For years we have been building low cost enterprise grade firewalls for our small business clients using the Neoware CA10 or CA22 thin client running Pfsense (pictured left). Either of these devices can be outfitted with a 1U Right Angle PCI Riser, Multiple NIC Network Adapter and a DOM (disk on module) Hard Drive for… Read More
Instructions are a modified re-post from the dell site here. First we will need to add the Dell OpenManage Ubuntu Repository to our machine with the following command. As of the time of writing, these instructions will install OpenManage 8.3. Next to verify OMSA packages, add the repository key to apt and make apt aware… Read More
Instructions are a modified re-post from the dell site here. First we will need to add the Dell OpenManage Debian Repository to our machine with the following command. Next to verify OMSA packages, add the repository key to apt and make apt aware of the new software repository by issuing the following command. Next, install… Read More
If you read our previous article ESXi Install or Upgrade Over PXE, you may have noticed that method no longer works with the most recent versions of ESXi specifically the Dell and HPE customized images. Our new method is based on our article PXE Boot Almost Any ISO Image. First you need to head over to… Read More
If you are using Hyper-V and running a Ubuntu 16.04 guest, you may not be aware that Microsoft provides Linux Integration Services (LIS), which are basically Microsoft’s version of VMware Tools. In this article we will detail how to enable LIS on our Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine. The first step is to edit the “modules”… Read More
If you read our previous article Easy Ubuntu Server Firewall, then you may have noted that on Ubuntu 16.04 the described method no longer works. This is due to systemd. In the article below we will walk through creating a persistent IPTables based firewall on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. First we need to install some required… Read More
If you have ever used Ubuntu Server prior to its newest release of 16.04, then you should be familiar with the dynamic MOTD. Previously, this is what is presented to the user in terminal when a log on occurs. This feature is very nice as it will give you a quick look at useful information…. 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 convert my WordPress install to SSL? This task, while not necessarily difficult, is not as simple as just… 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 our second generation automation script to update Zarafa to the latest 7.2.x release for users who are not using apt-get. Note this script is a modified… Read More
This article is a follow up to our previous article Postfix Brute Force Prevention. If you are running Fail2ban on Debian or Ubuntu Server as described in our previous article, then you are aware that you will receive an email every time the Fail2ban service is stopped, started or restarted. While we would certainly like… Read More