I thought the definition of "IT Pro" was: "anyone and everyone who manages to figure out how to make a spiceworks account". Or is that just SW's definition?

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking Pinky?"

"Um, I fink so, SAM.... but where are we going to find a proper hardware RAID controller at this time of night? NARF!!!"

@IRJ said in Avatars:

@ChrisL said in Avatars:

What if I actually look surprisingly like a round South Park character?

As long as you aren't a Canadian south park character, buddy. lol

Actual pic of @MattSpeller on his daily commute.

The first thing she tasted was the bitterness of sorrow for wasting 16 years of her life.

@donaldlandru said in MangoCon 2019:

Thanks @Dominica and @pchiodo for the extra shirt

So..... your MangoConda don't want none unless it's pre-shrunk hun?

Just got a raise!!! Happy holiday to me!

I graduated from physical therapy today!!!

It's official.... I'M GOING BACK TO WORK ON APRIL 1ST!!!!!

Cloud at Cost be like:

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What ever happened to "work / life balance"? I don't have a home lab because I unplug when I leave the office. Wouldn't mind having a lab to dick around with between 9am-6pm, but I have no desire to have noisy ass servers blaring on in my home. So I guess I'd be fuct if I ever went to find a new job?

Thanks to everyone for the great replies. I just got confirmation from Dell that I need to go with the server version. So it's looking like CentOS 8 Stream / Docker CE / Docker compose will be the setup. Stand by, there will probably be more noob questions coming soon.

@stacksofplates said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

Wow gross that you have to use a specific OS under the containers. You're stuck between a rock and a hard place. Suse needing docker EE (why?) And CentOS/RHEL trying to do their own docker thing. I guess I'd go with CentOS.

Does this have to be compose or can you do k8s?

Not sure, the requirements in the original post are all I know. I have emailed multiple Dell folks for clarification on some stuff, I'll throw that in too.

@jaredbusch said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

@rojoloco said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

@travisdh1 said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

@rojoloco said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

@travisdh1 said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

@rojoloco said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

Thanks for the replies everyone. Another stupid question: Should I be installing the workstation version of the OS instead of server?

Just stick with server.

If you do end up needing additional things that are included with the workstation, they can all be added latter. That is another one of those huge if things, very rarely would they be needed.

I'll try to confirm that with Dell. They are slow on the replies.

Keep in mind that these are not different versions as Microsoft treats different versions of things. All they are is a different set of applications/programs installed by default.

I did notice that on a test run of RHEL. Went with server, got no GUI (as expected). Would I have a GUI with workstation? I do need to be able to make it go and maintain it (it's production stuff), I will have server instances in my work lab for the ongoing learning.

You are thinking of this wrong.
This is an appliance. Sure it is one you are assembling, but after assembled, it is an appliance.

You don't do things to an appliance outside of their designed admin interface.

In this case, you are installing an operating system, and you can set that up to update automatically if you want.

Then you are installing the application's docker image. Once installed, you will only ever be access the application through it's designed interface. Most likely, a web interface.

Gotcha. Wasn't thinking of this as an appliance since it is managing an appliance.

@travisdh1 said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

@rojoloco said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

@travisdh1 said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

@rojoloco said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

Thanks for the replies everyone. Another stupid question: Should I be installing the workstation version of the OS instead of server?

Just stick with server.

If you do end up needing additional things that are included with the workstation, they can all be added latter. That is another one of those huge if things, very rarely would they be needed.

I'll try to confirm that with Dell. They are slow on the replies.

Keep in mind that these are not different versions as Microsoft treats different versions of things. All they are is a different set of applications/programs installed by default.

I did notice that on a test run of RHEL. Went with server, got no GUI (as expected). Would I have a GUI with workstation? I do need to be able to make it go and maintain it (it's production stuff), I will have server instances in my work lab for the ongoing learning.

@travisdh1 said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

@rojoloco said in RojoLoco needs your Linux brains!!!:

Thanks for the replies everyone. Another stupid question: Should I be installing the workstation version of the OS instead of server?

Just stick with server.

If you do end up needing additional things that are included with the workstation, they can all be added latter. That is another one of those huge if things, very rarely would they be needed.

I'll try to confirm that with Dell. They are slow on the replies.

Thanks for the replies everyone. Another stupid question: Should I be installing the workstation version of the OS instead of server?

@travisdh1 I suppose the Docker version will whatever we are licensed for. I will double check with the Dell engineers helping with the deployment.

No, we're not switching everything over from Windows... we only need a single VM... to run a single Cyber Recovery application from Dell to manage our fancy new systems. I know, I don't want to hear it, all those decisions were made while I was either still in the hospital, or during the 8 following months when I wanted to die because I couldn't walk. Definitely not looking for a critique of the design or components.

That being said, here are the requirements Dell sent over:

The management host is a physical or VM host. existing hyper-v host

The management host requires the following:

● One of the following operating systems with the latest updates, patches, and security patches:
○ CentOS Linux 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, and Stream 8
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, and 8.x
○ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12 SP5

● 4 GB RAM
● 200 GB disk space:
○ 1.5 GB free space to extract the Cyber Recovery software
○ 10 GB or more free space for installation of the Cyber Recovery software no problem

The following Docker components are required to install Cyber Recovery software:

● Docker Version 17.06.0, 18.09.7, 19.03.5, 19.03.8, 19.03.12, 19.03.13, 20.10.2, and 20.10.6
NOTE: Red Hat Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server only support Docker Enterprise Edition (EE). CentOS Linux also
supports Docker Community Edition (CE).

● Docker Compose Version 1.21, 1.24, 1.25.3,1.25.4, 1.26.2, 1.27.4, and 1.29.1

So my main questions are:
Which OS should I choose?
Where does Docker go in all this? Pre OS? Post OS?
Same question for Docker Compose?

I'm currently researching and making notes, for soon there will be a post about how RojoLoco IS ABOUT TO HAVE TO LINUX!!!! Well, just 1 Linux. Probably RHEL since that is now free for up to 16 servers.

Not sure how long it will take me to formulate a bunch of dumbass questions, but hopefully not long.

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

@jaredbusch said in I can't even:

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

He, more than Curtis, is actively malicious in every answer he gives.

Yeah, what's considered allowable maliciousness in some of those posts is pretty extreme.

Such inconsistency... I got booted by them just for calling out sales dick posts.