Web applications
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Hugo development environment in WSL 2
Using WSL 2 it is pretty easy to install Hugo in Windows, setting up your local webdevelopment environment and configure Hugo to listen on your Ubuntu’s IP address, here is how.
Windows Server
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Quickly view all symbolic links, junction points and hard links in a folder using PowerShell
When you migrate a file server and transfer data, you may need to recreate junction points, as they cannot be copied using (for example) Robocopy.exe. This makes it a must to know where you have junction points, and NTFS hard and soft links. This is where PowerShell comes to the rescue.
WordPress
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Count and display number of WordPress users in your Dashboard
Show the number of registered WordPress users in a At-a-Glance widget. This is particular handy as an indicator of compromise (IoC), when a hacker has registered numerous new users in your WordPress database for spam purposes.
Windows Server
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Find vulnerable WordPress plugin versions fast using PowerShell
Find vulnerable WordPress plugins fast using PowerShell on Windows Server and IIS
WordPress
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Disallow direct access to PHP files in wp-content/uploads/
Securing the WordPress uploads folder is important. In many hacked WordPress sites, a PHP backdoor is found within the WP_CONTENT_DIR/uploads directory. Often because this is the location where uploads are placed automatically. From the backdoor within wp-content/uploads other backdoors are uploaded to various locations, and scripts are injected with malware.
Windows Server
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Managing KVM VMs with virt-manager on Windows
In this post, I will show you how to connect to your KVM VMs (virtual machines) in Windows 10 via SSH using virt-manager (Virtual Machine Manager) and qemu+ssh://. This allows you to manage your virtual machines from Windows.
GNU/Linux
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Bash function to generate a secure random alphanumeric string
Generate random strings in Bash to use as strong passwords using this BASH function in your `.bashrc` file for easy usage.
Windows Server
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WMI Filters for Group Policy to manage Windows Server versions
This post contains some example WMI filters for you to use in Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to target and manage specific Windows Server versions like 2012R2, 2016 and Windows Server 2022 / 2019.
Windows Server
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IIS 10.0 FTP IP Security allow list
In this post I’ll show you how to configure an IP allow list for IIS FTP Server using PowerShell, iisadministration and webadministration modules.
Codebase
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Removing phantom application folders from website configuration in IIS
Remove application folders from the website configuration in IIS whose physical path on the filesystem was removed, using PowerShell
WordPress
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Delete spam comments after three (3) days
How to change Akismet interval to three days instead of 15 days for deleting spam comments using the akismet_delete_comment_interval filter.
Windows Server
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IIS backup and restore
Learn how to back up and restore IIS 10 webserver configuration with appcmd.exe and PowerShell
Codebase
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How to fix System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException “The given key was not present in the dictionary” Exception with MySQL Connector/NET and utf8mb4 character set
MySQL Connector/NET and utf8mb4 character set can cause an exception System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException “The given key was not present in the dictionary”.
Windows Server
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Use -SearchBase with Get-ADComputer for faster results
Using -SeachBase with PowerShell’s Get-ADComputer gives me faster results with AD DS queries.
Windows Server
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Install Windows Server Servicing Stack Updates (SSU) using PowerShell
Install Servicing Stack Updates (SSU) for Windows Server 2012R2, 2016 and Windows Server 2019 using PowerShell, without downtime.
WordPress
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Automatically flush Redis cache after publishing a WordPress post
Automatically flush Redis cache when you publishing a post or page in WordPress. Doing so ensures no more stale / cached content in WP.
Windows Server
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Setting up Monit monitoring in Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL
A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog article about setting up Monit monitoring on an Ubuntu VM on Hyper-V. Now it’s time to do the same, but then in Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL. So, without further ado, here is how to install and configure Monit monitoring in Windows 10 WSL.
Useful
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Converting an Access 2003 database to 2007 and higher online
Learn how to programmatically convert legacy Microsoft Access 2003 (.mdb) databases to the modern .accdb format using Classic ASP and the ACE engine. This guide provides essential scripts for performing online conversions and database maintenance directly on your IIS web server. It is an ideal solution for sysadmins managing legacy environments who need to upgrade data storage without local access to Microsoft Office.
Windows Server
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Import .reg file in Windows Registry silently
Learn how to silently import a .reg file into your Windows Registry. This neat regedit trick comes in handy quite often. The regedit command is valid for Windows 11, 10, Windows Server 2022, 2019 and older.
Umbraco
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11+ Tips to optimize Umbraco 7 CMS
Umbraco 7 is a popular, ASP.NET powered, content management system (CMS). Out of the box Umbraco performs pretty well, but there are still some areas you need to tweak and tune for a more performant Umbraco website. Here are 11+ tips.