tech
2018
Finding a string across an entire filesystem in Linux
·435 words·3 mins
system-administration
tech
grep
linux
raspberry-pi
raspbian
technology
After coming back from a extra long holiday and noting that I hadn’t received any monitor tweets in a while from my Raspberry Pi, I thought it was a good time to login and make sure everything was running as before.
Forcing a firmware update on a Chromecast with Powershell
·236 words·2 mins
tech
chromecast
json
powershell
technology
You probably took one look at the title and thought “what in the blue hell is this person on about?
Keeping your Pi-Hole container fresh with Cron
·396 words·2 mins
system-administration
tech
containers
cron
docker
linux
pihole
raspberry-pi
raspbian
sysadmin
technology
In our previous entry, we unleashed the awesome that is Pi-Hole inside a Docker container to make all the devices in our network ad-free when browsing the internet.
Running Pi-hole on Docker
·1052 words·5 mins
tech
containers
docker
linux
pihole
raspberry-pi
raspbian
technology
The other day I had a friend ask advice on what seemed to be a DNS related issue.
2017
Legacy BIOS and UEFI PXE coexistence
·701 words·4 mins
system-administration
tech
bios
dhcp
powershell
pxe
sccm
sysadmin
technology
uefi
windows-server-2012-r2
More and more enterprises are moving towards the modern UEFI devices in their fleet, whether that be desktops, laptops or convertibles.
Cleaning up in Docker - Part 1
·93 words·1 min
system-administration
tech
containers
debian
docker
iot
linux
raspberry-pi
raspbian
technology
So you have read how to get Docker on your Raspberry Pi, had a play around and now you have containers, images and volumes running wild.
Running Containers with Docker on Raspberry Pi
·374 words·2 mins
system-administration
tech
alpine
containers
debian
docker
iot
linux
raspberry-pi
raspbian
technology
In the previous blog post, we setup and configured Docker on the Raspberry Pi.
Setup Docker on Raspberry Pi
·266 words·2 mins
tech
alpine
busybox
containers
debian
docker
iot
linux
raspberry-pi
raspbian
technology
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How to restore a tree of objects from the Active Directory Recycle Bin
·710 words·4 mins
system-administration
tech
active-directory
powershell
sysadmin
technology
In a previous post I detailed how to setup the Active Directory Recycle Bin and restore single deleted objects back in your Active Directory.
Export users of one AD group and import to another
·196 words·1 min
system-administration
tech
active-directory
powershell
sysadmin
technology
windows
It’s quite common for members of one Active Directory security group to be replicate in another.