Are you looking to set or change the hostname on CentOS7? The guide below will go through the easy steps on setting the hostname. Check your existing hostname by issuing the below command: hostnamectl This command should return some information about your machine as well as show the current static hostname assigned to it: Results you should see when issuing the hostnamectl command in CentOS7 You can now issue the command below to set a hostname in CentOS7: hostnamectl set-hostname machine-name Now you should you edit the /etc/hosts/ file via vim or nano and add in your new hostname for the 127 ..read more

Did you just finish setting up a fresh CentOS7 installation and seem to be running into issues with yum update being extremely slow? In this article, you'll find the simple fix for Centos7 yum update slow and what worked for me on resolving this very same problem. I was attempting to install nano via 'yum install nano' and was experiencing extremely slow speeds. Running 'yum update' also resulted in extremely slow speeds even though the machine has plenty of download speeds available. If you run into a similar issue, I recommend trying the below command to have yum use an alternative package ..read more

Setting a default network printer via Group Policy can get cumbersome. Under User Configuration > Preferences > Control Panel Settings > Printers, you can deploy a new shared printer and set it to 'Create' as well as be the default printer. You will, however, run into issues if the printer is already deployed on the server you are attempting to change the default printer on. You will also run into issues if the printer is set to 'Create' in the GPO because Windows will run the two tasks consecutively and fail. By the time Windows finishes creating/adding the printer to the server, the ..read more

If you've encountered an SID during some troubleshooting efforts on Windows servers or machines, you may need to determine who the user or group that SID is assigned to. There is an easy Powershell script to find the user or a group with just the SID. Part of command run to determine user or group from the SID. Log on to the domain controller and open up an Administrator Powershell prompt. Issue the below command: Import-Module ActiveDirectory Issue the below command (where the last 4 X's are the last of the SID you found): Get-ADUser -Filter * | Select-Object -Property SID,Name | Where-Object ..read more

The 24-bay SFF (2.5 inch) form factor server saga continues in part 2 of the Dell R730XD Homelab Build. Disclosure: Certain posts may contain affiliate links, meaning I will receive a commission if you decide to purchase through the links I provide. I installed the NVME enablement card alongside the non-dell Mini SAS cables and the four Intel P4510 1TBN U.2 NVME SSD's I mentioned purchasing in part 1 of the build which you can read here. Installing Proxmox I set up the Micron M500 960GB SSD's (eBay Link) in a RAID1 configuration to be used as my Proxmox installation. In the event one of these ..read more

In this guide I will be covering how you can create a new site in FastPanel. It is a pretty straight forward process. What is FastPanel FastPanel is a FREE server control panel, similar to cPanel and Plesk. It allows you to create sites in a few clicks, manage mail, databases, backups and much more. You can read a lot more about FastPanel on their website here. Creating New Site in FastPanel To create a new site in FastPanel, follow the steps outlined below: Log in to your FastPanel admin interface, usually located at port 8888. Click on the '+ Create site' button located towards the top rig ..read more

Windows currently still includes some legacy protocols posing significant security risks. SMBv1 is one such protocol and Microsoft is still gradually phasing it out. In this article I'll be providing you with a guide to disable SMBv1 and enable SBMv1 auditing. Older versions of SMB cannot be disabled easily. If you're doing this in a larger environment, it is entirely possible that some devices or applications may still be relying on outdated protocols. What uses SMBv1? Starting in Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2019, SMBv1 is disabled by default, however, in Server 2016, it is still enable ..read more

Disclosure: Certain posts may contain affiliate links, meaning we will receive a commission if you decide to purchase through the links we provide. I've recently purchased a used Dell R730XD from eBay (item listing: https://ebay.us/8fmeIN ) as the price was too good to pass up. I got it to replace one of the more dated servers I use at home, but I ended up throwing this server into a colocation service. The server is a 24-bay SFF (2.5 inch) form factor and came with two E5-2650v4 processors. These are 12-core processors with a base clock of 2.2 GHz. This will give me around 52.8 GHz of CPU. T ..read more

I recently stumbled upon an issue with Windows Server 2012 R2 where attempting to log in would result in the following error: "The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in. User profile cannot be loaded". User Profile Service service failed the sign-in. User profile cannot be loaded After attempting a lot of different solutions online to resolve the problem, I finally found a solution that worked to fix the 'User Profile Cannot Be Loaded' error. If you're experiencing a similar issue on Server 2012 R2, log in as either the local administrator or the default domain administrator (DOMAIN ..read more

Are you having issues signing in to your VMware UAG appliance and need to reset the root password or just unlock the root user? Follow these simple steps and you'll be able to reset and unlock the root user with ease. The UAG, by default, has both a root and an admiun user each with their own unique passwords. In order to regain access you will need to ensure you have console access to the UAG virtual machine. Reboot the UAG and press the "e" keyboard key as soon as you see the Photon OS splash screen which looks like this: Photon OS Splash Screen - Press 'e' when you see this screen. Pressin ..read more