Meetups/Infra/2024-08-19

We discussed self-hosting setup, some favorite tools for diagnosing network issues & wifi signal / goodput/link level, and reviewed specific libvirt NAT vs bridged networking setup.

Introductions

• [name] - [background]. [goals for meetup, or interests to explore] -

• Loren - background as platform and cloud engineer, and freelance infrastructure.
• Skyler - early days of starting AWS credential, Cloud Practitioner, then Developer, route. Interested in more backend focused, scaling-up focused work.
• David - game designer & artist -- today, revamping my website
• David, also - software engineer, goal to get out of dual booting, use Linux with GPU pass-through into a windows machine. Qemu, libvirt, network, gpu pass-through. Will check by trying to play Eldenring (or Tomb Raider) in the box
• Bryan - did infra work for an ai startup, working on simplying jellyfin process.

Lesson or Demo

Discussing home setups, networking.

Libvirt, networking -- bridged -- intro & guide: https://jamielinux.com/docs/libvirt-networking-handbook/bridged-network.html

btop

• Tool: https://gfblip.appspot.com/
• GH, with explanation: https://github.com/apenwarr/blip
• The blog post: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20130426

• Read aloud: clarify for meetup. We are taking notes in a riseup pad (or I am--help appreciated, and links). We have meeting notes posted to the wiki. noisebridge.net, search Infra, or Meetups/Infra. (the Infrastructure page has a disambiguation link.)
• Shell, web services, self-hosting, networking!

Questions, Discussion, or Coworking

• [Issue]

For next time

Readings & Exercises

• Readings
• Exercises

Join online

• Try it yourself!
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https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meetups/Infra