automation
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Automation
Apt Periodic Autoclean Interval with Unattended-Upgrades
If you have a number of Linux servers in your environment, whether these are in production environments or in the home lab, you want to keep your Linux servers up-to-date with security patches across the board. Manually logging in and…
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VDI
Managed Workplace Automation with Praim ThinMan Server
There are many moving pieces and parts to the overall IT infrastructure layout maintained by most organizations. Business-critical infrastructure spans both on-premises resources and remote work infrastructure. As organizations have transitioned to a large percentage of employees working remotely, businesses…
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Powershell
Create and Configure PacRequestorEnforcement Registry Key with PowerShell
As a follow-up to the news that Microsoft is rolling out a new Kerberos configuration change to remediate security vulnerability CVE-2021-42287. Starting with the rollout of the November 2021 security patches, Microsoft has introduced a new registry key that controls…
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Windows 11
Create Windows 11 ISO with No TPM Check
The last few days have been spent with a lot of Windows 11 time. Many have had issues with the TPM check since the release of Windows 11 GA. The Preview Builds did not check for a proper TPM. However,…
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VMware Automation
Automated Windows 11 Installation with autounattend and Packer
With Windows 11 now out among the masses, you are probably looking at deploying your Windows 11 installation in an automated way. Automated installations allow Windows 11 to be installed automatically which allows installing the operating system consistently, and for…
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Powershell
PowerShell IP Geolocation based on State
I have been revisiting a few things in the lab environment, including monitoring and other alerting that I have had set for a while. I had an outside box that even with the other security measures in place, I wanted…
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Windows Server 2022
Automated Windows Server 2022 Packer Build
As Windows Server 2022 Preview is now officially released, I wanted to get my automated build of the Preview release in the home lab and ready to go for testing the newest Windows Server operating system. With this being said,…
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Automation
Terraform vSphere tutorial: Linux Virtual Machine Clone
Terraform is a great infrastructure as code (IaC) platform that allows easily spinning up and customizing infrastructure. The great thing is you can use it for many different environments, not just VMware vSphere. However, for this Terraform vSphere tutorial, I…
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Automation
Ansible Hashicorp Vault Storing vCenter Password
Recently I had detailed how to Install Hashicorp Vault on Ubuntu 20.04. If you followed along that post, you will see how easy it is to get a working installation of Hashicorp Vault up and running on your Ubuntu 20.04…
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Automation
How To Install Hashicorp Vault on Ubuntu 20.04
Managing and maintaining secrets in an environment can be challenging. This is especially when using secrets in configuration files, variable files, and other information that can be dangerous to house in plain-text in a flat-file. Hashicorp Vault is a solution…