Special “Alias” entry on the Route 53 DNS service allows AWS users to set their root domain to return the “A” record associated with the Elastic Load Balancer (ELB). Continue reading
Recovering Windows Server Licences from Key Management Server (KMS) on Amazon EC2
A couple of ways of recovering Windows licences from KMS on Amazon. Continue reading
Custom IAM Policies for AWS
Custom sets of IAM permission to create Amazon EC2 resources and perform tasks using the Amazon API/CLI. Continue reading
Finding Spamming IPs on Exim Mail Server
One of those days. Continue reading
Install and Configure Samba Server on Debian
We’ll install and configure Samba v3 server on Debian. Share access will be provided to Local Area Network (LAN) only. Connections from Windows and Linux clients will be covered. Continue reading
Skype 2.2/4.2 “Server connect failed” on Linux
Starting the 1st of August 2014, users with Skype for Linux version 4.2 and older will not be able to sign in to Skype due to Microsoft retiring all old version and forcing users to update. Continue reading
Find Largest Mailboxes on Exchange 2010 (PowerShell)
Finding largest mailboxes for future growth prediction and disk space planning. Continue reading
Install and Configure Squid3 Caching Proxy on Debian
Setting up a Squid caching proxy on a low-end 1GB RAM dual-core Debian Wheezy server. Continue reading
GRUB2 Rescue Mode “error: unknown filesystem”
I’ve recently added a second disk to my server, created a single partition /dev/sdb1 and put a ReiserFS filesystem on it. After system reboot I was presented with the grub rescue shell. Continue reading
Nginx Reverse Proxy for Apache2 (LAMP) with TLS/SSL on Debian
Install and configure Nginx to act as a reverse proxy for Apache over a TLS connection. Nginx, Apache and PHP configurations are covered. Continue reading