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Install SQL Server cumulative updates silently

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...https://sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com/. Microsoft maintains “Latest updates and version history for SQL Server” on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/releases/download-and-install-latest-updates. And furthermore you can download the most recent CU from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=100809. Did you like this post? Please...

Connect to MS SQL Server with PHP 5.3+

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...example you can use to connect from PHP to SQL Server with sqlsrv_connect() is: <?php /* * Follow me on Twitter: @Jan_Reilink * Donate: https://www.paypal.me/jreilink */ function connectMssql($hostname, $username, $dbname,...

Windows 11 and WSL 2 DevOps environment

DevOps/SysOps Infrastructure as a Service flow

...https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/releases/download/6.2.0/cmk.windows.x86-64.exe https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/releases/download/6.2.0/cmk.linux.x86-64 and this results in: # WSL 2 $ /bin/cmk versionApache CloudStack ? CloudMonkey 6.2.0 # Windows PS C:\Users\janreilink> cmk.windows.x86-64.exe Apache CloudStack 🐵 CloudMonkey 6.2.0 Report issues: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/issues (localcloud)...

Test SMTP authentication and StartTLS

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...-connect pop.example.com:110 -starttls pop3 openssl s_client -connect smtp.example.com:25 -starttls smtp Check HTTPS TLS/SSL certificate Use openssl to check and verify HTTPS connections: openssl s_client -tls1_2 -servername host -connect 203.0.113.15:443 Substitute...

TLS handshake

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Protect WordPress from brute-force XML-RPC attacks

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...WordPress.com and Jetpack IP addresses. # # AllowList IP ranges in Apache 2.2 .htaccess using mod_authz_host: # https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_authz_host.html <Files xmlrpc.php> order deny,allow allow from 185.64.140.0/22 allow from 64.34.206.0/24 allow from...

Create strong passwords in Windows

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...Gist here: See https://gist.github.com/Digiover/d74a76efedf1e84ddaf947b7284dfe2a. Secure passwords generation with OpenSSL If you have OpenSSL installed and available in Windows you can use OpenSSL to generate pseudo-random strings just as you would...

Software deployment through WDS

How to Deploy Software through WDS, automated as a FirstLogonCommand

...run the first time a user logs on to the computer. These commands run only once. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/customize/desktop/unattend/microsoft-windows-shell-setup-firstlogoncommands Long story short, just add your deploySoftware.ps1 script as a FirstLogonCommands in your...

Disk Cleanup in Windows Server

Analyze Component Store size with DISM in PowerShell

...(DISM) clean-up rituals after the parade by Pabak Sarkar – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pabak/14410484092 Dism disk cleanup: Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a command-line tool that allows you to install, uninstall,...