ubuntu
-
Networking
Setting DNS in Ubuntu and Troubleshooting
If you are working with Ubuntu servers in your home lab or production environment, you may have seen issues with DNS resolution. One of the reasons that DNS can cause fits in Ubuntu and other Linux distros is multiple files…
-
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…
-
DevOps
Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 21.04 with Self-signed SSL certificate
There are many great platforms out there that provide automation server capabilities, including making use of CI/CD pipelines. Many familiar names include Git, GitLab, BitBucket, and others. However, a platform that is well known in the circles of DevOps is…
-
Linux
Ubuntu Server CLI Cheat Sheet
One of the beautiful things about Linux is the power of the Linux CLI. This is what draws many to Linux to begin with. Granted, Windows has come a long way since the introduction of PowerShell, and now especially with…
-
Linux
Installing and Configuring Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS
I have been starting to spin up a few new little Linux appliances for the home lab to service a few one off services and utilities. Typically for these types of purposes, I have utilized Ubuntu Server as my “go…
-
Automation
Configure Ansible Windows Server Kerberos authentication in Ubuntu
Managing Windows Servers with Ansible is a powerful way to perform configuration management and to remediate configuration skew in a server environment. As we have already explored basic Windows Server automation with Ansible and how to bootstrap Windows Server configuration…
-
vSphere Integrated Containers
Configuring VMware vSphere Integrated Containers
In the last post, we looked at getting the Docker Toolbox installed, vSphere Integrated Containers Networking Installed and deploying the OVA appliance for vSphere Integrated Containers. In this second post, we will look at pulling down the VIC windows package…
-
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. ย Let’s take a look at how to install KVM Ubuntu Server VMware Workstation. ย The VM used…
-
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. ย I decided to…
-
Linux
Install all updates besides select few Ubuntu Server
Recently, in working on updating an Ubuntu server for a client that was running a customized version of Nginx compiled with Google Pagespeed and other mods, we wanted to install all the updates besides any that touched Nginx as we…
- 1
- 2