Posted on Wed 03 January 2024 in linux
When running rootless podman on a ZFS mount, it defaults to the vfs storage driver.
And while this works, it causes a huge waste of disk space by duplicating files for every layer.
Using overlay solves this when running rootfull, but this is currently not supported on ZFS.
It should …
Posted on Sat 07 January 2023 in linux
I'm currently running all of my monitoring through Prometheus, backed with InfluxDB for the long-term storage of selected metrics. But recently, I've been limited in functionality when creating graphs in Grafana. And although I like Prometheus, it looks like my use-case is outside the domain of Prometheus.
I …
Posted on Tue 03 January 2023 in linux
My home server already uses LXC-containers. I use them to keep services isolated, so that I can upgrade my mail server without causing issues to my Nextcloud setup. But these containers contain a full OS inside them. And while this works, it's a bit of work to upgrade a handful …
Posted on Fri 21 February 2020 in linux
A few years ago, I already considered using a Raspberry Pi as a broadband router. Back then, its first generation wasn't fast enough. This changed with the 4th generation of the Raspberry pi.
The test setup was similar to the setup I use previously: