As of late it seems as if everyone is jumping on the MariaDB Database bandwagon. In this article I will provide a bash automation script as well as detail it’s usage in order to ease the MySQL Server to MariaDB Server migration. The script is broken down into four stages. Below I will break down… Read More
If you’ve ever looked into high-availability, you are well aware that there are probably one hundred different solutions. In this article we will show you our no nonsense solution using software called UCARP. Using this simpler approach you will have a pair of hosts each of which is prepared to take over a single Virtual… Read More
Time and time again I have clients requesting that OpenVPN GUI connect automatically when they login to their windows machine. Although there is no built in solution using OpenVPN GUI, it can be done. Below we will detail the three step process that will be required to enable OpenVPN Auto Connect. The first step is… Read More
I recently ran into a situation where a customer of mine had purchased a new HP Proliant server with a Windows Server 2008 R2 ROK license (Reseller Option Kit). This specific customer is using the Proliant as part of their virtual infrastructure, so naturally the server has VMware ESXi Server installed on it. The issues… Read More
If you have installed Bind DNS Server on Debian or Ubuntu, you probably noticed that all the output will be redirected to /var/log/syslog. We like to have our logs separate for each daemon, so in order to make that change we will need to add some configuration to bind9. First in /etc/bind/named.conf you will need… Read More
If you are using Pfsense Firewall as an OpenVPN endpoint, then chances are, you are aware that you can authenticate your users against multiple types of authentication providers. Beyond that, you can also use authentication providers to allow access to the administration interface of Pfsense itself. In this tutorial I will show you how to… Read More
If your are creating a custom log and would like to use logrotate, then this tutorial is for you. In this example I will show you how I am using logrotate to rotate a custom log created during Unison File Synchronization. The log file I will be rotating is at: /var/log/unison.log. We will also create… Read More
If you have ever done work with the Government or Military, then you know all too well that in order to access nearly any Government website you need a CAC card. Beyond needing a CAC, your machine needs to have the DOD Root CA’s installed on it as well. There are many sites that provide… Read More
Post revisions in WordPress are a great feature, however some users might not need them especially if they have limited database space, or are using WordPress as a CMS and don’t need auto-save. If this is the case, you can totally disable the post revisions feature in WordPress. This process requires editing wp-config.php located in… Read More