{"id":186,"date":"2018-03-13T21:35:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T21:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bigwisedata.com\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2020-05-07T17:33:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T17:33:04","slug":"welcome-to-bigwisedata-com","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bigwisedata.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to BigWiseData.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aging does funny things. \u00a0As a teenager, you know everything. \u00a0As we get older, we gain experience and see<\/em> we know very little. \u00a0The knowledge \u00a0we gain we write down now, because we know we will probably need those thoughts later, and lets face it, our buffers are getting full. \u00a0Lots of re-discovering ideas and re-learning has led me down a new path. \u00a0Let me give you an example.<\/p>\n

When I was younger (you know, last year) \u00a0I set out to setup a OpenBSD router and later build a OpenBSD web server to test on. \u00a0It took a lot of research as I had not setup an OpenBSD server before. \u00a0I had no experience with a unix web server or any kind of firewall and had only dabbled with Linux Slackware and XFCE4 back in the day. \u00a0So while I was no stranger to pain and suffering, I definitely lacked the needed skills. \u00a0But I struggled through it and called a few friends (a lot) when I got stuck. \u00a0Finally success! \u00a0 Well, sort of, I had built an excellent router and an ok OpenBSD 5.9 web server with WordPress mostly installed on it but it was on my home network. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t available on the web for the most part. Neither the router or the web server had email capability and the web server was often used as a test server. \u00a0Not an ideal host. \u00a0But lots of good learning was had.<\/p>\n

Now that I am older \u00a0(you know, this year) I realized that I needed to get a little more professional in my trade. \u00a0I\u2019m a Developer\\DBA with a strong belief in Operations automation and a love for well designed systems. \u00a0But just myself, my girlfriend, a smattering of coworkers and friends, and perhaps LinkedIn\u2122 knew about me or my skills. \u00a0How do I \u00a0let the rest of the tech community know? \u00a0How do I share my crazy ideas with others?<\/p>\n

Well why not a blog. \u00a0All the cool kids are doing it. \u00a0But I\u2019m not much of a follower and I like to know how things work as I suffer from Chronic Terminal Curiosity (CTC). \u00a0Perhaps I could build \u00a0server that was secure yet eclectic and build a stylish website on that server hosted in say a bunker or under ground lair \u2026<\/p>\n

Well building a bunker, though hella\u2122 tempting, is just not in my budget right now. \u00a0I guess I could compromise and host on a cool sounding cloud provider. \u00a0I don\u2019t want to use a commercial OS because they would not give me a snapshot of their source code (I know, weird huh?) and I don\u2019t want to get locked up in their eco system. \u00a0Oh, and I have no idea on how to build a website. \u00a0What to do?<\/p>\n

I found the perfect solution. \u00a0Host on Vultr\u2122 cloud provider, which definitely has a cool name (but probably no bunker \u2026 yet), to set up a Virtual Private Server (VPS) on and use OpenBSD\u2122, a sweet secure OS which Vultr provides as an easy to use install option, and \u00a0install WordPress, an open source \u00a0website made for blogging. \u00a0I mean, really, what could go wrong? \u00a0In my case a surprising amount. \u00a0WordPress has needs and OpenBSD is secure for a reason. \u00a0Getting them to play well together took some time.<\/p>\n

It worked out in the end. I now have a\u00a0place to capture what I have learned, some general thoughts, and a way to share those learnings with anyone who has trouble sleeping at night and requires a sleep aid.<\/p>\n

Welcome to BigWiseData.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aging does funny things. \u00a0As a teenager, you know everything. \u00a0As we get older, we gain experience and see we know very little. \u00a0The knowledge \u00a0we gain we write down now, because we know we will probably need those thoughts later, and lets face it, our buffers are getting full. \u00a0Lots of re-discovering ideas and … <\/p>\n

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