Configure Minisforum MS-01 BIOS to Enable Intel® AMT/Intel® vPro™ Before diving in, I want to mention that I made several adjustments to the power management settings. While my objective wasn’t to...

Introduction In this post, I demonstrate how to leverage a fairly simple Python script that utilizes the power of Ollama—a self-hosted AI system—along with the Gmail API to read and summarize emai...

Summary This Ansible playbook automates the deployment and setup of essential components on an RKE2 cluster, including Helm, Cert-Manager, Traefik, and Rancher. It centralizes variable management t...

Introduction Have you ever needed to monitor your external IP address? How about if you have an IPsec VPN that you need to maintain? Below, I will walk you through how I put together a solution th...

In this post, I will briefly walk through setting up Semaphore UI (SemUI) in a Docker container, then configuring the basics of SemUI to allow for running Ansible scripts, and finally reviewing the...

Do you run a Pi-Hole or another ad blocker? Are your iOS devices screaming “Private Relay is temporarily unavailable due to a technical problem” or “Safari can’t connect to iCloud Private Relay”? I...

Note… This is a Two Part Post This is a continuation of the post “(How-To) Deploying Cloud-Init Template with Ubuntu on Proxmox with Ansible Playbook - Part 1”. Check it out if you want to learn mo...

I wanted to create this walkthrough because, while there are forums and documentation from sources like Proxmox and Ubuntu, I felt that many of the walkthroughs weren’t overly comprehensive. Even t...

Before we dive in, it’s worth taking a moment to look at Overview of optional connected experiences in Microsoft Teams for any privacy or security concerns you may have. Alright, with that importa...

So, you have that shiny new MS Copilot license costing $30 per user, per month, and presumably, your users couldn’t be happier. The product certainly comes with an impressive array of features. I p...