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Docker + Guacamole + access over https://

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Dexter

WIth Synology, Docker, Portainer, a Guacamole image and some know-how, you too can access your home network from abroad

Posted in IT BlogTagged docker, geek, how-to, IT
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Docker Desktop – Restoring a WordPress Site

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Dexter

Restore a wordpress site with Docker in a safe, hosted Synology environment.

Posted in IT BlogTagged bash, docker, geek, how-to, IT, wordpress restore
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Test-NetConnection uses

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Dexter
Test-NetConnection uses

Here’s a handy way to use the cmdlet test-netconnection: Need to check a continuous connection to an end-point? Use the while loop: for the -InformationLevel, you can leave it out, or just use either detailed or quiet

Posted in IT BlogTagged how-to, PowerShell, Scripting, Test-netconnection
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Using Powershell to Pull API Information

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Dexter
Using Powershell to Pull API Information

Up until recently, I was familiar with the idea of client pulling down information from a database. A database requires updates, patching, and maintenance. Usually, I’d be the one doing all that care and feeding, additional to taking proper care
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Posted in IT BlogTagged API, API-ninja, how-to, PowerShell, Scripting
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Azure – resetting a password for a Domain Controller VM

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Dexter
Azure – resetting a password for a Domain Controller VM

I came across a situation the other day. In my Azure Tenant, I have a VM, a domain controller that hosts, well… my domain. I only use it for testing, most recently I was doing some SSPR testing. I only
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Posted in IT BlogTagged Azure, how-to, Microsoft, Password, PowerShell, Reset cloud vm password, Scripting
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Azure – Import users into cloud via CSV file

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Dexter

There’s a few different methods to import users into your Azure tenant. In the Azure Active Directory Portal https://aad.portal.azure.com -> Users -> Bulk Operations -> Bulk create Or you can use a little powershell This will focus on the powershell
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Posted in IT BlogTagged AAD, Azure, Azure Active Directory, CSV, how-to, Microsoft, PowerShell, Scripting
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How to: Configure a DNS-323 (ALT-F firmware) as an Rsync Target

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Dexter
How to: Configure a DNS-323 (ALT-F firmware) as an Rsync Target

The last firmware released for the DNS323 was back in 2013. That was quite a while ago, and it wasn’t great. It lacked SMB2, ssh out of the box, and no development of popular applications. I tried Alt-F on a
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Posted in IT BlogTagged alt-f, dns323, geek, how-to, hyperbackup, linux, NAS, Rsync, synology dsm
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PowerShell – Adding Proxy Addresses by CSV

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Dexter
PowerShell – Adding Proxy Addresses by CSV

This is going to be a little different. As per usual, we need to follow our regular set of steps when dealing with a large amount of data that needs validation. 2. Edit the CSV with the proxy email addresses
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Posted in IT BlogTagged Active Directory, CSV, Get-ADUser, how-to, Microsoft, PowerShell, Proxy Address
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PowerShell – Changing Departments for Multiple AD Users

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Dexter
PowerShell – Changing Departments for Multiple AD Users

Hostile takeover? All employees of a department being reassigned? We won’t go into ‘how to disable way lots of employees because your upper management said ‘because we told you”. So, we’ll go into changing departments for the entire company. There’s
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Posted in IT BlogTagged Active Directory, CSV, Get-ADUser, how-to, Microsoft, PowerShell
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PowerShell – Change passwords on multiple AD accounts

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Dexter
PowerShell – Change passwords on multiple AD accounts

If you’re like me, you built a new AD for testing. And if you’re also like me, you imported a whole bunch of users into your AD. Some of those users likely had passwords that didn’t quite meet the domain
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Posted in IT BlogTagged Active Directory, CSV, Get-ADUser, how-to, Microsoft, PowerShell, Scripting
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