If you are using a Pfsense Firewall, then you are probably aware that access to the management interface is allowed by default from all interfaces except the WAN. To enhance the security of your network, in many environments access to the management interface should be limited with the use of firewall rules. For reasons as to… Read More
If you read our previous article Cache WordPress Using Redis, then you know that we are using Redis as a full page cache for this site. With that said, we are extremely happy with the results however we have noticed over time that we were having slow response times occasionally. After researching the issue a… Read More
Open Live Writer is an open source application enabling users to author, edit, and publish blog posts. It is based on a fork of the well-loved but not actively developed Windows Live Writer code. Open Live Writer is provided under a MIT license. Open Live Writer Homepage
You may be asking yourself, what the hell is Devuan. If that is the case please see our article Devuan Server. To briefly summarize, Devuan is a fork of the Debian Linux distribution. Its stated first goal is to provide a distribution without the controversial Systemd installed by default. Whether you are a fan of… Read More
If you have found yourself in a scenario where you would like to use Hyper-V as a test environment for your virtual machines, but you are using VMware ESXi Server,Citrix XenServer or VirtualBox then this tutorial is for you. In this article we are going to detail the steps required to convert an OVA export… Read More
Devuan is a fork of the Debian Linux distribution. Devuan is spelled in Italian and it is pronounced just like “DevOne” in English. Its stated first goal is to provide a distribution without the controversial systemd installed by default. The Debian 8 Jessie release has caused polarization amongst Debian developers and users, due to the… Read More
If you read our previous article PXE Boot Almost Any ISO Image, then you will note in that article we detailed the steps to boot Macrium Reflect 6.0 over PXE. While it was not discussed in that article, Macrium Reflect Rescue media is WinPE based. The important takeaway here is that you are not stuck… Read More
Over the past few years with the advent of low cost USB drives, CD Drives have basically become legacy devices. For that matter, most new computers don’t even have one. With that said, there are lots of tools we typically use that boot from CD and yes these tools can be made to boot from… Read More
Jenkins is an award-winning, cross-platform, continuous integration and continuous delivery application that increases your productivity. Use Jenkins to build and test your software projects continuously making it easier for developers to integrate changes to the project, and making it easier for users to obtain a fresh build. It also allows you to continuously deliver your… Read More
Every so often I have clients requesting that OpenVPN GUI automatically map networked drives once connected to their OpenVPN Server. Fortunately OpenVPN GUI has built in support for running batch scripts once Connected or Disconnected. Note this tutorial is for the Windows based OpenVPN GUI client only. So without further ado, here we go. The… Read More