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Security
Windows 2012 R2 NPS log files location configuration
After a bit of frustration working on a project recently with a Windows 2012 R2 NPS RADIUS server, I had a bit of a refresher on Windows 2012 R2 NPS log files location configuration, administration and what I have experienced…
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Networking
Cisco VIRL 1.1.1 Upgrade
Well after running Cisco VIRL for a while it has definitely grown on me and with each release it gets better. I have been meaning to upgrade to the latest version that was announced/released just a few days ago –…
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Networking
Glasswire Windows 10 Network Monitor and Firewall
If you are looking for a great, versatile and useful network monitor and firewall for Windows 10 besides the builtin functionality provided in the box with Windows 10, meet Glasswire. Glasswire provides a really neat concept of a timeline for…
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Virtualization
Install KVM Ubuntu Server VMware Workstation
If you want to play around with KVM virtualization inside of VMware Workstation, this is quick and easy to do with a few steps. Let’s take a look at how to install KVM Ubuntu Server VMware Workstation. The VM used…
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Openstack
Install Devstack Openstack Ubuntu VM
If you want to get your feet wet with Openstack, there is a great project available called Devstack which allows you to create a VM with an all in one installation of Openstack inside a virtual machine. I decided to…
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Web
Connect Vaultpress AWS EC2 instance
For those that blog with WordPress and want to consider a good backup solution for their blog, there are a few options out there. However, one that is pretty straightforward and seamless is Vaultpress. It takes the heavy lifting out…
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Virtualization
Overlapping Subnets Lab Environment
A while back I wrote up a post about creating an isolated test environment using the same ips and subnets with VMware. This post was written from a layer 2 perspective with users who needed access gaining access to that…
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home lab
Nested VMware Mobile Home Lab
I wanted to write up a post about the specifics of my nested VMware mobile home lab, which is running on a Dell Precision Workstation laptop M4800. This post is particularly around the VMs that I have running and not…
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vSphere 6
New HTML5 vSphere Web Client
With the new host UI that is present with vSphere ESXi 6 update 2, it gives us a taste of what the HTML5 web client might look like. But alas, we don’t have to wait! With the new fling available…
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Virtualization
Storage Admin Weekly Checklist
If part of your system administration tasks involve managing storage especially for virtualization host targets, there are several things that you should probably be doing on a weekly basis to make sure the environment is healthly. The steps I outline…
