@Grey said in DFS conversion:

@coliver said in DFS conversion:

The existing shares wouldn't automatically be imported into DFS. It is pretty easy to add them after the roles are assigned though. What you want is doable. We don't use DFS-R here just use a DFS namespace to make things easier for the end user.

Is there a powershell to import the existing shares?

That I don't know.

@MattSpeller said in AWS Outage Reported:

@Jimmy9008 said in AWS Outage Reported:

Have Amazon said what caused this yet? 'Tech spilled coffee on core equipment...', 'Powercut and generator failure at the same time'... any info at all?

They forgot to feed the hamster

Not seen anything yet tbh

Like this little guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gIH94st0mY

@scottalanmiller said in Fonts: an idiot's guide:

@Breffni-Potter said in Fonts: an idiot's guide:

In branding, you normally have a corporate font, which goes on signage, posters, logos, business cards, properly designed materials.

NTG does that. We only use the one, though. We don't have official font(s) for things like literature, just for the brand name.

Umm...congratulations?

@matteo-nunziati said in wetting my feet with CM software:

At that point if you have interleaved common/specific tasks you have to create a lot of fragmentation with all that includes and a number of "micro" files, or you end up duplicating code in files to have less fragmentation...

How is that any different than if/else statements?

if == ubuntu package=apache2 else package=httpd when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" pkg = apache2 when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" pkg = httpd

You don't need mico files at all. Just call variables in your j2 templates depending on the OS or OS release. Say for instance you use port 22 on RHEL and 2222 on Ubuntu (stupid but just an example), use the same j2 file with a {{ ssh_port }} variable and have the task insert the port number. No need for anything else other than a single template file.

@jrc said in Suggestions on a VPN Solution:

@scottalanmiller said in Suggestions on a VPN Solution:

@Dashrender said in Suggestions on a VPN Solution:

@coliver said in Suggestions on a VPN Solution:

But I think the big one is that you don't want your firewall to handle switching. You should have an independent dedicated switch for that task.

What's the concern here? The ER-X specifically has a switch chip in it, where the ERL and ER8 don't. Granted I probably wouldn't use the ER-X in a 15+ user environment (though even then that's completely arbitrary and I should only care about bandwidth throughput, not number of users).

It's just not good practice to mash everything into an "all in one" device. You'd never want an AP in your router, and an AP is just a wireless switch. Keep your devices lean and purposeful.

Agreed!

I plan to go with the ERL at both sites, the main site already has a separate switch from the Netgear router, so it'll be a drop in replacement there. At the remote site, I will use the ERL with an 8 port gigabit switch and add in a ubiquiti AP for wireless. Keeps it simple and modular.

Sounds like the right choice.

@EddieJennings said in Ranting about Windows Licencing:

Bah. I was hoping for an opportunity to make a snarky remark about CALs.

LOL. That might be an issue, too. Some Windows hosting includes CALs, some does not. I didn't see any mention of it when they said that Windows was free, which doesn't guarantee anything, but is suggestive.

Oh this is another cool feature that was added recently.

Change Log 2.1.18 Image Mounting, browsing and archival.

@openit said in Access Point with captive portal and session limits for advertise.:

Gonna get one and test it before getting bulk. Thanks for all responses !

Good idea. You are going to love it, they are the best APs I've ever used.

@Kelly said in XenServer:

@Alket_tux said in XenServer:

@Kelly i have seen the feature matrix, and that's why i asked.. because there are two editions in feature matrix.. but @DustinB3403 said above that the matrix includes support.. is this correct or not?

The matrix is from Citrix, not XenServer. It is really confusing terminology.

Standard and community are the same. The only difference is standard has support from Citrix.

Enterprise and the features listed there are only available to those with a paid support subscription for that version.

The codebase may be identical, but you can't access things like GPU virtualization without the Enterprise version.

Even more confusing is that those things are add one rather than unlocks... so it isn't really xenServer doing it.

@scottalanmiller said in Code "markdown" for OneNote?:

@Tim_G said in Code "markdown" for OneNote?:

@scottalanmiller said in Code "markdown" for OneNote?:

@Tim_G said in Code "markdown" for OneNote?:

Could someone screen shot one of their IT KB articles on their GitLab? My experience with it was always the Dev side... nothing regarding IT wiki KBs or whatever you want to call them.

I'm interested to see what your GitLab article and area look like. Perhaps it's a better solution than the one I'm using now.

It's ONLY the code that we put there, not articles. Well not here, anyway.

Oh I see. I misunderstood.

Some GIT systems have a wiki for documentation, though. That's not uncommon.

Ya. Gitlab has a repo for the code and a whole other repo for documentation/wiki for that code by default.

thanks guys, 😉

What does it do when you turn it on? A suggestion I saw once was to lay it flat on something metal, like a fridge, overnight. It can help ground it. Also, clean the contacts with some rubbing alcohol and a q-tip. I've seen where those start to get dirty or have some corrosion build-up, and that prevents it from connecting properly.

Best case, they just aren't making any money and that's scary. You don't want your cloud host up and vanishing overnight. That they are lacking basic corporate info, like jurisdiction and contact info, is super worrisome.

@Alket_tux said in Domain Controller Troubleshoot:

actually i have not access to the domain controller, just the servers connected to it..

Then the admins that maintain the DC's need to be alerted, but the more info you give them the better. Did they change out the DC's and the DNS servers are different? Are your servers statically assigned or DHCP?

Thanks.

You can do a retropi 3 for about $75 if you count the case, SD card and controllers. ROMs are up to you. If you add a small screen, you might bump it to $150.

For some reason this wasn't applying to profiles on other PC's but eventually did. I am researching why

@Dashrender said in Considering a New VPN:

@JaredBusch said in Considering a New VPN:

@scottalanmiller said in Considering a New VPN:

@JaredBusch said in Considering a New VPN:

@scottalanmiller said in Considering a New VPN:

@JaredBusch said in Considering a New VPN:

@scottalanmiller said in Considering a New VPN:

@Carnival-Boy said in Considering a New VPN:

Yeah, I need hub and spoke really. But that's not too difficult to setup on ZeroTier is it?

ZeroTier doesn't offer hub and spoke at all. It's pure SDN / mesh.

This is not true, ZeroTier has gateway functionality.
https://www.zerotier.com/community/topic/5/bridging-ethernet-to-zerotier-virtual-networks-on-linux

I was leaving that out for simplicity as he's not going to build custom Linux systems for this.

Why? Because a single VM setup as a gateway means that ZT now meets all needs also.

No different than replacing a router, etc.

I've not used it, does it require you to change your IP range or can you keep what you have?

The biggest recommendation is to make it inclusive of your LAN subnet so make life easier. I've not had the time to set it up on my lab yet.

I use ZT in a number of places, but not using the gateway anywhere yet.

Right, so being inclusive means that you did follow Scott's recommendation, only that you bent ZT to the current setup, instead of making a whole new IP setup with this in mind.

Did that solve all of the Windows DNS issues?

I have no idea WTF you are talking about. You are implying and inferring things that are not being discussed here.