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-[[index.wiki|Index]] [[/home/tristan/Blog/blog/hello-world.wiki|Hello World]]
+[[index.wiki|Index]]
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+last 5 posts
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+- [[1693630800-hello-world.wiki|Hello World]]
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+---------------------------
 *Date:* 2023/09/05
 
 *Author:* Tristan Ancelet
 
 = Blog Issue =
 == DNS ==
+---------
 Looks like my master DNS server was down for the last 3 days (didn't know until the teacher mentioned it). Had to end up taking a look at my provider and it looks like my master DNS server had crashed at some point. After restarting it I got everything started up and it seems to have come back up. 
 
 I had a backup DNS server as well, but after looking into the VM (that was still running), it turns out that I never whitelisted the DNS port (53/udp) on it. So it's entire life has been failure (as it's been the backup for several months). My thought is that I *DID* whitelist it but not perminately. So after a reboot it cleared the config and DNS traffic wasn't whitelisted it anymore.

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 - [[1693890000-blog-issue.wiki|Blog Issue]]
 - [[1693630800-hello-world.wiki|Hello World]]
 
+---------------------------
 *Date:* 2023/10/30 
 
 *Author:* Tristan Ancelet   

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  - [[1698642000-first-ticket.wiki|First Ticket]]
  - [[1693890000-blog-issue.wiki|Blog Issue]]
  - [[1693630800-hello-world.wiki|Hello World]]
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 *Date:* 2023/11/07
 

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  - [[1693890000-blog-issue.wiki|Blog Issue]]
  - [[1693630800-hello-world.wiki|Hello World]]
 
+---------------------------
 *Date:* 2023/11/09
 
 *Author:* Tristan Ancelet

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  - [[1693890000-blog-issue.wiki|Blog Issue]]
  - [[1693630800-hello-world.wiki|Hello World]]
 
+---------------------------
 *Date:* 2023/11/09
 
 *Author:* Tristan Ancelet

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+ - [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
  - [[1699558725-ref-290-submitted.wiki|REF-290 Submitted]]
  - [[1699375988-ref-209-start.wiki|REF-290: Start]]
  - [[1698642000-first-ticket.wiki|First Ticket]]
  - [[1693890000-blog-issue.wiki|Blog Issue]]
- - [[1693630800-hello-world.wiki|Hello World]]
 
+
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 *Date:* 2023/11/15
 
 *Author:* Tristan Ancelet
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ Yea, as the post suggests I got a job offer from another company that want's to
 The company being [[https://www.acumera.com/|Acumera]]. I had one round of interviews with the hiring manager and one of their engineers. We had a really good time and I rather enjoyed the convo, as I got to talk about all of the work I do for my current company and the tools I've both made and used for work. 
 
 == Struggles ==
-I've noticed working and getting job offers is dealing with actually accepting them. I've been working for my current company for about 2 years, and without going to far into it, I've had a really bad time due to lack of support. Mostly due to me being the sole person responsible for my companies infrastructure. I've told them several times that I've needed assistance handling our systems (as we have over 40 and each is handling their own applications and services. I do not have the time in the day to handle both admin and engineering duties. It has been over a year of this and honestly I can't take it anymore.
+I've noticed working and getting job offers is dealing with actually accepting them. I've been working for my current company for about 2 years, and without going too far into it, I've had a really bad time due to lack of support. Mostly due to me being the sole person responsible for my companies infrastructure. I've told them several times that I've needed assistance handling our systems (as we have over 40 and each server is handling their own undocumented legacy applications and services. I do not have the time in the day to handle both admin and engineering duties. It has been over a year of this and honestly I can't take it anymore.
 
 == Will I take it ==
 Yes I will proabably take it. The new position actually has me doing engieneering work with a team. Meaning I will not be the sole person to handle my workload. It will be shared. While the job will probably not be a cakewalk, I believe I will be able to handle it much better than my current workplace. As I will be doing my work, and not the work of an entire dept.

1700345096-busy-week.wiki

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  - [[1699375988-ref-209-start.wiki|REF-290: Start]]
  - [[1698642000-first-ticket.wiki|First Ticket]]
 
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 *Date:* 2023/11/18
 
 *Author:* Tristan Ancelet
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 == Did I do any Tickets ==
 --------------------------
 No unfortunately I haven't had time to pick up any tickets from the board. Although with any luck next week I will be able to pick one up (as I kinda feel useless). 
-

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+%title Auvik Trial
+
+
+---------------------------
+[[index.wiki|Index]]
+---------------------------
+
+last 5 posts
+---------------------------
+
+ - [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|Busy Week]]
+ - [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|New Job Offer]]
+ - [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
+ - [[1699558725-ref-290-submitted.wiki|REF-290 Submitted]]
+ - [[1699375988-ref-209-start.wiki|REF-290: Start]]
+
+---------------------------
+*Date:* 2023/11/24
+
+*Author:* Tristan Ancelet
+
+= Auvik Trial =
+Auvik was providing a 14 day trial to test out their platform.
+
+== The Trial ==
+---------------
+I wasn't even aware of what Auvik even was until I came accross a "Use Auvik and win a free Ubiquity Switch" ad. The primary factor for me messing with their paltform was admittedly the free switch. 
+
+== Their Platform ==
+-------------------
+Unbeknownst to me, their platform was akin to something I've just recently been working with at work. A network monitoring server.
+
+
+== LibreNMS: At Work ==
+-------------
+At work we use Solarwinds almost exclusively, but recently in the engineering dept we decided to setup our own NMS with [[https://www.librenms.org/|LibreNMS]]. A process that I setup in a [[https://git.arcanium.tech/tristan/myscripts/src/branch/master/install-librenms.sh|script]] for ease-of-use for anyone else wanting to try it. It is an amazing project and I highly praise it for all of the functionality it brings. 
+
+However, there are still some pain points with the project in terms of the network map. When viewing a network map, unless you've grouped up your devices in small enough network groups (doesn't help sometimes) your network map will be presented in a spider-web without any ability to resize or manipulate the map in any way (that makes it easier to read). Although this is where any gripes over LibreNMS starts and ends, as otherwise this is an amazing project that makes monitoring your network much more manageable.
+
+== Auvik ==
+=== Deployment & Setup ===
+--------------------------
+Deploying their solution was insanely easy. I took the route of deploying their collector via a docker container (they generate you a docker compose file) on my VM Server, which only took a few minutes to download the necessary images and start it. Very soon after it connected back to their platform and began scanning my internal network.
+
+=== Operation : Function ===
+----------------------------
+Within 10 minutes their collector had mapped out (just about) every single VLAN and network I had running in my homelab (even the vnets running on my VM server). It really suprised me how invasive it was. 
+
+=== Operation : UX ===
+----------------------
+With my experience with Solarwinds, Zabbix and LibreNMS I didn't expect much in the way of UX from Auvik. However, I was plesantly suprised. The UI & UX for their platform was outstanding. Everything is laid out well and everything is formatted in a way that makes everything easy to read. 
+
+For someone that despises Front-End work, I can appreciate the effort they've put into their product.
+
+== Overall ==
+-------------
+This is a really high-quality product I would like to use in my own lab, but due to it's black-box nature I wouldn't be ok with using it for my home network.
+

index.wiki

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 ## Blog Posts
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+- [[1700863814-auvik-trial.wiki|2023/11/24 - Auvik Trial ]] 
+
 - [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|2023/11/18 - Busy Week ]] 
 
 - [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|2023/11/15 - New Job Offer ]]