Silvenga's Blog https://silvenga.com/posts/rss.xml Silvenga.com (Custom) <!DOCTYPE html>An RSS feed for Silvenga's weblog. Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:52:40 GMT en https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tip: React has Type Helpers https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-react-helper-types/ <!DOCTYPE html>Using React type helpers to clean up boilerplate code and make code more robust. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:09:41 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-react-helper-types/ What KeebMonkey PC Status Monitor Hides https://silvenga.com/posts/what-keeb-monkey-pc-status-monitor-hides/ <!DOCTYPE html>A dive into the KeebMonkey PC Status Monitor software and what is hidden. Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:43:08 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/what-keeb-monkey-pc-status-monitor-hides/ Virtual Disk Service Stalled https://silvenga.com/posts/virtual-disk-service-stalled/ <!DOCTYPE html>My journey in troubleshooting Virtual Disk Service issues. Sat, 22 Jul 2017 04:24:45 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/virtual-disk-service-stalled/ Install Windows Server 2016 using Software RAID1 https://silvenga.com/posts/raid1-windows-server-2016/ <!DOCTYPE html>How to set-up Windows Server 2016 using software RAID1 - on the system volume. Tue, 28 Mar 2017 02:18:01 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/raid1-windows-server-2016/ Hypervisor PCI Passthrough on Modern HPE Servers https://silvenga.com/posts/pci-passthough-hpe-servers/ <!DOCTYPE html>Getting iLO to play nice with Hyper-V Discrete Device Assignment Sun, 24 Jan 2021 05:08:05 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/pci-passthough-hpe-servers/ KeePass Random Crashing https://silvenga.com/posts/keepass-crash/ <!DOCTYPE html>A red herring to the root cause. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 23:38:24 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/keepass-crash/ Fresh Installation Cheatsheet https://silvenga.com/posts/fresh-installation-cheatsheet/ <!DOCTYPE html>A personal cheatsheat for some things to do when installing Windows fresh. Sun, 17 Dec 2017 22:02:36 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/fresh-installation-cheatsheet/ WHEA Event Viewer Warnings https://silvenga.com/posts/event-viewer-warnings/ <!DOCTYPE html>A corrected hardware error has occurred... Tue, 27 Jun 2023 23:38:38 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/event-viewer-warnings/ Convert Windows 2016 Eval to Retail https://silvenga.com/posts/convert-to-retail-windows-server/ <!DOCTYPE html>How to convert a Windows Server 2016 trial installation to full retail. Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:19:10 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/convert-to-retail-windows-server/ Cloning Disks across a Network https://silvenga.com/posts/cloning-disks-across-a-network/ <!DOCTYPE html>How to clone disks across a network. Sun, 21 May 2023 21:57:06 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/cloning-disks-across-a-network/ Ceph Feature Missmatch with Kubernetes https://silvenga.com/posts/ceph-feature-mismatch/ <!DOCTYPE html>Getting Ceph to place nice with Kubernetes. Thu, 05 Oct 2017 02:50:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/ceph-feature-mismatch/ Missing Dependencies With Alpine Docker Images https://silvenga.com/posts/alpine-missing-dependencies/ <!DOCTYPE html>Missing dependencies when upgrading some Alpine package. Tue, 09 Jan 2018 01:50:07 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/alpine-missing-dependencies/ Tip: Ceph Ports https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-ceph-ports/ <!DOCTYPE html>An attempt to find a combined list of Ceph ports. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 02:08:06 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-ceph-ports/ Reinstalling a Ceph OSD Host https://silvenga.com/posts/reinstall-ceph-osd-host/ <!DOCTYPE html>Reinstall a Ceph OSD host, managed by cephadm, without data movement. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:21:43 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/reinstall-ceph-osd-host/ LUKS TPM Unlock https://silvenga.com/posts/tpm-luks-unlock/ <!DOCTYPE html>Unlocking full-disk LUKS encryption with a TPM during boot. Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:23:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/tpm-luks-unlock/ Tip: Switch to the Ubuntu HWE Kernel https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-switch-to-ubuntu-hwe-kernel/ <!DOCTYPE html>How to switch from the default Ubuntu kernel to the HWE kernel for fun and profit. Sun, 16 Jun 2024 16:34:46 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-switch-to-ubuntu-hwe-kernel/ Tip: Quite Ubuntu's Login Message https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-quiet-ubuntu-motd-login/ <!DOCTYPE html>Remove the annoying messages from Canonical, without .hushlogin. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 02:39:14 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-quiet-ubuntu-motd-login/ Tip: Ignore a Single Query Parameter when Caching with Nginx https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-nginx-ignore-a-single-query-param-when-caching/ <!DOCTYPE html>A possible method of ignoring a part of the query string when caching with Nginx. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:37:58 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-nginx-ignore-a-single-query-param-when-caching/ Tip: Dymo Rhino Labels work in Consumer Units Too https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-dymo-label-compatibility/ <!DOCTYPE html>So it turns out that the Rhino industrial labels work in consumer units. Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:45:58 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/tip-dymo-label-compatibility/ Configuring HDD Power Management using hdparm https://silvenga.com/posts/power-management-using-hdparm/ <!DOCTYPE html>A quick write-up of using hdparm to configure the different power saving options. Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:15:41 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/power-management-using-hdparm/ Notes on CephFS Metadata Recovery, Learning from Failure https://silvenga.com/posts/notes-on-cephfs-metadata-recovery/ <!DOCTYPE html>My notes after a recent CephFS outage where the MDS journals were corrupted and needed to be recovered. Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:49:27 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/notes-on-cephfs-metadata-recovery/ My Journey Through 3D-Filament Bags https://silvenga.com/posts/my-journey-through-filament-bags/ <!DOCTYPE html>This is my journey through different 3D-printing filament vacuum bags. Please learn from my mistakes. Mon, 24 Jun 2024 02:01:15 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/my-journey-through-filament-bags/ Multiple Docker Compose's in a Single Network https://silvenga.com/posts/multiple-docker-compose-single-network/ <!DOCTYPE html>Using a single Docker network across multiple docker-compose files - and a little about using a DNS resolver container as well. Sat, 22 Jun 2024 01:51:33 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/multiple-docker-compose-single-network/ How I use Helm with GitOps https://silvenga.com/posts/helm-and-gitops/ <!DOCTYPE html>How I integrate Helm into a Kubernetes GitOps flow. Tue, 02 Jul 2024 18:13:23 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/helm-and-gitops/ Fail2ban Repeat UFW Offenders https://silvenga.com/posts/fail2ban-ufw-offenders/ <!DOCTYPE html>A post about a fail2ban jail for repeated UFW nucenses. Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:58:54 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/fail2ban-ufw-offenders/ Ceph and Deep-Scrubs https://silvenga.com/posts/ceph-and-deep-scrubs/ <!DOCTYPE html>How deep-scrubs work, and how to correctly set their interval. Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:13:39 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/ceph-and-deep-scrubs/ Caching Apt - Network Wide https://silvenga.com/posts/caching-apt-network-wide/ <!DOCTYPE html>How I setup Apt to use a caching proxy (e.g. apt-cacher-ng) with a safe fallback. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:28:22 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/caching-apt-network-wide/ Bypassing the Installer: Manually Installing Ubuntu https://silvenga.com/posts/bypassing-the-installer-manually-installing-ubuntu/ <!DOCTYPE html>How I install Linux when the installer isn't flexible enough. Also, how I use BTRFS. Sat, 06 Jul 2024 16:34:15 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/bypassing-the-installer-manually-installing-ubuntu/ Benchmarking .NET Async Throughput https://silvenga.com/posts/benchmarking-async-throughput/ <!DOCTYPE html>Benchmarking and comparing async vs synchronous code throughput in .NET. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:53:02 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/benchmarking-async-throughput/ Ceph's handle_auth_bad_method Error is Weird https://silvenga.com/posts/a-ceph-error-message/ <!DOCTYPE html>Weird cause for Ceph's handle_auth_bad_method error. Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:41:16 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/a-ceph-error-message/ BTRFS: Lessons Learned through Blood and Tears https://silvenga.com/posts/btrfs-and-lessons-learned/ <!DOCTYPE html>Lessons I've learned through the years of caring and feeding BTRFS. Sat, 20 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/btrfs-and-lessons-learned/ Kicking DnsControl Up a Notch with Typescript https://silvenga.com/posts/kicking-dnscontrol-up-a-notch/ <!DOCTYPE html>Improving "DNS as Code" with type checking and Intellisense Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/kicking-dnscontrol-up-a-notch/ Upgrading the Firmware on Infineon TPM's https://silvenga.com/posts/upgrading-firmware-infineon-tpm/ <!DOCTYPE html>Upgrading the Infineon TPM firmware on Asus (and friends) motherboards. Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/upgrading-firmware-infineon-tpm/ Package Console Powershell Cheat Sheet https://silvenga.com/posts/package-console-powershell-cheat-sheet/ <!DOCTYPE html>A personal cheat sheet on using PowerShell commands via the Package Console. Fri, 19 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/package-console-powershell-cheat-sheet/ Notes on OpenVPN Obfuscating https://silvenga.com/posts/openvpn-obfuscating/ <!DOCTYPE html>Some notes on how to setup OpenVPN obfuscation using Obfproxy. Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/openvpn-obfuscating/ POS Editor https://silvenga.com/posts/pos-editor/ <!DOCTYPE html>Another random project - manipulate POS displays! Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/pos-editor/ Ghost Scaffolding https://silvenga.com/posts/slight-ghost/ <!DOCTYPE html>A different take on how to host a Ghost instance, while using NPM as an upgrade manager. Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/slight-ghost/ Just Another Putty Color Scheme https://silvenga.com/posts/just-another-putty-color-scheme/ <!DOCTYPE html>Just another color scheme for Putty, designed based on my personal preferences. Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/just-another-putty-color-scheme/ Deploy a Tinc Mesh VPN Running TAP https://silvenga.com/posts/deploy-a-tinc-mesh-vpn-running-tap/ <!DOCTYPE html>Yet another how-to on setting up a mesh network using Tinc (in TAP mode). Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/deploy-a-tinc-mesh-vpn-running-tap/ Setup Apache to Serve Ghost Blogs https://silvenga.com/posts/setup-apache-to-serve-ghost-blog/ <!DOCTYPE html>Using Apache as a reverse proxy to service a Ghost instance. Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/setup-apache-to-serve-ghost-blog/ Lazy View - A jQuery Plugin https://silvenga.com/posts/lazy-view-a-jquery-plugin/ <!DOCTYPE html>Let content flow in via another jQuery plugin. Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/lazy-view-a-jquery-plugin/ Configure Postfix to Work with MailGun https://silvenga.com/posts/configure-postfix-to-work-with-mailgun/ <!DOCTYPE html>Using MailGun and a script to get there faster. Tue, 06 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/configure-postfix-to-work-with-mailgun/ The Perfect Singleton Implementation in Java https://silvenga.com/posts/the-perfect-singleton-implementation-in-java/ <!DOCTYPE html>Randomly, a Java singleton implementation. Thu, 01 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/the-perfect-singleton-implementation-in-java/ OpenVPN Sheathing https://silvenga.com/posts/openvpn-sheathing/ <!DOCTYPE html>Sheathing OpenVPN traffic through a SSL tunnel using STunnel. Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/openvpn-sheathing/ Power Ghost with Upstart https://silvenga.com/posts/power-ghost-with-upstart/ <!DOCTYPE html>Using Upstart to manage a Ghost instance. Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/power-ghost-with-upstart/ Slight Theme https://silvenga.com/posts/slight-theme/ <!DOCTYPE html>A Ghost blog theme. Fri, 21 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/slight-theme/ Silvenga's Penlighter https://silvenga.com/posts/pen-lighter/ <!DOCTYPE html>I present a solution to disappearing mice, a PenLighter! Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mark (Silvenga) https://silvenga.com/posts/pen-lighter/