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Linux Virtual Machines

How to Expand a Linux Virtual Machine Hard Drive

I’ve been putting off expanding the storage space on my Nextcloud VM for a couple of months now. However, a few days ago, the storage space hit less than a few hundred megabytes and I wasn’t able to login or upload any new files, so I was then forced to upgrade it and here are the steps I followed.

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Servers Windows Server

How to Access a Active Directory Network Share on a Non-Domain Joined PC

Sometimes you need to access a network share that requires an active directory authentication, but, you’re on a PC that’s not part of the domain. Saving the script below as a .bat file and replacing the parts that say “Server” with the actual name or IP of your server will allow your PC to access any network share with active directory credentials. Mostly, this is useful when you only need temporary access to a share, but don’t want to go through the whole network share mounting process.

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Security Windows Server

Install Lets Encrypt SSL Certificate on Windows Server iDRAC

Recently, I’ve been installing Lets Encrypt SSL certificates on all of the network devices on my network. This past week, I’ve been working with Dell iDRAC cards (a remote access card that allows you to manage servers remotely, even when they are powered off) in some of my servers. I got tired of clicking through the SSL warning whenever I would try to access one of my iDRAC cards, so I created a script to replace the self-signed certificate on the card.

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Linux Servers

Not Enough Free Disk Space on Upgrade – Ubuntu 16.04

So a few months ago, I was having trouble installing updates on one of my Ubuntu Linux servers. When I ran, sudo apt-get upgrade I got the following error message listed below.

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CDN Linux Security Servers

How to Setup Lets Encrypt SSL on Ubuntu with CloudFlare

Updating SSL certificates is one of those repetitive and boring tasks that you have to do managing a web server. But, it’s also one of the most important when it comes to the security of your website. So lets automate it!

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Linux Servers

How to Enable Auto Updates on Ubuntu

Originally, I planned on using Landscape to handle updating my Linux servers, but it only allows ten servers to be added before you need to upgrade to a paid license. And, after a while, I got tired of logging to my landscape server to reboot servers after updates were installed. So I setup all of my Linux servers to install updates, auto remove unnecessary dependencies and reboot the server automatically.

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Security

Encrypt pfSense w/ Let’s Encrypt

Ever wonder if someone is watching you while you configure pfSense? While setting up pfSense for the first time, the software will generate a self-signed SSL certificate and use that to secure the connection between the router and your web browser when making configuration changes. While this is better than no SSL at all, it is still not secure enough.