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Kevin's Ramblings
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  • Pi-hole Teleporter
    Home Lab | PowerShell

    All Things Backup: Pi-hole (Teleporter)

    ByKevin September 10, 2025July 14, 2026

    It’s now a personal mission to backup everything in my home lab. Today I discuss how backing up my Pi-Hole using PowerShell.

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  • Convert PowerShell ISE Snippets to VS Code
    PowerShell

    Convert PowerShell ISE Snippets to VS Code

    ByKevin August 28, 2025August 28, 2025

    In this post I explain how I move a few of my favorite legacy PowerShell ISE snippets to Visual Studio Code.

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  • Solving Docker Volume Backups with PowerShell
    PowerShell | Docker | Home Lab

    Solving Docker Volume Backups with PowerShell

    ByKevin July 3, 2025July 22, 2026

    Saving docker volumes was more challenging that I initially thought, but thankfully PowerShell was there to help again.

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  • The Docker Logo
    Home Lab | Docker

    Docker Containers in my Home Lab

    ByKevin July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

    Just a list, sitting here, waiting for my containers to notice me

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  • Enabling NetFlow on your Ubiquiti Dream Machine
    Network Musings | SolarWinds

    Testing NetFlow with Ubiquiti

    ByKevin January 8, 2025May 19, 2025

    Finally, I can get that NetFlow goodness from my Ubiquiti Dream Machine I’ve always wanted.

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  • PowerShell
    PowerShell

    TheTvDB API v4 Update (with Corrections)

    ByKevin December 27, 2024February 19, 2025

    theTVDb updated their API and I had to rewrite some code but neglected to post. I’m making up for that now.

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  • PowerShell

    PowerShell Modules can be Painful

    ByKevin November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

    Building a PowerShell module should not be too hard. In fact, on the surface it’s pretty simple. Collect a bunch of functions, classes, enumerations, (whatever else you want), bundle them together and provide a wrapper in the form of a PSD1/PSM file. Building a module should be straightforward – and it is – except when you make dumb mistakes. Don’t make my mistakes.

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  • PowerShell
    PowerShell

    Install PowerShell with PowerShell

    ByKevin April 13, 2021July 22, 2026

    I’m trying to get better about using the new versions of PowerShell (7.x) instead of Windows PowerShell (5.x), but I find that I forget to install it on some machines. To make that easier, I wrote myself a script (in PowerShell) to install PowerShell. I know – don’t judge me. This is the script. Sadly,…

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  • Beginning My First PowerShell Module
    PowerShell

    Beginning My First PowerShell Module

    ByKevin April 12, 2021April 13, 2021

    Building a PowerShell Module from scratch is a daunting task, but I’ll try to describe how I started this as a solo endeavor.

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