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How to upgrade Ubuntu to 21.10 and kernel to 5.15

How to upgrade Ubuntu to 21.10 and kernel to 5.15

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How to upgrade Ubuntu to 21.10 and kernel to 5.15 | DevOps

In this article, I will show you how to upgrade Ubuntu to 21.10 (latest) or 20.04 (LTS). As a bonus, we will also update the kernel to the latest mainline 5.16-rc4 or latest stable 5.15.6. The latest greatest Ubuntu Impish 21.10 contains the following improvements: Updated installer Linux Kernel 5.13 GNOME 40 NVIDIA Closed-Source Driver Now Supports Wayland Zstd compression for packages Firefox Is Now Shipped as a Snap The Yaru Light Theme Is Now...

Tags: linux security upgrade

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PowerShell one-liners cheat sheet

PowerShell one-liners cheat sheet

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PowerShell one-liners cheat sheet | DevOps

Over 10 years of automating daily routine tasks, quite a few short scripts have been collected to perform various tasks with Active Directory, Cisco UCS, NetApp, VMWare vSphere/vCenter, etc. And I also found an interesting video on Channel9 about combining commands into one line. And here's my PowerShell one-liner cheat sheet: Get PowerShell version: Get-Host | Select Version Get your public IP address: (Invoke-RestMethod ipinfo.io/json).ip Get Windows uptime (-Since parameter will show you last boot...

Tags: scripts automation powershell

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How to run PowerShell in Docker with custom modules

How to run PowerShell in Docker with custom modules

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How to run PowerShell in Docker with custom modules | DevOps

The idea of launching PowerCLI with the necessary modules in the Docker container has long been brewing, and finally I have taken up this issue. One of the reasons was that PowerShell “broke down” on my Windows 10 machine, or rather, it works, but the Get-Credential command returns an error. The second reason is simply the desire to experiment on the topic. It turned out the truth is not so simple, details below. To run...

Tags: cloud virtualization containers docker powershell

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How to create custom ESXi image

How to create custom ESXi image

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How to create custom ESXi image | DevOps

In this article, I will show you how to create a custom esxi image with PowerShell You will need 30 minutes to follow these steps: Go to VMWare downloads and download your vendor-specific image Swtich to Drivers tab and download required/additional/updated drivers if needed Go to VMWare patches and download latest ESXi build Go to your server's vendor drivers download page, in my case Cisco drivers and download latest drivers for your ESXi version Go...

Tags: scripts automation

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How to encrypt EBS volume

How to encrypt EBS volume

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How to encrypt EBS volume | DevOps

In this article, I will show you how to encrypt existing EBS volume using AWS web portal or PowerShell. You will need 1 hour(depends on your volume size) to follow these steps: Go to https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2 and navigate to instances Stop instance which volume you want to encrypt Expand the bottom pane and switch to the «Storage» tab, so you see a link to the instance's volume at the bottom of the page Click on it...

Tags: aws cloud security

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