WIth Synology, Docker, Portainer, a Guacamole image and some know-how, you too can access your home network from abroad
Tag: how-to
Docker Desktop – Restoring a WordPress Site
Restore a wordpress site with Docker in a safe, hosted Synology environment.
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
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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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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Azure – Import users into cloud via CSV file
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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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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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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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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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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