Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. It simplifies the process by providing a software client, Certbot, that attempts to automate most (if not all) of the required steps. Currently, the entire process of obtaining and installing…
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How to monitor and send Hyper-V Checkpoint alert in powershell
Introduction Hyper-V is one of virtualization software which has an ability to create a VM checkpoint. We can use this feature to roll back the virtual machine to a previous state. It usually used to take a backup temporarily when we’re doing VM configuration changes, or windows updates. Instead of using a full backup, it…
Install WordPress with LEMP stack Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP & MySQL designed for everyone, emphasizing accessibility, performance, security, and ease of use. It have many features including a plugin architecture and a template system. Used by more than 60 million websites, including 33.6% of the top 10 million websites as…
How To Grab All VMs in Hyper-V / Cluster and their disks sizes
Change the exported path file. Size: Alocated VM disk. FileSize: Current VM Disk usage.
Hyper-V Automatic Virtual Machine Activation in Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a feature called “Automatic Virtual Machine Activation” (AVMA). Based on the number of questions that I’ve seen and fielded about it, I’d say that it’s been quite popular. Windows Server 2016 has carried this feature forward. What is Automatic Virtual Machine Activation? AVMA is engineered to digitally facilitate the guest…
Add new Domain Controller to existing domain with PowerShell
If you need the need to add a secondary domain controller, this script may help you. This script was tested with Windows Server 2016. Firstly, we need to install the ADDS server role on the server that will setup the domain controller using PowerShell: Once role is installed, we can use the following script to…
How to Reset administrator password on windows server 2016
If you forgot the administrator password on Windows server, this steps may help you. This can be implemented on Windows 2012 R2 and later. Boot the server from the Windows Server 2016 Installation DVD. When the Setup screen appears, press SHIFT + F10 keys to open Command Prompt. At the Command Prompt, go to drive…