@CCWTech said in Resume work:

@travisdh1 What is 'better paying' what range?

And how do you know Spillman?

Pay range depends a LOT on location of the job offering. A couple examples from my life.

1. Cleveland, OH ~$40,000/year. Basically poverty wage.
2. Wooster, OH ~$40,000/year. Living well.
3. Fairlawn, OH ~$60,000/year. Around the same as Wooster at 40k
   Those values get to be hugely different depending on the area of the country, and I'd expect them to be around the lowest in the country because of the cost of living in Ohio compared to most of the rest of the U.S.

I have my CJIS cert and supported Spillman for multiple police departments and a county sheriff at my previous job.

@CCWTech said in Resume work:

What pay range should I be looking at? So many ranges out there it's hard to know what's real.

Most job postings won't be serious ones, so just accept that now.

With your experience, you for sure should be looking at better paying positions.

Spillman still sucks, if you haven't stayed current on that.

@CCWTech said in Resume work:

Types of jobs I am applying to are Windows System Administrator, Help Desk Manager, etc...

Watch out for those "Help Desk Manager" positions. More often than not, they end up being tier-1 support positions, if it's even a real job.

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Of course it’s just a ten minute job,..

Of course doing all that will only take 10 minutes.....

In who's wildest dreams?

@stacksofplates said in XO-Lite beta:

@Pete-S said in XO-Lite beta:

@travisdh1 said in XO-Lite beta:

I also think having XO Lite available will make XCP-NG more approachable for less experienced techs. I'll still use XO to manage my XCP-NG servers, but XO Lite will make that initial server rollout and XO install more approachable.

I feel that the world is moving towards automation and away from pretty web UI. And also away from self-hosting and towards services that someone else will be responsible for.

Having automation doesn’t preclude having a web ui. A lot of times (most of the time) the web ui uses the same API as the automation.

There are a lot of cases where you will have people interacting with the ui instead of automation so it’s still a valid option. And having a lighter weight version of the old xen orchestra stuff would be nice.

That's exactly what they're doing. XO-Lite is using their API to manage XCP-NG.

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Dealing with AT&T and Voice Mail issues. For the last few years I seem to have some delivery issues with voicemails being received in a timely manner.

It's sometimes fifteen to thirty minutes to get a voicemail notification on my phone. The kicker was on the 30th taking twenty-five hours before I received the notification.... UN-REAL.

So, reset the network settings, they reset the voicemail completely... I went from a four digit pin to a seven digit pin.. annoying!

And since... I've not received one single voicemail notification. The little message indicator showed nothing. Manually dial voicemail... THIRTEEN MESSAGES!

WH- The- Actual F

So,.. back to the Support calls I go.

Good luck!

Trying to get Brightpseed info to put a new modem into transparent bridging mode. First person had no idea what I was talking about.

@Pete-S said in XO-Lite beta:

@travisdh1 said in XO-Lite beta:

Link to original article: https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/4731/xen-orchestra-lite/5

Found this while watching Lawrence Systems Thursday live stream. Most areas of the interface still say (coming soon), but you can do basic tasks for VMs on the host.

I don't know what to think about this web ui feature. There is already a TUI interface for basic management - which you can operate from the console or ssh. Perfect when installaing hypervisors and basic things (like changing network settings, starting stopping VMs etc) because you can use it over IPMI.

And there is the xcp-ng center Windows desktop app, which has all the features that is part of the Xen and the hypervisor itself. Developed by Citrix but not part of Vates' (company behind XO and xcp-ng) business model though.

And there is Xen Orchestra (XO) web app from Free to Enterprise if you want support and the fully unlocked community edition if you don't need support. There you can do things that are not actually part of Xen and the hypervisor itself, like replication. Runs in a VM, not on the hypervisor itself. But there are options to deploy it with a click.

I think the big difference between what XO Lite will be and the web TUI is that you don't need console access, just hit the IP address via a web browser. With how so many other things are moving to the web browser to work or manage, I think it's a good thing for them to be doing.

I also think having XO Lite available will make XCP-NG more approachable for less experienced techs. I'll still use XO to manage my XCP-NG servers, but XO Lite will make that initial server rollout and XO install more approachable.

@travisdh1 Installation note from Oliver

olivierlambertolivierlambert VATES 🪐 FOUNDER & CEO 🦸 Jun 30, 2021, 12:27 PM
@gskger To answer about the availability: in fact, it's already working, but very very very basic for now. I'd like to have something "not ugly" to start, even with not a lot of features, so let's say end of this summer

But if you can't hold until then, it's pretty easy to test:

Create a /opt/xensource/www/xolite.html file
Put that inside:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" class="no-js">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta
name="viewport"
content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"
/>
<meta name="theme-color" content="#cc584c" />
<title>XoLite</title>
</head>
<body>
<noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript>
<div id="root">The application is loading…</div>
<script src="https://lite.xen-orchestra.com/dist/index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Go in your host IP address <host address>/xolite.html
That's it!

edit: until the XAPI fix is in 8.2 or 8.3, consoles only work with Chrome.

Link to original article: https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/4731/xen-orchestra-lite/5

Found this while watching Lawrence Systems Thursday live stream. Most areas of the interface still say (coming soon), but you can do basic tasks for VMs on the host.

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

need more coffee. lol

I think it's about time for a coffee run.

Doing a full backup of the home lab server. Got new SSD drives to double the storage in it. 4x Patriot Burst Elite, not suitable for a production server, but good enough to let me do more things in a lab environment.

@Danp said in Printer Recommendations??:

@jt1001001 said in Printer Recommendations??:

High volume (500 pages/month B&W)

Is that really considered high volume? Personally, I would put that in the low volume category.

I agree, high volume would be more like 500 pages per day.

That said, I've had good luck with Xerox's solid ink printers in the past. ~2 million pages in 2 years with them at a previous job. Xerox ColorQube 8700 or 8900 are the current multifunction models.

@JasGot said in Slack? What is it?:

I am looking at Slack for a customer. I've never used or seen it. I hear about it all the time, and I know many people here use it regularly.

The sole purpose for looking at Slack for this customer is to send appointment reminder vis SMS using Skyetel's "Postcards for Slack" feature.

Has anyone done this? Is it a good option, or should I be looking at other options?

Do they want to start using a dedicated chat app?

If yes, have they evaluated options besides Slack? (RocketChat, etc.)

Slack IS NOT SMS. If they want to send reminders via SMS, just use Postcards. No reason to introduce more complexity than needed.

Edit: That all assumes you have input instead of being told to just do it.

@Pete-S said in Manage domains and DNS for customers?:

Is there a good way to manage domain renewals and DNS settings on behalf of a customer?

Basically handle everything and then invoice the customer. But the customer should still legally own the domain(s).

Generally, have them purchase the domain and add you as an admin user. I've done this with Cloudflare a number of times.

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Coffee and science...

Everyone back up, @RojoLoco is trying science.

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Chatting with Tmobile Home Internet via Twitter about WAN issues. Still better than DSL :).

Have they been able to figure out why wired speed only ever gets ~40Mbps when wireless gets 200+Mbps for you? I'm still trying to get that fixed.

Still better than DLS here as well.

The 3 mbps DSL limit I had was because of distance from a central office.

I'm able to get 60Mbps/5Mbps DSL, but it's also the most expensive in the area.

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Chatting with Tmobile Home Internet via Twitter about WAN issues. Still better than DSL :).

Have they been able to figure out why wired speed only ever gets ~40Mbps when wireless gets 200+Mbps for you? I'm still trying to get that fixed.

Still better than DLS here as well.

@scottalanmiller said in I Cant Even...:

I love dealing with someone who has a DEGREE in Cybersecurity, claims to be an experienced system administrator, yet doesn't even know what an SPF record is for email and leaves it blank - even after being taught how to do it. And then puts the wrong data in from the wrong vendor because they don't know how to follow directions or what it is for.

The number of people that have no idea what SPF or DKIM are is just crazy. Nobody I've tried to deal with either has had a clue what I was even talking about.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

what's another reputable pwd manager??

Bitwarden is what I chose. It has all the basic features needed in the open-source version. I chose a paid tier, but you are able to host it yourself if you wish.