Welcome to the brimble.com wiki start page. I plan to have a handful of articles on here that mostly have to do with checklists and steps to build and setup my network, server, etc. As I am a rookie with wiki editing, this should be interesting! Lets start with the list of hardware currently used.

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor
• Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard (REV 1.2)
• CPU Cooler: AMD Wraith Prism cooler (AMD Stock Cooler)
• Memory: 4 sticks of 16GB Crucial Ballistix 3200 MHz DDR4 DRAM
• Disks:
  • Unraid Flash: SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16 GB USB Flash Drive (for boot)
  • NVME:
    • Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVME internal drive (for vms)
    • Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVME internal drive (for docker/rw)
  • Storage (for array):
    • 2 Western Digital Red WD80EFZZ 8TB Hard Drives
    • 4 Western Digital Red WD40EFRX 4TB Hard Drives
• Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB 64-Bit GDDR6 PCIE 4.0 x16 Video Card (passthru to Monterey)
• Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB 64-Bit GDDR6 PCIE 4.0 x16 Video Card (passthru to Win11)
• Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL Black ATX Tower Case
• Power Supply: Seasonic FOCUS GX-750 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply
• Operating System: Unraid Operating System
• USB Cards: Inateck PCI-E to USB 3.0 PCI Express Card (x2: 1 for Monterey, 1 for Win11)
• Other: LINKUP Riser Cable PCIE 4.0 x16 Riser Cable (for RX 6600 XT)

See previous iterations

The following link will guide you through setting up OPNsense. Currently, OPNsense is installed on a Protectli FW4C Vault.

• Setup OPNsense on FW4C Vault.

The following link will guide you through the EdgeRouter X setup. It should contain all the steps required to configure the EdgeRouter X.

• Setup EdgeRouter X as router.
• Setup EdgeRouter X as switch (used with OPNsense on FW4C due to “dumb” switching issues with the Unifi APs).

The following link will guide you through the UniFi ac Lite AP setup. It should contain all the steps required to configure the UniFi ac Lite AP.

• Setup Unifi ac Lite AP.

The following pages will guide you through the Unraid setup and settings. It should contain all the steps gone through to configure brimble.com's Unraid setup.

• Install www.brimble.com as Unraid Virtual Machine on Ubuntu 20.04.
• Install OSX as Unraid Virtual Machine on Monterey.
• Install Windows as Unraid Virtual Machine on Windows 10.
• Install Pi-hole as Unraid Virtual Machine on Ubuntu 20.04.
• Install Hoobs as Unraid Virtual Machine on Ubuntu 20.04.
• Install Virtual Router with OpenVPN as Unraid Virtual Machine on Ubuntu 16.04.
• Install Hoobs as Unraid Virtual Machine on Fedora 33.

• Bazarr
• Deluge VPN
• Doku Wiki
• HandBrake
• iCloudPD
• makeMKV
• Minecraft Server
• MySQL
• Nextcloud
• Plex Media Server
• Radarr
• SABnzbd with VPN
• Sonarr
• Swag
• Tautulli
• Tomcat
• Unifi Controller

• fix_mysql_timeouts

#!/bin/bash
declare -r dockern="mysql"
echo "updating my.cnf to include new wait_timeout, interactive_timeout, and max_connections variables"
docker exec $dockern sed -i '/user=mysql/a wait_timeout = 600\ninteractive_timeout = 600\nmax_connections = 500' /etc/my.cnf
echo "done... restarting docker"
sleep 5
docker container restart $dockern
echo "done"

• fix_tomcat_jar_links

#!/bin/bash

echo "fixing www.brimble.com"
echo "creating simlinks for javax.activation.jar"
docker exec website ln -sf /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/jar/javax.activation-1.2.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/lib/javax.activation.jar
echo "creating simlinks for javax.mail.jar"
docker exec website ln -sf /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/jar/javax.mail.jar /usr/local/tomcat/lib/javax.mail.jar
echo "creating simlinks for mysql-connector-java.jar"
docker exec website ln -sf /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/jar/mysql-connector-j-8.0.32.jar /usr/local/tomcat/lib/mysql-connector-java.jar
echo "done... restarting www.brimble.com"
sleep 5
docker container restart website

echo "fixing games.brimble.com"
echo "creating simlinks for javax.activation.jar"
docker exec games ln -sf /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/jar/javax.activation-1.2.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/lib/javax.activation.jar
echo "creating simlinks for javax.mail.jar"
docker exec games ln -sf /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/jar/javax.mail.jar /usr/local/tomcat/lib/javax.mail.jar
echo "creating simlinks for mysql-connector-java.jar"
docker exec games ln -sf /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/jar/mysql-connector-j-8.0.32.jar /usr/local/tomcat/lib/mysql-connector-java.jar
echo "done... restarting games.brimble.com"
sleep 5
docker container restart games

echo "done"

• minecraft_backup

#!/bin/bash
sudo rsync -av --delete /mnt/disks/samsung_nvme/appdata/binhex-minecraftOreCity/minecraft/worlds/ /mnt/user/backup/minecraft/orecity/worlds/
sudo rsync -av --delete /mnt/disks/samsung_nvme/appdata/binhex-minecraftDirkland/minecraft/worlds/ /mnt/user/backup/minecraft/dirkland/worlds/
sudo rsync -av --delete /mnt/disks/samsung_nvme/appdata/binhex-minecraftDirklandII/minecraft/worlds/ /mnt/user/backup/minecraft/dirklandII/worlds/
cd /mnt/user/backup/minecraft/orecity
tar -pzvcf $(date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S).tar.gz worlds
cd /mnt/user/backup/minecraft/dirkland
tar -pzvcf $(date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S).tar.gz worlds
cd /mnt/user/backup/minecraft/dirklandII
tar -pzvcf $(date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S).tar.gz worlds

• mysql_database_backup

The following pages will guide you through setting up a Standalone Server. It should contain all the steps gone through to configure brimble.com's server setup.

• Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as Standalone Server.