It has been a long time coming, but it seems as if the trend towards web based console management of the VMware ESXi Server/vCenter Server has become a reality as of the 5.5 release. With this release of ESXi, virtual hardware upgrades of guest VM’s will leave you out in the cold if you plan… Read More
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If you are in a shop running Microsoft products, then chances are you are using some flavor of their Server product. From Server 2000 forward, GPO’s(Group Policy Objects) have been the Administrators best friend for managing networks of client computers. After the CryptoLocker outbreak in October of last year, I was reminded of how important… Read More
If you read one of our previous articles Debian Wheezy Dynamic MOTD, Debian Jessie Dynamic MOTD or Debian Stretch Dynamic MOTD, then you would probably note that I left out “Updates (20-updates)” from that tutorial. Since that tutorial was originally written, I have found an incredibly easy way of integrating update information into the dynamic MOTD system…. Read More
If you are running Zentyal Server as a gateway device for OpenVPN you may have noticed that performance is dismal to say the least. I previously wrote an article about Pfsense OpenVPN Performance and it seems as if the same fix also applies to Zentyal Server from version 2.x forward to 3.3 as of this… Read More
Brackets is an editor for Web development written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, created by Adobe Systems. It is free software licensed under the MIT License, and is maintained on GitHub. A 1.0 version has not yet been announced, but new preview updates are released roughly twice a month. Brackets is available for download cross-platform,… Read More
This may seem trivial to some, but I swear I have been asked this question at least 1000 times. With that said, I think it is time to answer the below question for all. How do I move my WordPress install to a new URL? This task, while not necessarily difficult, is not as simple… Read More
If you read our previous article on how to Revert ESXi 5.5 VM Hardware Upgrades, you may be wondering what the actual differences are between hardware versions. Below is the virtual hardware matrix taken directly from the VMware Documentation Center website. Note that we have taken the liberty of removing the 4.x versions of ESXi… Read More
As you probably know if you are a user of Zentyal Server, between distributions there can be major changes, especially with the implementation of Samab4 starting in version 3.0. While I still believe that Zentyal Server is a good choice for a SOHO situation, it is hard to recommend to larger companies when we take… Read More
Terminals is a secure, multi tab terminal services/remote desktop client. It uses Terminal Services ActiveX Client (mstscax.dll). The project started from the need of controlling multiple connections simultaneously. It is a complete replacement for the mstsc.exe (Terminal Services) client. Supported server protocols are Windows remote desktop (RDP), VNC, VMRC, SSH, Telnet, RAS, ICA Citrix, HTTP… Read More
Apache Directory Studio is a complete directory tooling platform intended to be used with any LDAP server however it is particularly designed for use with ApacheDS. It is an Eclipse RCP application, composed of several Eclipse (OSGi) plugins, that can be easily upgraded with additional ones. These plugins can even run within Eclipse itself. Apache… Read More