A small homelab blog
2025 was a year of transition and travel for me. My reading suffered at times but, at the end of the year I ended up reading a total of 34 books. Due to traveling, I had to pack up my physical books and went with a Kindle for later in the year. Physical Books (placed […]
There are plenty of docs on ZTP with Cisco, but many of the guides I found referenced outdated or invalid links/ labs. The only up to date lab I could find required Cisco dCloud, which comes at a cost. I decided that I wanted to explore ZTP on CML and learned a few things along […]
For some reason, I decided that I wanted to maintain access to Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) during my travels so that I could stay up to date on my studies. Since my homelab had to be packed up, I decided to take my CML instance with me on my trip. If you don’t need your […]
One thing I wasn’t immediately a fan of with Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) was its web-based console. While it’s convenient for making quick changes, I preferred the flexibility offered by EVE-NG, where you can launch multiple external console windows simultaneously. That feature is great for troubleshooting and allows easy comparison of configurations, resizing of windows, […]
It seems like every year that Cisco has a Black Friday Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) deal. I’ve generally been an eve-ng user, but this past year I finally jumped in and decided to give it a try. This post will give my initial thoughts as well as a few recommendations on how to get started […]
One of the first steps when deploying a new network device is to configure it for remote access. In this post, I’ll walk you through the process of setting up SSH and RADIUS on a Cisco Catalyst 1200 switch using the CLI. While these configurations can also be performed through the web console, we’ll focus […]
I’ve been meaning to find a replacement for a layer 2 switch I have and stumbled upon the Cisco Catalyst 1200-8T-D Smart Switch on Amazon. There’s a few videos reviewing older models but not much out there on the 1200 series. Since it was fairly inexpensive, I decided to give it a try. If it […]
In this post, I’ll continue walk you through transferring your domain from Squarespace to Amazon Route 53 while ensuring no to minimal downtime. Step 1: Pre-Staging DNS Records in Amazon Route 53 Before you start any actual transfer promise, I recommended you first start by creating a Hosted Zone in AWS for the domain you’d […]
2024 was a pretty good year for my reading ambitions. In total I read 37 books this year. This year I tried to read more for my enjoyment and focused on finding good fiction titles. Here’s my complete 2024 stack: The two that are missing from my stack were borrowed or lent to a friend […]
I used to host my domains using Google Domains. However, late last year, Google stopped offering this service and began transferring customer domains to Squarespace. Managing your domain in Squarespace is straightforward, but I encountered one issue: Squarespace doesn’t offer an API to manage domains like Google did. Since I recently passed my AWS Solutions […]
