This is an intermediate guide to the core Terraform concepts. If you can get your head around these core concepts, you will be well on your way to understanding Terraform. I have not included Terraform modules in the guide, modules are a big topic and I will tackle these in...
Windows PowerShell is a vast subject, the aim of this guide is to provide system administrators a simple, usable guide to the fundamentals of PowerShell. We will also demonstrate scripts and commands which can be used in typical day-to-day tasks. This guide will give you the basic steps to get...
Manage your Vmware Infrastructure with the power of a single command! I love VMware One Liners, I first saw them on the Alan Renaulf blog, and I was amazed that you could do such massive requests with so little code. So i spent a lot of time trying to create...
This is a copy of an article I wrote for Atlantic.Net – All Rights Reserved Demand for cloud computing has grown exponentially in 2020, the Covid-19 global pandemic has seen many businesses fast track their cloud migration strategy, and transition business-critical workloads to the cloud. Atlantic.Net has been providing managed...
An Amazon Workspace is essentially a jump box that sits inside AWS and has access to all your AWS resources. It can be a Windows or Linux Desktop. Amazon have created a great video that shows you exactly what a WorkSpace does: How to build an Amazon Workspace in the...
AWS-Vault is a great tool for securely controlling your access to AWS and is great when assuming or switching roles. For Example, if you need admin rights in AWS. AWS-Vault is an awesome Github project. In this example, I will be using macOS, but the same process will work for...
In this MySQL Tutorial article, I will introduce you to the basic Administrative Tasks needed for MySQL. The purpose is to give system administrators the ability to perform some basic administration tasks before escalating to a qualified DBA. MySQL is a high-performance database server from Oracle Corporation. Red Hat recently...
What is Plex? Plex Media Server is a great application for sharing your personal media at home and over the internet. I use it to stream my music over the internet to my phone when I am commuting to work, but it can also be used to stream movies, TV,...
Migrating Production workloads is a big task. One that requires planning and consideration. If you are taking on Azure Migration as part of your business, be aware that this should be project managed, with clear guidelines and goal objectives. There are four steps to the migration: Step 1 – Current...
The Kusto engine is a query language created by Microsoft. I use it day-to-day primarily for Azure Monitor log queries. This blog will focus solely on Azure Log Analytics. KQL also works well with: Azure Log Analytics Azure Application Insights Windows Defender ATP Azure Security Center Machine Learning Microsoft provides...