GLPI 10: network inventory with GLPI Agent

In this tutorial, I will explain to you how to set up network inventory in GLPI 10 with GLPI Agent. This is the functionality equivalent to network discovery and inventory with FusionInventory: Fusion Inventory: Configuring Discovery and Inventory Tasks – 247-IT Presentation of network inventory with GLPI Agent The network inventory allows you to discover …

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Active Directory: retrieve the base DN (distinguishedName) attribute of an object

In this tutorial, I will explain how to retrieve the base DN also called distinguishedName in an Active Directory. This attribute is often used to configure LDAP/Active Directory bindings for applications. All Active Directory objects (Users, Computers, Organizational Unit, etc.) have the attribute: distinguishedName and this is unique. I say that the base DN attribute …

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GLPI 10: configure automatic computer inventory with GLPI Agent

Introduction In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up automatic inventory in GLPI 10 with GLPI Agent. Before version 10 of GLPI, you had to go through a plugin (Fusioninventory or OCSInventory) to have automatic inventory in GLPI. Since this functionality is native to GLPI, if you are used to using FusionInventory, you …

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Exchange 2016: Enable Extended Protection

In this tutorial, I will explain to you how to activate extended protection (Exchange Extended Protection) on Exchange 2016 (and 2019 if you do not have CU14 which automatically activates it) which will allow you to protect yourself from CVE-2024 -21410. Exchange Extended Protection is in fact an enhanced security configuration for Exchange 2016 / …

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GLPI 10: installation

In this tutorial, I will explain how to install GLPI 10. Presentation of GLPI GLPI is the acronym for Gestionnaire Libre de Parc Informatique, it is open source software written in PHP and which uses a MySQL or MariaDB database. GLPI is today published by the company Teclib which distributes GLPI under an Open Source …

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Ubuntu 22.04: install Docker

In this tutorial, I will show you a script to install Docker and Docker Compose on Ubuntu 22.04. Today more and more applications are available in containers with Docker, I regularly have to install a new machine on Ubuntu and have to install Docker and Docker Compose. Personally, I prefer to install Docker from the …

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Active Directory: create an organizational unit (OU) in PowerShell

In this “How to” tutorial, we will see how to create an Organizational Unit in an Active Directory with the New-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet. Create an OU in PowerShell Open a PowerShell command prompt From a domain controller open a PowerShell window Use the New-ADOrganizationalUnit Cmdlet to Create the OU Enter the following command by adapting the …

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Exchange 2013: Installation and configuration

Introduction In this tutorial, we will see how to install Exchange 2013 on a Windows 2012R2 server. A complete tutorial on Exchange 2016 is available, installation and configuration is similar. Prerequisites To install Exchange 2013, you must: When installing Exchange, a schema update is performed. Installation d’Exchange 2013 Installing the roles and features needed for …

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Zabbix – monitor Docker

In this tutorial I will explain how to build a Docker server with Zabbix using agent 2. Zabbix agent2 allows you to monitor Docker without needing to add a template or plugin to the agent because it does it natively. Here is the official page : Docker monitoring and integration with Zabbix. My environment: Configuring …

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