Archive
Author: Richard Bailey
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How to Deploy the Latest AMI Every Time
One of the more common tasks you will be asked to do as an AWS administrator is to build an instance, but you want to have the very… Read the guide
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Easy Way to Install Ansible on Linux
Ansible is a powerful open-source automation tool that helps sysadmins manage and configure systems quickly and easily. It’s one of the most popular automation tools out there, and… Read the guide
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How to Install Grafana on a Raspberry Pi
As IT professionals, we always look for powerful and cost-effective tools to help us monitor and visualize data. Enter Grafana, an open-source platform that allows us to create… Read the guide
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Run VMware ESXi on Hyper-V: Nested Lab Guide
Build a lab-only nested VMware ESXi host inside Hyper-V, with current Microsoft and Broadcom support caveats, prerequisites, and setup checks. Read the guide
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How to Install and Use the Alation Data Catalog
The Alation data catalog tool is used to search, query, and collaborate on large data sets, using machine learning to gain insights incredibly quickly. In my environment, I… Read the guide
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Active Directory, Automation, Domain Controller, PowerShell and POSH IDE, Server Automation, Software, Windows Server Platform
An In-Depth Guide to PowerShell
Windows PowerShell is a vast subject; the aim of this guide is to provide system administrators with a simple, usable guide to the fundamentals of PowerShell. We will… Read the guide
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VMware PowerCLI One-Liners: 15+ Scripts for SysAdmins: Useful Commands and Examples
Managing a VMware environment by hand is a slow way to work. If you find yourself clicking through the vSphere Client to find powered-off VMs or check host… Read the guide
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How to Secure Cloud Infrastructure
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… Read the guide
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How to Access Amazon Workspaces
Amazon Workspaces is essentially a jump box that sits inside AWS and has access to all your AWS resources. It can be a Linux or Windows Desktop. (Simply… Read the guide
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AWS-Vault Setup and IAM Identity Center Context
Use AWS-Vault safely for legacy IAM-user bootstrap keys, compare it with IAM Identity Center, and test short-lived AWS CLI sessions. Read the guide
