Step 1, Launch instance, Windows 2016 Datacenter, t2.small (I think 2GB is already low for RAM on windows), don’t change instance details, don’t change storage, no tags, setup firewall (I have static IPs, so I allowed all just from those IPs). Step 2, configure windows (get password, TS to server and): Remove Features you aren’t […]
Steve Borba
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Install scripts including one to interact with apache apt install letsencrypt python-letsencrypt-apache I am crazy and want a Must Staple certificate openssl req -new -sha256 -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes\ -keyout steveborba.com.privkey -out must-staple.steveborba.com.csr\ -reqexts SAN -config <(cat /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf <\ (printf “[SAN]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:steveborba.com,DNS:www.steveborba.com\n1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.24=DER:30:03:02:01:05”)) letsencrypt -vv certonly –csr must-staple.steveborba.com.csr <Add apache config to allow must staple> openssl req -new -sha256 […]
I have been told how insecure WEP is and that it should not be used, but I didn’t know how bad it was till I did this. First one I did fell within a day, the next fell within an hour and the third four hours – so it wasn’t just luck. But now for […]
I have seen a few ways to do it; here are potential ways: Use this MS tool (worked, but you have to download the dvd as part of it). This is potential (haven’t tried it). Another (worked, but not consistently), this one is open admin cmd and: diskpart list disk select disk {USB_DISK_NUMBER} clean create […]
Setup virtual hardware 2 procs 1gb Remove Floppy, turn off logging Enable hot mem/cpu add Set to efi bios Install ubuntu using defaults except Don’t use LVM (that way there is no issue with space on /boot) Install security updates automatically Install openssh additional packages Do this before you install libpam-krb5 to avoid questions on […]
A while ago (2009), we acquired a company that had an Exchange 5.5 server running on a Dell PowerEdge 2200 (I found a copyright date in a manual for it as 1997). Well a short while after the acquisition (we had not migrated off the server yet), the UPS it was on went bad a […]
Since this site is to keep my notes on how to setup technology, I should make the first post about WordPress (or should it be Linux?). Setup a LAMP server <Add link to it> MySQL Database Generate Random Password for wordpress user Create Database Create User and add Permission Download WordPress Create Plugin/Update User Configure WordPress (CLI) […]