Back up your databases with mysqldump

mysqldump is a command line utility that allows you to perform backups of MySQL and MariaDB databases. It is automatically installed during the installation of the MySQL or MariaDB server and it is available for Linux and Windows. Examples : Under Windows, you must go to the folder where the exe is located or indicate …

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Docker: installation and concrete use on Ubuntu

Introduction In this tutorial, I will explain to you how to install Docker on Ubuntu and then through a concrete example how and why to use Docker. At the time of writing this tutorial (in 2021) as SysAdmin, I was having a hard time finding a concrete use for containers including Docker (so I’ll let …

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Crowdsec: secure your web server network – installation and configuration

In this tutorial, I will explain to you how to secure the network part of your web servers with Crowdsec. The tutorial is made on Ubuntu 20.04 Crowdsec overview Crowdsec is an open source tool that allows you to “secure” or rather add a layer of security to your Linux servers (soon Windows too) by …

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Agent FusionInventory: change the URL of GLPI

In this tutorial, I will explain how to modify the URL of the GLPI server on a FusionInventory Agent. You may need to make this type of change for several reasons: GLPI server change Protocol change to switch to HTTPS In this tutorial, we will see the second case, I had to do this manipulation …

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Nginx: configuration as reverse proxy

In this tutorial dedicated to Nginx, I will explain how to configure it in order to have a reverse proxy. Before getting to the heart of the matter, I will quickly introduce you to Nginx and what a reverse proxy. For this tutorial, I used an Ubuntu 20.04 machine. Introducing Nginx Nginx is a web …

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Monitor Veeam in PRTG

Introduction In this tutorial, we will see how to monitor Veeam using PRTG. Having the results of the backups in PRTG makes it possible to centralize the monitoring of the infrastructure in a single console and to reduce notification emails. Prerequisites On the PRTG server, it is necessary to install the Veeam management console, it …

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Jenkins: run PowerShell scripts

To complete the tutorial on Jenkins where I explain how to use it to run scheduled tasks and therefore turn it into a scheduler, I will show you in this tutorial, how to run PowerShell scripts. The Double-Hop Problem If you followed the first tutorial, I showed you how to run “simple” PowerShell cmdlets. If …

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Ansible: installation, configuration and use with Windows and Linux

Ansible is open source multi-platform configuration management software (Linux, Windows, network equipment, etc.). In other words, Ansible will allow you to manage, deploy or even execute actions on a group of computers in a “single command line”. Actions / configuration are written to a YAML format file also called playbook. Through this tutorial, I will …

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Veeam: File Recovery from Volume with Deduplication

Windows deduplication issue When you want to restore a file from a volume with deduplication enabled, you get the following error messages: Veeam : Copying data from deduplicated volumes requires that the console is installed on Windows 2012 R2 with data deduplication feature enabled. Windows: Error 0x80070780: The system cannot access the file. Cause To …

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GLPI: Collector – Automatic ticket creation

The collectors in GLPI allow the creation of tickets automatically in the assistance part by sending an e-mail. A user sends an email to [email protected]. GLPI will use the automatic tasks to retrieve the email in the box and create a ticket in the helpdesk. Prerequisites Have the PHP IMAP extension enabled. Have configured the …

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