Use PowerShell to Create Palo Alto EDL for Dynamic DNS Clients
One of the really cool things you can do with the Palo Alto firewall is create external dynamic lists which allow dynamically aggregating a number of different resource types to…
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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…
Installing and Configuring Microsoft Azure Backup Server
For those that may not be aware, Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) is an Azure intergrated data protection solution that also backs up VMware environments. Yes, VMware. Starting with Microsoft…
Configure Windows DNS Server and Linux to Use Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS
It seems like as of recently there has been much movement in the public DNS space. Not long ago, the “quad 9” public DNS server was announced that touted as…
Install and Configure Ansible Tower in Ubuntu Server
One of the goals that I have set for 2018 is learning more automation skills and employing these both in the home lab as well as with employers. The days…
Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2019 and Project Honolulu
Update 4.13.2018 – Project Honolulu released officially as Windows Admin Center With the release of the newest technical preview of Windows Server 2019, you can now go out and pull…
VMware PowerCLI quickly add multiple VM vmnics
PowerCLI is a powerful tool that can be utilized to quickly perform tasks in a VMware environment. One of the overly painful tasks that you encounter when configuring or reconfiguring…
Configuring jumbo frames between two servers
In tweaking an AppAssure environment recently, I ran through Dell documentation on performance tweaks that are mentioned to help improve AppAssure backup performance. One of the recommended tweaks for network…
Untangle 12 Installation and configuration
I am constantly on a quest to keep finding the better or best firewall/UTM appliance for home/lab purposes as well as for small business use cases where installing a virtual…
Installing and configuring VMware Operations Manager 5.5
vCenter Operations Manager allows admins to monitor and manage the health, performance, and capacity planning of their current vSphere infrastructure environment. It provides a really nice graphical interface to help…