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December 11, 2025
by dhoytt
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Updated the Web Server OS and WordPress

I backed up the MySQL database of WordPress and then updated to 6.9 version of WordPress,then updated the OS patches which were quite a few including going to the latest kernel version on Rocky Linux 9. I also updated my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

June 23, 2025
by dhoytt
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Linux Workstation Repairs

My main Linux workstation started having serious errors pointing to memory issues but then even after I thought I had clearly rectified the memory issues both the boot disk and data disk started complaining about issues and the system was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

June 14, 2025
by dhoytt
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Reolink Doorbell Zoneminder Integration Easy

I just integrated my Reolink doorbell camera into Zoneminder and it was easy once I knew where the proper settings were to enable an rtsp stream on the Reolink. I specifically went with Reolink Video Doorbell WiFi https://reolink.com/product/reolink-video-doorbell-wifi plugged into … Continue reading → Continue reading →

May 3, 2022
by dhoytt
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Rebuilt Zoneminder Got Shinobi up and Updated Web SSL Certificates on Site

Not sure what was occurring with my Zoneminder CCTV but it seemed my database was corrupt or had issues authenticating with my streams periodically over the past week especially one camera. Then today they all went dark and Zoneminder couldn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

December 31, 2021
by dhoytt
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Onboard with Rocky Linux Last Day of the Year 2021

Finally on the last day of the year I migrated my Zoneminder CCTV/Plex physical server to Rocky Linux from CentOS 8 using the script from Rocky Linux https://docs.rockylinux.org/guides/migrate2rocky/ . Came back from a trip to Costco saw a reference to Linux and ding hey I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

August 22, 2021
by dhoytt
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Increased Drive Size Zoneminder CCTV and Plex Physical Server with Clonezilla

I bought a new larger hard drive locally and finally got a chance to increase the root size of my bl460 g7 blade server that serves as my CCTV Zoneminder system and Plex movie streaming system. The Plex database gets … Continue reading → Continue reading →

August 22, 2021
by dhoytt
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Increased Drive Size Zoneminder CCTV and Plex Physical Server with Clonezilla

July 24, 2021
by dhoytt
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Fedora Workstation Crashes Possibly Resolved/ Updates of XCP-ng Packages

Well my Fedora 33 workstation desktop kept freezing and crashing whether I used KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, MATE or Gnome desktop environments. I suspected my Nvidia Quadro K1200 drivers and wa going to really dive into that when I had time. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

January 30, 2021
by dhoytt
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New Workstations Notes

Well I built 2 new powerful workstation, one using Windows 10 Pro Workstation and the other Fedora 33 Workstation but of course with all types of server packages. The Windows workstation I’m using Asrock X299 WS/IPMI and the Linux Fedora … Continue reading → Continue reading →