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home lab
DNS Conditional Forwarder Multiple Internal Domains Setup
I do a lot of work in the home lab environment and this includes building up Active Directory domains for various types of testing and building out of test environments. If you do build out different environments for testing and…
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Software
Runecast Analyzer 5.1 Adds Remediation and Config Vault
As I have mentioned in numerous blog posts posted here on VHT, Runecast is arguably one of the best tools that you can have in your data center, hands down. There is really no other tool truly like it with…
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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.4 Beta Released with New Features
Malware and specifically ransomware are getting more sophisticated and crafty in locking up your data AND deleting your backups. In fact, there are many variants of ransomware today that actually look for certain vendor-specific backup files and targets these for…
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes LXC Containers Configuration – Lab Setup
Building out a Kubernetes lab is a great way to learn the technology. I am a huge advocate of lab environments. Building out a Kubernetes lab can make use of many different types of infrastructure in order to build out…
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Digital Workspace
How to Create a Kiosk Computer Windows 10
If you have been to an airport, bank, or mall and used a special-purpose computer that allows you to do a specific task such as check-in for your flight, withdraw money, or some other function, you have used a kiosk. …
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Containers
LXC container management GUI installation and configuration
Lately, I have been playing around a lot with Kubernetes in the lab and containers in general. I have been using full Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machines as Kubernetes hosts to serve as the master and worker nodes. However, as of…
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vSAN
Fix vSAN Build Recommendation Alarm vSAN Release Catalog Up-to-Date
For those of you running VMware vSAN environments, have you seen a pesky error on your vSAN cluster referencing a vSAN Build Recommendation Alarm vSAN Release Catalog Up-to-Date? I have seen this a few times before in the home lab…
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DevOps
Linux DevOps tools: Building Linux Infrastructure as Code Workstation
I have been doing quite a bit of DevOps work the past few months and have found myself working with Linux tools more and more. With this being said, I have built up a Linux DevOps workstation to use as…
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes Dashboard Helm installation and configuration
Pi-Hold DNS sinkholing
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Windows 11
Windows 11 Install in VMware vSphere
So as most of you have heard the rumblings over the past few days, Microsoft has now officially announced Windows 11 at the special Windows event that happened today. There really was no speculation leading up to the event with…
