Category: Software
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What is VMware vSphere ESXi and vCenter?
In this video I give a quick break down of some of the key features and differences between VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5 and VMware vCenter 6.5. I also give a quick demonstration of what it looks like when both ESXi and the vCenter Server Appliance are fully booted and sitting at the console screen. Lastly,…
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ELK 5 on Ubuntu: Pt. 2 – Installing and Configuring Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana & Nginx
In part one of this series, I went over the basics of installing and configuring Ubuntu 16.04. Now in this part, I am going to take that same VM and go over everything needed to create a functional ELK stack on a single server. By the end of this post the ELK stack will be…
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ELK 5 on Ubuntu: Pt. 1 – Installing and Configuring Ubuntu 16.04
In this post I am going to cover the steps needed to install and configure Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop as the base operating system for what is going to become the ELK Stack server. My intention with this first post is to help people running the ELK services on top of Windows be a little more…
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Dell C2100 BMC Password Reset via IPMITool
I recently acquired another Dell C2100 for my lab only to find out that the password on the BMC had been changed from the default root/root combo and I had no clue what the previous owner set it to. As it turns out, you cannot reset the credentials on the BMC via the BIOS or…
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Metasploit Framework basics on Kali Linux – Owning a Windows Server
In this post I want to talk about the basics of using the Metasploit Framework that is included on the latest version of Kali Linux. If you don’t already know the Metasploit Framework is a project that makes writing and utilizing exploits relatively easy and it’s components are very modularized. Metasploit has everything you need…
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ELK Stack Pt. 2: Collecting logs from remote servers via Beats
In one of my recent posts, Installing Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK) on Windows Server 2012 R2, I explained how to setup and install an ELK server but it was only collecting logs from itself. That in itself isn’t very useful as the real value is when you begin collecting and indexing all of the…
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ELK Stack Pt. 1: Installing Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK) on Windows Server 2012 R2
An updated version of this post can be found here: Installing ELK 7 (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana) โ Windows Server 2016 What is an ELK stack and why would you want one in your environment? Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK) is the combination of 3 separate pieces of software from the same vendor, Elastic. The…
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Veeam Backup & Replication 8 fails when accessing ESXi 6 hosts directly – Failed to login Unknown API version format: “dev”
Veeam Backup & Replication is great tool for when you don’t have vCenter available for whatever reason and you need to move some VMs and/or datastores. It has bailed me out of many sticky situations in the past. However in my most recent bind, I found I absolutely could not get it to connect directly…
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Android IP Security Cam with Motion Detection and Recording!
So I recently switched carriers (Sprint is awesome!) and picked up a Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Surprisingly my previous phone, a Motorola Droid 3, made it the whole 2 yrs and still worked perfectly. Normally I just sell my old phone on ebay or something and use that money to pay for my new phone.…
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What is ESXi? (Video)
I often find myself talking about VMWare’s ESXi and how useful it can be in lab and production environments where you need to make the most of your hardware. For those who aren’t familiar with ESXi or virtualization in general, the first question usually is “What exactly is ESXi?”. The answer however isn’t exactly all…
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