Tag: tech
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Build your own games server with Pterodactyl
If you like hosting your own games servers, this article will show you how to do so with Pterodactyl and Docker. Previously I posted about building a Minecraft server, but I wanted to be able to host multiple games at the same time, with a reliable way to manage them. There are notable alternatives to…
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Container Monitoring with cAdvisor, Prometheus and Grafana (Part 2)
After my previous post on this topic, I realised there were issues to address due to running Docker and cAdvisor on an ARM-based architecture. The issue As per my previous post, I use Raspberry Pi 4 devices. To get the cAdvisor container to run, you need to use the ARM64 image. An inkling that something…
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Installing Docker on Ubuntu Server 22.04.4 LTS
This article is a walkthrough on installing Docker on Ubuntu Server 22.04.4 LTS Install prerequisites First we need to install some prerequisites: sudo apt install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release Expected output: Reading package lists… DoneBuilding dependency tree… DoneReading state information… Donelsb-release is already the newest version (11.1.0ubuntu4).lsb-release set to manually installed.ca-certificates is already the newest…
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Container Monitoring with cAdvisor, Prometheus and Grafana
This article is a walkthrough of monitoring containers using cAdvisor, Prometheus and Grafana. I run ‘lots’ of containers at home. At the moment, I have everything running across a number of hosts (predominantly Raspberry Pi 4 devices) running Docker. What I wanted to implement was a way to run cAdvisor locally in a container on…
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Setting up a Minecraft Java Edition Server
My kids all play Minecraft. With the launcher now including both the Java and Bedrock versions, it means each of them has access to the Java version. There has long been an official Java server version, so they can play together or independently on a standalone server. The best thing is that it gives me…
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Longevity of tech and electronics
Warning – may invoke childhood nostalgia…. After a visiting my parents recently, they handed over some items they found in their attic. This is usually code for “we’ve found some of your old stuff, take it away or it will be getting chucked out!”. Besides jigsaws and some board games, lo and behold, there were…