How to Customize ESXI 6.7 install with Realtek Drivers

Create a folder C:\Esxibuild Download to C:\Esxibuild VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7U3b Bundle (not the ISO). https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=ESXI67U3B&productId=742 Download the Realtek Drivers: https://vibsdepot.v-front.de/wiki/index.php/List_of_currently_available_ESXi_packages (For this one, I used the net55-r8168-8.045a-napi-offline_bundle) Here is what the files look like: Download and install the VMware PowerCLI https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=614&downloadGroup=PCLI650R1 Open powershell in Administrator mode. Go to the folder C:\Esxibuild in PS. … Read more

Firewalld on CentOS 8

CentOS 8 uses firewalld.You can see all zones by running the following ls command: Predefined Zones Explained block – All incoming network connections rejected. Only network connections initiated from within the system are possible. dmz – Classic demilitarized zone (DMZ) zone that provided limited access to your LAN and only allows selected incoming ports. drop … Read more

Install Asterisk on CentOS

This install in on Ubuntu 18.04. There is an excellent article for CentOS at – https://www.tecmint.com/install-asterisk-on-centos-7/ Please review aslo: – https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Installing+Asterisk+From+Source – https://community.asterisk.org/ – https://www.sangoma.com/articles/how-to-install-asterisk-11-on-ubuntu-12-4-lts/ – http://asteriskdocs.org/en/3rd_Edition/asterisk-book-html-chunk/asterisk-Install.html Install Requirements: Firewalld. See the Article here to set up asterisk on firewalld – https://www.geekdecoder.com/firewalld-on-centos-8/- The command installs a bunch of new packages including gcc, g++ and make … Read more

How to setup home folder to Active Directory user

This article guides you how to assign Home Folder to Active Directory users. Install the File Server Resource Manager Open Server Manager Go to “Add roles and features” In “Server Roles” expand “File and Storage Services“, again expand “File and iSCI Services“, then tick “File Server Resource Manager” and click “next” to install. Configure a … Read more

Add the OnlyOffice App to Nexcloud

In order to view .ODT files, you will need to install the ONLYOFFICE App. ONLYOFFICE integration in Nextcloud empowers users to collaborate on office documents with their team members in real-time. Compatibility with Microsoft Office formats means perfect documents, every time.

ONLYOFFICE comes with a Powerful spreadsheet editor – Organize and manage your data online in XLSX, ODS and CSV files with over 400 formulas and create colorful visualizations.
Beautiful presentation builder – Express ideas in beautiful presentations stored in PPTX and ODP or exported to PDF full of charts, shapes, and images.
Complete document writer – Open, edit and collaborate on Word, ODT, PDF or HTML documents in real-time with powerful formatting and layout capabilities.

Here is how to do it.

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Add MX Record to Godaddy

This article describes how to add an MX record to Godaddy if the DNS is hosted at Godaddy. Create an A record for “mail”. Point the record to the primary IP where the mail will be hosted. This can be the same IP as the website or a different IP if mail in on a … Read more

Ceph – Zabbix sender issue with v14.2.5

After updating/restarting the manager to v14.2.5 we are no longer able to send data to our zabbix servers. Ceph reports a non-zero exit status from zabbix_sender. Check to install zabbix-server. apt install zabbix-sender Info: # ceph mon versions Output: { "ceph version 16.2.7 (f9aa029788115b5df5eeee328f584156565ee5b7) pacific (stable)": 4 } Check Debian version # cat /etc/debian_version 11.2 … Read more

How To Install Dig Utility on CentOS and Debian

CentOS For CentOS, the DIG tool is a part of the BIND Utilities so you need to install them. # yum whatprovides '*bin/dig' To install the BIND Utilities, type the following: # yum install bind-utils Debian Update Debian $ sudo apt update Install dnsutils package with the following command: $ sudo apt install dnsutils -y … Read more

Changing the Windows password during first login

If you get the following error message the first time that you access Windows after installation, then your client has been negotiating with the server for network level authentication. However, network level authentication is executed before a remote desktop session has even been created. That means that you cannot perform the forced password change during … Read more