Organizations with an Active Directory or OpenLDAP infrastructure almost always have internal and external services connecting to the directory over LDAP, usually to authenticate users or look up u...

A quick post, more for my parents on which browser addons I recommended and a few internet browser tips. 1. uBlock Origin What is it? uBlock Origin is a free browser extension that blocks ads, t...

Mini Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) Hardware and BIOS Configuration Configuring the BIOS in the MS-01 Network Design Data Networks Name VLAN ID Subnet Des...

Prerequisites DHCP Server on the network Recommended: Configure Open 43 for automatic NTP time synchronization. The aruba AP will use this to set the correct time. A TFTP server. On Windows ...

Setup Debian/Ubuntu (Gnome) with Passwordless Logins (U2F and Fingerprint) A short guide covering U2F (With a Yubikey) and Fingerprint logins for your PC. Instal the U2F Pam Module sudo ap...

I was recently tasked with setting Windows DHCP Server with powershell. Coming from isc-dhcp-server on Linux some basic options such as DNS Search Suffix (113) or setting up scopes in bulk can be t...

Automate virtual machine provisioning with cloud templates and cloud init with proxmox. Introduction Cloud images are optimized images of a Linux distribution that are design to run in cloud envi...

Server Preparation / Hardware Notes Intel Datacenter SSD Firmware At the time of writing, Intel’s NAND SSD business has been acquired by Solidigm. The tooling which was previously called Intel...

How to setup a VNC Server on Linux On the PC / Desktop you want to access Install the X11 Server sudo apt install -y x11vnc Then setup the initial password x11vnc -usepw ...

A collection of rough notes around managing storage in Linux 1. Partitioning and mounting a new drive (ext4) Locate the new drive you want to format. lsblk --fs, in this example the new drive ...