About me

Hi there! As a systems engineer with expertise in Linux, networking, systems administration, and virtualization, I am happy to assist you with any technical issues.

If you have specific questions or concerns regarding the functionality, usability, security, performance, or scalability of your application, please don't hesitate to ask. I have experience working across numerous sectors and with a slew of unique clients.

I would be an outstanding candidate for any team in need of exceptional talent.

What i'm doing

System Administrator

Technical troubleshooter and server magician who maintains operations.
Web development

High-quality development of really neato sites at the professional level.
Freelancing

Professional development of systems for the needs of my clients.
Leadership

Inspire, guide, and empower others towards shared goals and success.

Highlighted Projects

Github actions auto update

GitHub Actions is a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform that allows you to automate your build, test, and deployment pipeline. In this example, we will create a GitHub repository that will be automatically updated everyday using GitHub Actions.
Read the full Github actions write up on my blog.
Autmatic Disaster Recovery

Proxmox offers many solutions for backups. This write-up specifically addresses ZFS based storage systems. Using Sanoid, cv4pve, and PBS2 we are able to take snapshots of both the Virtual Machines as well as the data on our ZFS Pools. Allowing a complete backup of the whole system, not just a VM and some QCOW2 disks.
Read the full automatic storage backups write up on my blog.
ZFS for Proxmox Storage

Using ZFS with Proxmox Storage has never been easier! Resist the urge to rename your zfs datastores that are being used for VMs. Snapshots on VMs (these would sync in a cluster) should be stored on a 'local-zfs' datastore. Using the same name across devices allows Proxmox to sync these stores if there was ever to be a cluster formed. And it allows for uniform naming.
Read the full ZFS storage write up on my blog.
GPG Keys in detail

GPG Key Creation, Modification, and Storage. GPG allows you to export your subkeys with with a blank primary key, thereby rendering the secret part of the primary key useless. When creating a key, individuals may designate a specific keyserver to use to pull their keys from.
Read the full GPG key write up on my blog.