Copy large qcow2 image via rsync between 2 servers

Problem: Very large (400GB+) .qcow2 file that needs to be copied from HostA to HostB, where HostB is behind an ISP that does 24 hour disconnection of the connection. Also because other people live in that household that use TV streaming, the bandwidth consumed should be limited. In this case I’m on a 100MBit/s connection,…

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Today I learned about NATS, microservice API and security

Actual security, as in identity, is still a 3rd party thing, aka you still need a OIDC IDP (or oauth2 in the broadest sense or similar). All NATS security does is validate that the credentials you pass the a client are valid and enforce limits, if configured. The microservice API was necessary, since simple request/reply…

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Keycloak ED25519 is being worked on

If you’re like me and trying to use NATS Jetstream with JWT auth and Keycloak… Well right now you’re SOL, because Keycloak so far only supports RSA, HMAC and AES, and NATS requires ED25519 signatures. But a certain individual named tnorimat aka Takashi Norimatsu is apparently working on ED25519 support. EdDSA Keycloak Issue on Github…

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Diablo 4 is an unfinished bad game – don’t buy

There isn’t really much more to add. 70€ for this boring solofest. What a waste of money. Last Activison Blizzard product I’ll ever buy. What pisses me off, I didn’t even want to buy it, but I got seduced by Twitch streamers. Despite better knowledge. The thing is, when there’s a charismatic Twitch streamer and…

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