Windows

There are many curious individuals who tinker with GNU/Linux as a Server OS and want to experience what it is like as a Desktop OS. The switch is often hindered by two obstacles:

1. Some daily use programs are not available. (i.e. Photoshop, iTunes, etc.)
2. The unknown of what to do if something goes wrong or what do I do to get my… Read more →
   • 01 July 2016

   Puppet with Windows

   WindowsPuppet

   Using Puppet on Windows workstations can be a challenge. The different architectures (x86 and x86_64) can have an impact on declaring packages. I have decided to ignore 32 bit systems and treat all as 64 bit - after all, it is 2016 and 32 bit should not be deployed.

   Since everything is stored in the registry (and I am no registry expert), I …

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   • 21 December 2015

   Switching from Active Directory to Samba4

   WindowsAdministrationLinux

   Active Directory is solid, secure, and stable platform for user, group, and computer management. I would go as far and say that it is probably the backbone of 99.9% of all organizations world wide. So why would anyone want to switch away from Active Directory? The answer to that question is varied, but the most common reason why are:

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     • 11 December 2015

     Converting VMs for oVirt

     WindowsCloudLinuxoVirt

     My existing Hyper-V infrastructure consisted of Windows, a few CentOS, and Debian/Ubuntu guests. The best method I found to importing into oVirt was using the virt-p2v disc. This required down time of the server (approx 3 hours per 100GB on gigabit backbone) and a dedicated Fedora o…

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     • 04 December 2015

     Planning the Deployment of oVirt

     WindowsCloudWebLinuxoVirt

     After I played with oVirt I needed to do several items:

     1. Migrate the oVirt engine to a new host
     2. Migrate the storage from a single NFS share to GlusterFS
     3. Move my VMs from Hyper-V to oVirt
     4. Test my setup

     Migrate the oVirt Engine to a new host

     This…

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     • 27 November 2015

     Switching from Hyper-V to oVirt

     WindowsCloudWebLinuxoVirt

     For quite some time I have heard that Hyper-V was a low player when it came to virtualization. It came with Windows and was the hypervisor of choice, but it had its limitations. In my environment, we had local storage and no clustering of hosts and consequently no high availability or fail over. This brought the first pain point - we need high avai…

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     • 08 August 2015

     Installing fonts on Windows using Puppet

     PuppetWindows

     I was recently tasked to install a group of fonts on windows systems. In order to do it the Internet way, you have to:

     1. Install the font on a system
     2. Export the registry file
     3. Create a GPO
     4. Place the font in an accessible location (domain readable)
     5. Make sure the GPO has the .reg and the font file install… Read more →
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