In part I of this series, Installing ELK 7 (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana) on Windows Server 2016, I covered the following: Installing and configuring Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana as Windows services Installing and configuring Winlogbeat to forward logs from the Continue reading
I am a huge fan of the Elastic stack as it can provide a great deal of visibility into even the largest of environments, which can help enable both engineering and security teams rapidly triage technical issues or incidents at Continue reading
Updating firmwares yet again… Shortly after the last time I posted on updating firmwares on Dell PowerEdge R610, I found out that Dell dropped support for all 11G servers from the SUU package along with the Lifecycle controller packages which Continue reading
In this video I show off my latest project – Upgrading the cooling system on my home lab in hopes of making it a little more efficient while quieting things down a bit. The original setup consisted of the following: Continue reading
Intro Any time a new Apache Struts vulnerability comes out it should be taken pretty seriously as there are many “mission critical” systems that are leveraging the framework, with a considerable amount of them being public facing. Unfortunately, as a Continue reading
Set-PowerCfg is a simple script that can be used to easily set or check the current power scheme being applied on a Windows host, these are the same settings found in Control Panel > Power Options. This is particularly useful Continue reading
Intro This post is going to break away from my typical technical how-to style posts, and talk a little bit about something that has been a personal goal of mine for some time โ The Offensive Security Certified Professional. When Continue reading
The Error During a recent thunderstorm one of the ESXi 6.5 hosts in my lab environment that was not on a UPS, rebooted from a power fluctuation and when it rebooted I received the following error: Error loading /xorg.v00 Compressed Continue reading
Why You Should Always Update Firmwares! Security patches, new features and bug fixes โ These are all very good reasons to ensure firmwares are up to date before moving your new servers into production. Things like the BIOS, RAID Controller, Continue reading
One of the things I get the most questions about with my VMware ESXi posts/videos is about installing ESXi onto USB drives and booting it from there, and that question is usually followed by the concern of someone accidentally or Continue reading