ESXi Firewall Commands Command Description esxcli network firewall get Returns the enabled or disabled status of the firewall and lists default actions. esxcli network firewall set –defaultaction Update default actions. esxcli network firewall set –enabled Set to true to enable the firewall, set to false to disable the firewall. esxcli network firewall load Load the… Read More
If you are using subversion(svn), you may or may not know that it has a pluggable architecture that allows you to automate certain aspects of the workflow with hook scripts. These hook scripts are written in bash on Linux and batch files on Windows, today we will be focusing on bash. Below are some basic… Read More
If you are running Dell OpenManage on Ubuntu 12.04 as I previously detailed, then chances are you would also like to automate alerts via email. Since Dell OpenManage does not natively support e-mails we will need to turn to our trusty bash script in order to accomplish this task. The only requirement for my script… Read More
In this tutorial I will show you how to roll your own custom OpenVPN client installer using NSIS. The installer will include the Better OpenVPN GUI Client that I have previously written about. This tutorial is a modified version of Mathias Sundman’s original tutorial which can be found here. Required software NSIS 3.0b3 – Nullsoft… Read More
Zarafa Collaboration Platform is the email server of choice for our new customers. With that said, we have a lot of these installations being maintained in production. Below is the first run through of an automation script I wrote last year to update Zarafa to the latest release for users who are not using apt-get…. Read More
Default serial console settings for Linksys Switch SRW2048 (can be changed): Bits per second: 38400 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow Control: None Works great in PuTTy, just set connection type as seen below. You’ll need a “console” cable for this, but its not a rollover – it’s a DB9F to DB9F… Read More
So you’ve upgraded ESXi and vSphere to version 5.5. Next you’ve logged into your ESXi server and upgraded your Virtual Hardware on your VM’s as you have done with every other ESXi upgrade. Not so fast there HOTROD, you go to edit your VM settings and find that you are no longer able to do… Read More
So, you’ve got an old Google Search Appliance lying around? Why not turn it into an ESXi Server. The first thing you’re going to need to do is reset he password on the BIOS so that you can change the boot order. The easiest way to do this is to open the chassis and remove… Read More
I have been using this technique since version 4 and at this point I find it to be a time tested method of deploying or upgrading ESXi. With that said, I figure it is time to share. If you have a site with more than one ESXi box and a PXE system, then this tutorial… Read More
I have been doing pfSense installs for a long time using USB install media, however the install media was built by hand using syslinux. While the old process worked fine, it was a little cumbersome. So about 9 months ago a co-worker of mine found a nice little tool that completely changed the way we… Read More