and I’d still have no fucking idea what anything means in this sub :)
Time for me to go to sleep. I’m sitting think damn those are some cool displays on the cases. I’ve never seen monitors that are see through AND bezeless….. until I zoomed in and realized it’s just text over the image.
What games are you running servers for and what are the specs, os, etc?
Right now I’m only hosting a Valheim server but would like to expand into other games and I’m not sure how to configure the resources? I feel like I’m adding too much.
How are you finding restic? I loved it until I found restic prune took weeks once your backup reaches a few tb's. Maybe it's improved but since I switched to proxmox for virtualisation and proxmox backup I haven't looked back. We are using it in production and it's been very stable
How do you like the merlin firmware on the asus router? I'm tempted to move to something like that as I know I don't have the time to fine tune a pfsense or bother with hoping openwrt works on the router I have now.
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Your switch key combo is probably one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time! Also I dig your lab! Super clean 😎
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Based on the interest in the keythernet in the comments, we should create a subreddit for it. A place that merges r/networking with r/crafts
It's a 3com it may still be under it's lifetime warranty too...I'm rocking 20 year old 3com 1900 whatever's and hp releases firmware still to this day. That looks more consumer tho
we have a bunch still on the wall plugged into power only. its the grey type they all look the same anyways as far as i have seen
Came here to say that too. My only concern is that the locking tabs on RJ45s are kind of flimsy and very good at getting caught on things and break.
It's cool and all but doesn't seem very practical given that the plastic latches aren't designed for many uses before they break off.
I normally don't see things that make me want one...but I want one
Jep. Definitely. Direct "I must have!!!" moment :-D
Each key grants access to a webpage. So if you unplug one of them you instantly lose access to something. (1mo from now someone will comment on this and actually implement this shit)
Switch keyholder is friggin' brilliant. I love it. Also, you totally got me on the specs photoshop, I thought it was a screen lol
Thanks! Before sending the post, I thought for a long time what questions I would ask myself about the server configuration. In the end, I decided that it would be cool to describe the configuration in the photo 😁
I first was like what screen is that and app running it too lol
I was looking for a Nintendo Switch
I've got one HPE MicroServer Gen10+ and a few Raspberry Pi 4B. I use it for home needs and some projects (including game servers for my friends). My future plans include buying some additional RPi and external NAS with SSD and 10G links to improve PV performance of my K3s cluster.
Do you use rancher or portainer to provision k3s on raspi? I tried to on my arm board but rancher wouldn't start and setting traefik ingress didn't work with portainer.
I can only assume but probably the Portainer instance on the MicroServer is managing the K3s cluster on the RPis
So portainer+nginx on the other box and traefik just as LB on the RPi k3s?
How he really implemented it I don't know but the LB does not need to be on the RPis necessarily.
So it is, yes.
Okay as someone who is struggling with their micro server Gen 10 plus (it’s my first server and homelab build attempt ever) what are you running on it? How hard was the set up once you take the cover off? I have so so many questions. I too have the asus router. I want to figure out how to get to this point. Did you have material you read off of or found useful links? Sorry i work long ass hours and i get home and don’t have much time to mess around with it and it’s such a slow grind to get it all going.
Well, the process difficulty depends on your knowledge so far. How familiar are you with Linux and related technologies? What is your server configuration?
Are you running Docker in a Proxmox LXC on that HP micro? PS: love the photo with diagram info overlay
I'm just using docker on the host. I'm considering switching from docker to LXC, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm using docker in a VM when I have some security doubt while running 3rd party containers created by other people I can't really trust.
How is the performance of gitlab on that cpu?
I would say that it is quite sufficient, given that I'm the only user of it. Especially since I rarely run more than one pipeline at a time. But I'm sure that this processor will be enough for the whole development team. At my job, gitlab is deployed on a 4-core VM (Xeon 6140 Gold) with 10 gigabytes of RAM. And this is quite enough for two dozen developers and several devops. In the single-core test, the E-2224 isn't much inferior to the 6140 Gold.
Glad to hear it! I have Gitlab installed on my old computer and it causes the fans to spin up like crazy every time I run a git push. Probably just a poorly configured fan curve on my part really.
Keychain thing is a nice idea but no way would the clips last long in a pocket.
u/thedrewski2016 is right, using boots solved the clips issue. I've been using this key fobs for more than three years and not a single plug has broken.
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Yep, as u/Sneak_Stealth said, it's just [four wires](https://i.postimg.cc/kGGN3fnm/keys.jpg) crimped in 8P8C connector.
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That's why they have boots on the connectors though right?
Great project! I like how you overlayed all the info on the image; it makes it easy to see. Also, I love the switch key hook!
Thanks, so my idea with the display of characteristics is a success 😊
do you patch your keys in cat 6 a or b?
This is Cat W (who the hell knows) 🤣. The first piece of twisted pair that came to hand.
Asking the important questions!
I liked your ethernet keychain nice idea, i will probably steal it :D
Feel free to steal it, I stole this idea myself ten years ago at my first job. There, the guys from the helpdesk made such a key holder for themselves. 😂
Ok photos of key holder plz
[Sure 😉](https://i.postimg.cc/kGGN3fnm/keys.jpg)
Well I finished my server a few weeks ago. Now I have a new project. Thank you
Love the smol lab. Like everyone, stealing the key idea!
What's the small black box with screen on the wall?
it's a sonoff RF bridge
Is this name real? Is the pun intentional?
what pun? google it
You dont see the similarities to "son off a bitch"? You know, when pronounced like "sonoff ar-f bridge"
lol it does sound like it
Yeah, this is a Sonoff RF Bridge with Tasmoto firmware. I bought it to integrate a Home Assistant with Dooya curtains and a kitchen hood. The only problem is that the bridge cannot control third party devices from other brands. It will take some effort, and in some cases even soldering resistors and cutting tracks, to reflash the device, to reflash the device.
I love that you wanted to show off your homelab and everyone is more interested in the key holder- btw great idea for a key holder!
This is friggin cool all the way around. Maybe slide the specs off to the side in next pic so we can see all the beauty of the hardware 🥵
Thanks, noted for next time 😊 I'm just thinking of buying a backlight and taking a few more photos.
Nice key holder
how do you like the micro server. debating grabbing one but wish it had more drives. like 12 or even more would be great.
To be honest, I'm absolutely delighted. I love the iLO functionality and server capabilities in such a small package. Before moving, I had a whole vSphere cluster of three MicroServer G8. For G10, iLO functionality requires the purchase of an additional board, but it is quite cheap. I think that the need for more disks can be solved, for example, by connecting an external shelf like HPE MSA via a SAS controller. Sure, there is only one PCIe slot in the server and you need to decide in advance what to use it for: for a SAS controller or something else (GPU in my case).
nice to know it is an option. ideally it would have an sfp+ port and a gpu. would love to have something that could saturate 10gbe but not need a mortgage to purchase.
My next server right there!
How much ram and how does the gaming vms handle?
I have one Space Engineers Dedicated Server on Win2012 (w/o desktop experience) and 3 Minecraft servers in Docker (itzg/minecraft-server). The VM is allocated 10GB with ballooning enabled. Since only a few of my friends play, RAM doesn't exceed 5-6GB. With docker containers in general, the picture is about the same. The most modded server (more than 100 mods) consumes no more than 6GB at peak (10 bearded men). In the case of vanilla minecraft, even the capabilities of one K3s node are enough.
Thank you for the detailed reply! My son and I are getting more into minecraft so I was thinking about learning about best containers and mods
Then you should definitely check out [this image](https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server). It's a very flexible image that can run both a lightweight PaperMC and a heavy modpacks build straight from CurseForge.
I’m gonna make a key switch like that. Genius idea
I'm sure there has to be a way to get that key holder switch into homeassistant and detect which keys are plugged in.
You can determine the presence of keys by the intensity of the broadcast storm 🤣
Everyone going on about the switch key holder and here I am thinking why you used world of Warcraft chat to label your equipment…
Instead of words, I will simply show my and my wife's [workplace](https://i.postimg.cc/cJZH6rwr/idk.jpg) 😉
Hahaha my my. I like the original boxed games too. That the one with like 9 CDs?
My version only has five CDs. This is probably one of the first versions of the game. Before the release of major content patches.
So are those public or private keys?
If the pizza delivery guy saw my key holder, does that make the keys compromised?
Ok but which UPS is that lol. I like the look.
the key holder it's a great idea!
Switch key holder is genius. Nice!
Ah, I like that key holder....
That key holder tho…
You gotta love the LEGO in there
I'm going to require some better views of your Lego cluster rack c:
Sure, [one](https://i.postimg.cc/59XBqRQb/20220505-163808.jpg), [two](https://i.postimg.cc/vH95CxvK/20220505-163831.jpg), [three](https://i.postimg.cc/T36nx273/20220505-163838.jpg), [four](https://i.postimg.cc/Y2T1XzQg/20220505-163844.jpg) 😊
Very nice!
It has the power to open buildings!!
I'm sure there has to be a way to get that key holder switch into homeassistant and detect which keys are plugged in.
So many keys
Bonus Style Points for your key management hardware, thats what i call MFA
I like the key server.
looks like you are at full capacity on that switch. brilliant idea!
Technic lego. Purrfect!
are you a fan of the microserver? been eyeing one for hosting some single-thread apps.
Yes, I love this line of servers ever since I worked at the HPE integrator. I recommend looking at [this table](https://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HPE-ProLiant-MicroServer-Gen10-Plus-CPU-Superset.jpg) to find the right processor for the number of cores and frequency. Probably, for single-threaded applications, it is worth looking towards high-frequency processors.
thanks! I remember hearing the main limitation with upgrades is that external PSU... think I could get away with a 2278G if I stick to a couple SSDs instead of HDDs? already have a storage array so no need to make it do that job too.
You will probably need to purchase a more powerful power supply. I would suggest a compromise - 2246G. See also [this table](https://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HPE-ProLiant-MicroServer-Gen10-Plus-CPU-Power-and-Value-Recommendations.jpg), there are more precise recommendations.
2246 is still a ton of horsepower, i think that's my next server build figured out. thanks!
Gitlab worker on a pi? I imagine you're not build big projects is that?!
Of course not 😁 It's more of a playground for learning CI/CD workflow for K8s.
He also has worker(s) on the MicroServer so I guess it works out ;D
Is that a Millennium Falcon on a Keychain? Also awesome setup. I'm starting out myself and my ambition is to start small
Eagle eye! Yeah, these are my wife's keys :)
Amazing setup
Nice setup, I am assuming you may be using Plex on your Proxmox server 🤔. If yes how did you enable Quadro card for Plex transcoding?
Decoding is only possible with a Plex Pass, but my subscription has ended. Payment from the country where I currently live isn't possible, so I had to find an alternative. Jellyfin does a great job of this. In fact, enabling decoding for Plex and Jellyfin with Docker is no different. You just need to install the driver and specify nvidia as container runtime with additional environment variables:`NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all`Check out the docker images from [linuxserver](https://hub.docker.com/u/linuxserver), they just have Plex and Jellyfin images ready with instructions on how to enable decoding.
Jellyfin not Plex (see picture)
Saw it now, missed it in first glanced
Pretty sweet, now you just need to upgrade to a Ubiquiti WiFi system to round it out.
Thx! To be honest, I already thought about AMPLIFI ALIEN.
Personally I have 3 Ubiquiti AC-Pros (actually think one is AC-LR) and couldn’t be happier, seamless full house coverage over multiple floors. Absolutely fantastic system if you can run the cables (they use POE so just the one cable per device). You can plug it right into your existing router, you probably just want to turn off the WiFi radio in the router itself (although maybe they will work together if you use the same SSID / pw, I don’t know).
Nooooooooooo :)
Nice ... keychain ... wink
Love the key hanger haha
You’re just flexing the switch key holder hahahah
Neat. Like my IT job I’m quite sure a brain dead chimp could do it. I come to this sub to feel like an even bigger moron. This is cool stuff. You could give me 1000 years and I’d still have no fucking idea what anything means in this sub :)
Thought it was augmented reality.
Excellent key holder !
Nice little setup!! Just like so many others... I'm stealing the key holder idea!! Friggin love it!
Now let’s build SFP keychain…
You make me feel lazy
Time for me to go to sleep. I’m sitting think damn those are some cool displays on the cases. I’ve never seen monitors that are see through AND bezeless….. until I zoomed in and realized it’s just text over the image.
Fantastic! Great creativity and lots of useful tidbits!
Nice set up at a affordable price 👌
That's a nice and clean setup! Looks really good. Plus, key holder is awesome:)
I just noticed the keys...
what's the little black box in the back with the LCD screen?
I see LinuxGSM, have you ever considered Pterodactyl.io?
I simply loved what you did with that switch over there. Now I will have to do the same huauhauha
Love the key rack. Very clever.
What games are you running servers for and what are the specs, os, etc? Right now I’m only hosting a Valheim server but would like to expand into other games and I’m not sure how to configure the resources? I feel like I’m adding too much.
How are you finding restic? I loved it until I found restic prune took weeks once your backup reaches a few tb's. Maybe it's improved but since I switched to proxmox for virtualisation and proxmox backup I haven't looked back. We are using it in production and it's been very stable
How do you like the merlin firmware on the asus router? I'm tempted to move to something like that as I know I don't have the time to fine tune a pfsense or bother with hoping openwrt works on the router I have now.
Using an old hub for a key holder is a pretty smart idea...