Lenovo Thinkcentre M75q Tiny vs GMKTec K8 Plus

Introduction I found myself defending Lenovo ThinkCentre against some of the mini-pcs that are going for absolutely insanely low prices on Ali-Express and sometimes on Amazon. So I thought I would provide my take on the situation, granted it will be biased towards Lenovo. This is a Draft I’m starting this as a draft and … Read more

Canadian Black Friday Deals 2024

Introduction I’ll update this page regularly from deals I see online. I mostly find these deals on https://redflagdeals.com Things to consider on Black Friday Important! A lot of manufacturers and retail stores now sell ‘Black Friday’ models that are lower quality, or have some tradeoff. Additionally, many retailers up the price ahead of this season, … Read more

Home Lab Proxmox Upgrade and using Lenovo/AMD DASH

What is DASH? This is what Lenovo says Dash (desktop and mobile architecture for system hardware) is a set of specifications developed bydmtf, which aims to provide open standards based web service management for desktop and mobileclient systems. Dash is a comprehensive framework that provides a new generation of standards toprotect the security of out … Read more

Using Monit Environment Variables with exec

If you read the Monit documentation, it tells you exactly how to use Monit environment variables when using exec. No environment variables are used by Monit. However, when Monit executes a start/stop/restart program or an exec action, it will set several environment variables which can be utilised by the executable to get information about the … Read more

Ultimate Linux Shell Guide for Windows 10 – WSL + Terminal + ZSH + oh-my-zsh + Powerlevel10k

Introduction The following guide will help you install Windows Subsystem Linux, Windows Terminal and ZSH. Step 1 – Enable WSL It’s pretty easy to install Windows Subsystem Linux, open Powershell as Administrator, and run the following. The following command will require a restart. Step 2 – Install Ubuntu Navigate to the Windows Store and search … Read more

Cyberpanel Openlitespeed Issue with PHP Session Files Cleanup on Ubuntu 18

There’s an issue with the Cyberpanel installation using Openlitespeed on Ubuntu 18 where the PHP session files aren’t removed by the system installed. You might see issues in your /usr/local/lsws/log/error.log like this The cause is related to the build of of PHP session files in the /tmp folder, which usually is cleaned out by a … Read more

Litespeed Web Server Statistics in Netdata Including Fixes

Showing MySQL Metrics in Netdata

It’s pretty simple to get this done, as there’s a plugin built in. As per this guide on the Netdata website. https://app.netdata.cloud/spaces/lmtca-space/rooms/general/nodes/34d04048-ab58-11ea-81cb-5600029faf80#chartName=menu_ebpf&after=-900&before=0 You simple need to run the following commands to create the necessary configuration. You then update a single line at the bottom of the file. Set path to /tmp/lshttpd/ After restarting Netdata you … Read more

Setting up MySQL Statistics in Netdata

MySQL Metrics in Netdata

You might noticed MySQL statistics aren’t being show in Netdata. Here’s what I ran into. Error: “MySQLdb or PyMySQL module is needed to use mysql.chart.py plugin” The required python libraries for MySQL are missing, so you simply need to install them. For Ubuntu/Debian the following command should correct it. Setting up Netdata MySQL User You … Read more