Author: wbakke

  • Ansible – Workstation Software Updating – Part 2

    Finally completed. Ok, finally updated a few key entries to update based on a dynamic URL. In your ansible folder you’ll require a Template Folder for the ultravnc.inf to be created from ultravnc.inf.j2 file. see the files contents at the bottom of this post. Here is the playbook I currently have together. And here is…

  • Ansible – Workstation Software Updating – Part 1

    I’ve started learning Ansible again, I used to PDQ to apply my workstations Software updates, but due to cost among with other factors I’ve shifted back towards Ansible for Automation. My “First” Playbook is to install software updates on remote Workstations in my environment. which has taken me a bit, I tried to apply most…

  • SharePoint – 2019 – Manual Migration of Database

    To update the database connections by using Microsoft PowerShell Copy Where <GUID> is the ID of the database that you move.  Note Use Get-SPDatabase without parameters to see a list of all databases with GUIDs.Copy Where <DBServerName> is the name or alias of the new SQL Server or is the Always On Availability Group listener DNS name.Copy…

  • OpenVPN Install on Fedora 33 Part 2

    Talk about a simpler process – https://github.com/angristan/openvpn-install OpenVPN installer for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS and Arch Linux. This script will let you setup your own secure VPN server in just a few seconds. You need to run the script as root and have the TUN module enabled. The first time you run it, you’ll have…

  • OpenVPN Install on Fedora 33 part 1

    OpenVPN provides a robust and a highly flexible VPN daemon while Easy-RSA package is used to generate SSL key-pairs that is used to secure VPN connections. Both OpenVPN and Easy-RSA packages are available on the default Fedora repos. See how you can easily set up an OpenVPN Remote Access Server in Linode; Everyone is looking…

  • Install Webmin on Debian

    If you are using the DEB version of webmin, first download the file from the downloads page , or run the command :wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.890_all.debthen run the command :dpkg –install webmin_1.890_all.debThe install will be done automatically to /usr/share/webmin, the administration username set to root and the password to your current root password. You should now be…

  • Installation of Proxmox on Debian

    Introduction The installation of a supported Proxmox VE server should be done via bare-metal ISO installer. In some cases it makes sense to install Proxmox VE on top of a running Debian Bookworm 64-bit, especially if you want a custom partition layout. For this How-To any official Bookworm installation medium should work. Install a standard Debian…