Git: Just Getting Started, Barely Scratching the Surface

Scene: In my (precious-little) spare time, I'm working on Project Euler. I haven't done any proper mathematics since I left Uni >10 years ago (when_where I completed a Major in Pure Mathematics), so it's all feeling more than a little rusty. I'm also teaching myself Python and again working on projects bigger than 10-line infrastructure scripts,...

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Configuring a new Windows Machine

Today I learnt a new way to configure a new Windows machine: with a PowerShell package manager. A bit like like YUM for Windows! All thanks to https://chocolatey.org/. As a side-note, this package manager, although currently third-party, will be built into Windows itself fairly soon, via One-Get in Powershell v5. This assumes you have Powershell...

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Modifying Web Server SSL settings to current modern web standards

This is not a post talking about the whys and wherefores of the settings below; nor is it mean to be a discussion of SSL security in general - just a quick reference guide to setting SSL responses in different web servers & OSes. This post will be edited as I find the need to configure different servers and software. Apache on Linux: Edit...

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NTP on Cisco IOS

To round out my NTP notes, here is NTP on Cisco IOS. Timezone is  Adelaide time, GMT+930 (Australian Central Standard, ie ACST). Remote NTP server is Internode's - substitute for (or add to) your preferred ISP/pool.ntp server. ! Set timezone clock timezone ACST 9 30clock summer-time ACDT recurring 1 Sun Oct 2:00 1 Sun Apr 3:00 !Set NTP for local...

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NTP on Linux

A Linux host needs NTP set to ensure correct time sync. These commands below set this for Linux systems, with an emphasis on Australian settings (swap in other NTP servers for non-Australian servers). This can be set simply by pasting the commands below into a Bash prompt (as root). This guide makes no attempt to check/enforce the security of the...

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NTP on Windows

A Windows Domain needs NTP set on it's PDC Emulator to ensure the domain has correct time sync. These commands set this for Windows systems, with an emphasis on Australian settings. This can be set simply by pasting the commands into a cmd window (I recommend setting NTP1 to your actual local NTP server/router if you have one). These commands...

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Outlook: Migrate Outlook Profiles to Office 365 (Wave 15)

Office 365, the current Exchange-2013-based incarnation ("Wave 15"), has (semi-)easy migration options from on-premises... except for the client-side, if your client-side is an existing Outlook 2007/10/13 based setup. Third-party tools, such as MigrationWiz, can fill the gap (possibly quite well), but if these are not an option, then read on. Wipe...

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The Start

Hello and welcome, This blog is primarily dedicated to small notes on IT stuff as I find it - in 15+ years in IT, I've found, used and implemented more tidbits than I could possibly remember. I have often found myself needing to refer to them 10+ years later, and wished I had recorded the more arcane bits earlier, rather than re-finding them again....

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