F5 Using F5 BIG-IP iRules to Restrict Access via Specific Domain Let's use iRules to make sure our endusers are browsing to our services using the proper FQDN(s)/domain(s). By Tyler Wright 12 Nov 2022
Backblaze Backing Up Data w/Backblaze B2 and restic Here's how to backup files using restic to a Backblaze B2 bucket! By Tyler Wright 8 Nov 2022
F5 F5 BIG-IP SOL#10636 (Disk Full) When trying to upgrade our F5 BIG-IP today, I ran into SOL#10636 which equates to "out of space." While the official docs told me how to delete the failed install, it did not tell me how to create a new volume where I could retry the install. Here's what to do if you hit this error! By Tyler Wright 27 Oct 2022
Mac Disable macOS Dark Mode for Specific Apps Do you prefer dark mode for most apps but wish to exclude some? If so, here's how to enable dark mode globally but keep specific apps exempt from the policy! By Tyler Wright 26 Oct 2022
TrueNAS Use Corsair Commander Core on TrueNAS with liquidctl to Control Fans Let's use a Corsair Commander Core to control an AIO and some Lian Li fans on a TrueNAS box with liquidctl. By Tyler Wright 7 Jul 2022
pfSense Backup pfSense with Restorepoint While Restorepoint doesn't support backing up pfSense out-of-the-box, you can configure it as a generic device and back it up over SCP. Here's how to By Tyler Wright 29 Apr 2021
ipmitool Setup iLO Network Settings via ipmitool Need to configure the network settings for HP's Integrated Lights Out management controller? If you have an OS installed or a live CD/image with ipmitool installed, here's how to do that - remotely! By Tyler Wright 20 Apr 2021
ipmitool Reset HP iLO Password via ipmitool Need to reset a user's password for HP's Integrated Lights Out management controller? Here's how to do so with ipmitool! By Tyler Wright 20 Apr 2021
NetBackup NetBackup Error 7640 Fix NetBackup backups failing for only a specific host with the error 7640? Here's how to fix that! By Tyler Wright 4 Mar 2021
Dell Solution: Dell R640 / Broadcom 57412 Refuses to PXE Install ESXi Unable to PXE install ESXi on a Dell R640 with a Broadcom 57412 Advanced 10/25Gb NIC? Here's how to fix that! By Tyler Wright 12 Jan 2021
Postgres Reload Postgres' pg_hba Changes Without Restart Ever make changes to pg_hba.conf and wish to apply your changes without restarting the Postgres server (impacting users)? Easy! Open a PSQL shell and execute the following query: By Tyler Wright 18 Nov 2020
Confluence Confluence User Macro: Custom Status Tags (w/Font Awesome) Do you like Confluence's status macro but wish you could tweak the colors? Maybe even add an icon to it? Well, here is a user macro for you! By Tyler Wright 14 Nov 2020
PowerShell Enabled Nested Virtualization in Hyper-V VMs Ever wanted nested virtualization inside a virtual machine that you are running on a Hyper-V host? I have! Looking around the GUI, the option cannot be found - that's because it's not there! Here's how to enable it! By Tyler Wright 30 Aug 2020
Jenkins Jenkins + smartctl + Pushover: Drive Monitoring w/Push Notifications and Jenkins Job History Could you use smartd to send emails via Postfix/sendmail on your Linux box? Sure. Could you use Jenkins to trigger individual smartctl queries and then tell Pushover to send a push notification to your devices saying that you have a drive failure? Also, yes. By Tyler Wright 4 May 2020
NetBackup NetBackup: Mark Tape Library Drive Online If you're trying to use your tape library via NetBackup and you receive the following error, here's how to fix it! All compatible drive paths By Tyler Wright 9 Mar 2020
