VirtualBMC, or vBMC for short, is an excellent little tool which provides an IMPI interface to KVM virtual machines within libvirt. This tiny post will show how it can be setup as a service, which allows it to be started and stopped with the host machine. Because vBMC is a python application, python is required; so make sure you have python installed....
Given systemd is ubiquitous with modern day GNU/Linux it only makes sense that it be able to do just about everything under the sun; which strictly adheres to the UNIX philosophy 😂. While the move to systemd has not always been a popular one, I too once hated it, it has matured and is providing much value. As sytemd has matured, it's...
This post will focus on moving a BTRFS file system from loopback file to a mounted BTRFS subvolume on a local file system. The Scenario A server has BTRFS as it's root file system and is being used with systemd-nspawn. While this server has been online for several months it was only recently discovered that the containers running on the host were...
When using BTRFS volumes it's sometimes necessary to move things around. BTRFS has some great tools to assist operators to move volumes and this post will cover one available method. What is this post about While the reasons to move a device from one place to another are numerous, this post will focus on moving a BTRFS loopback file to a logical...
The card I wanted to break into many little pieces but now love is an "Sierra Wireless EM7455". If you've found this post and are simply wanting to know how to install new firmware from Linux for a Sierra Wireless WWAN device, skip to the bottom of the post.
