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Recently, I decided to retake the HPE2-K45 exam. Why? I’m about to start on a significant HPE SimpliVity project for a client. It felt like the right time to refresh my knowledge and ensure I’m fully aligned with the latest developments and best practices. For those considering a similar journey or simply curious about the […]
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Winget is a command-line tool that allows you to install, uninstall, and update programs. It is part of Windows 11 and 10, but it is also available for Windows 7 and 8.1. It is important to keep your programs up-to-date to improve the security and reliability of your computer. Updates can patch security vulnerabilities, fix […]
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Sometimes when you’re using the ping command, it will return the IPv6 address of the host. Use the -4 option to force using IPv4 : […]
All Raspberry PI devices use MAC address staring with B8:27:EB (Raspberry PI 4B uses dc:a6:32 although) so you can use the following commands to identity your Raspberry PI’s on your local network: For Windows computers : Or when you are using MacOS or Linux : Example (found 2 Raspberry PI’s on Windows PC) : […]
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Recently I installed several Ruckus Access Points at a customer’s site. This customer has several large rooms and was in urgent need of a stable and available internet supply in all rooms. At this customer’s site, I installed several Ruckus models managed by Ruckus Unleashed. This is a free (Cloud) service from Ruckus and works […]
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For a customer project, I was looking for backup software with support for XenServer. Unfortunately, during my search, I discovered that not many vendors support hypervisors other than VMware and Microsoft. Nevertheless, I found a good solution and will discuss it briefly in this blog. Vinchin Backup & Recovery is a software backup solution that […]
A picture says more than a thousand words, it is often said. That’s why I usually try to draw things during presentations and meetings. Nowadays, many laptops with a touch screen (think of the Microsoft surfaces) allow you to draw perfectly. However, my laptops sit in a docking station with the screen closed, and I […]
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In this simple blog post, I’m going to explain how easy it is to expand/resize your CentOS Linux VM disk. By default, an Azure Linux VM comes with a 30 GB boot disk. In this step, we’re going to expand this disk to 64 GB. Step 1 Shut down your Azure VM (or skip this […]
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Hi! In this blog post, I want to share some tips I’ve learned in the last months working from home. Do you have some great tips, please use the comment section to share them! Technology Technology is what makes working from home possible in the first place. It’s time to invest and get your technology […]
In my previous blog post I described how to deploy an VM using DevOps, fast and simple. But ofcourse you don’t want to store secrets in parameters files! Open your parameter file and search for adminPassword. It should look something like:
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"adminPassword": { "value": "This1sReallyReallyNotMyP@ssw0rd!" }, |
Now replace it with the following
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"adminPassword": { "reference": { "keyVault": { "id": "/subscriptions/<subscrcode>/resourceGroups/<rgkv>/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/kvName" }, "secretName": "YourAdministratorPasswordAndthenameofyoursecret" } }, |
subscrcode = the code of […]
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Recently someone asked me how to deploy an Azure service using Azure DevOps. In this Blog Post a simple howto how to deploy a virtual machine on Azure using DevOps. Step 1 Create an ARM template For this first step create an IaaS VM with all the settings you need. Notice in the final step […]
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I decided to move my downloaded torrent files to another computer with more space available. I wanted to still seed these files to maintain my ratio (private trackers :-)). After some trial and error (and crosscheck with a friend) I found out it was very easy. Just upload the files to your torrent download dir […]
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As more developers work within distributed environments, tools like Kubernetes have become central to keeping application components standardized across dynamic build and production environments. With the increasing complexity of application ecosystems and the growing popularity of Kuberbetes, tools that help manage resources within Kubernetes clusters have become essential. In this blogpost, I’m usingHelm for setting […]
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I’ve recently done and passed the Azure Security Engineer Associate AZ-500 Exam. This exam covers a wide range of topics and technologie. Before considering this exam, you should have good knowledge about Azure technology. I advice you to use the following certification path : My advice is first take the AZ-900 and AZ-103 exams before […]
Some time ago Microsoft added the encryption option on the disk pane (Azure IaaS properties). Now you don’t need to use the CLI or Powershell commando’s to decrypt/encrypt your VM disks. Just go to the encryption button and the options already speak for themselves. When you already have one disk encrypted and just added an […]
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Last week I took the AZ-400 exam and I passed succesfully. This exam counts for the Microsoft Certified Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification track. I found this exam quite challeging because it leans heavily on your dev experience. I’m not a very experienced developer so some topics were challeging. Nevertheless I passed the exam. When […]
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If you currently use PowerCLI to automate basic tasks with pre-defined scripts, you’ll already know how powerful automation can be. However, taking the next step and customizing scripts to carry out tasks specifically designed for your needs opens a whole new world of opportunities. This new eBook from Altaro takes you there. Written by VMware […]
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Azure Automation State Configuration is an Azure service that allows you to write, manage and compile PowerShell Desired State Configuration and assign them to target nodes. Just like in an on oremise environment you can easily manage (virtual) machines running on Azure and also On Premise. Using DSC it’s possible to set an (security) baseline […]
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After an extended period of testing in the Release Preview ring, Microsoft has finally started rolling out the May 2019 Update to Windows 10 users, albeit in a “measured and throttled” way. You might be able to get it now by going through Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update or, failing that, via the Media Creation tool. There is a very simple […]
In this blogpost I’m going to explain how you can still be able to send SMTP from your IaaS server running on Azure. As you might already know since Nov 15th of 2017 it’s no longer always possible to send SMTP on port 25 (I dig into that later). In that case Microsoft recommends that […]
