Yearly Archives: 2024

Introduction

Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. It simplifies the process by providing a software client, Certbot, that attempts to automate most (if not all) of the required steps. Currently, the entire process of obtaining and installing a certificate is fully automated on both Apache and Nginx.

In this tutorial, you will use Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Nginx on Debian 9 and set up your certificate to renew automatically.

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Microsoft’s Azure AD Connect is a great tool that allows admins to sync Active Directory credentials from local domain environments with Microsoft’s cloud (Azure/Office 365), eliminating the need for users to maintain separate passwords for each.

While not a common occurrence, there may be reasons that you would need to remove Microsoft’s Azure AD Connect utility from your environment. This can be achieved in a few short steps and involves both removal from the local domain environment as well as deactivating the service in the cloud. (more…)

 Download the latest (or the version you want) from the HPE software depot. A SAID is necesarry. https://h20575.www2.hpe.com/tsusbportal/index.do?lc=EN_US Connect to the ILO and mount the ISO. Power up the server…

53_1000114_02_FOS_Password_Recovery hpesanswitchmanualpdf Working JAVA for the management tool. (JAVA7u40 x86) https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html#jre-7u40-oth-JPR Use the next URL: http://10.30.2.2/switchexplorer_installed.html (or HTTPS)

his is how I solved this issue: Go to run, type gpedit.msc Navigate to Computer Configurations--Administrative Templates--Windows Components--Windows Update In the right hand window select 'Configure Automatic Updates' -- Set it to…

We had a issue uploading larger files (100mb>) to our Synology NAS. After looking in the acces logs on the reverse proxy i found the next errors. a client request…

Replacing a failed disk in a 3PAR is pretty simple you just need to follow a few steps to make sure you do it safely. If you are new to 3PAR or would like to learn more a good place to start is our 3PAR beginners guide

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f you are running a HP 3PAR storage array you want to be certain it’s in a healthy state at all times. While you could look through all of the management menus to check the status of components it’s far easier to leverage the checkhealth command.

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While working with 3Par storage systems, occasionally it has been important to know how to reset the unit back to pre-MOB(Moment-of-Birth). This information is not readily available in online documentation. For those that are struggling to find that information, here is the procedure.

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