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GitHub: Guide to Deploying Hugo CI-CD to a Server with GitHub Actions Monorepo

Objective: Eliminate the manual process of compiling and copying the public/ folder to the server. We will implement a pipeline that, upon detecting a …

DNS: How to Enable DNS Debug Logging on Windows Server (and Why Be Careful)

When we deploy security solutions like Cortex XSIAM or centralize logs with Elasticsearch using Filebeat, one of the most common requirements is to …

VMware: Unable to migrate VM (Migrate button grayed out) - Resolved via MOB

Have you ever tried to migrate a Virtual Machine in vCenter and found that the Migrate… option is completely disabled (grayed out)?

Often, when …

Active Directory: Adding Windows Core as a Domain Controller.

Domain Controller in Windows Core

If you’ve followed this series, you already know how to set up a primary and a secondary Domain Controller …

System Reboot: Migration to Hugo and the New Knowledge Base

Every good SysAdmin knows that there comes a point in the life of any infrastructure where continuing to patch legacy systems is no longer viable. …

Isilon OneFS: How a BBU Failure Brings Down Your Cluster (and the Risk of Forcing Recovery)

Working with enterprise storage infrastructure like Dell PowerScale (Isilon) usually provides peace of mind due to its high availability. However, …

Moving FSMO Roles

Why is it necessary to move FSMO roles?

In an Active Directory environment, not all Domain Controllers (DCs) are the same. Although most tasks are …

FSMO Role Function

FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) roles are critical roles in an Active Directory environment that are assigned to one or more domain …

How to extend the disk when there is another partition in between

Introduction

You’ve probably experienced this: you expand a virtual disk in Proxmox or VMware, go to Windows Disk Management intending to extend …

Exchange: How to Install Exchange Server

Introduction

At this point, we should have completed the following:

• Extended the Active Directory schema
• Prepared the domain for Exchange …