Change default port of OpenSSH client for Windows
Learn how to change the default SSH port for OpenSSH for Windows
kubernetes: rolling update of hosts using ansible
Using Ansible to complete rolling-upgrades for kubernetes hosts.
ansible variable vault location in multi-role playbook
If want to use variables/credentials in ansible vault then you might get a bit stuck and find that when you run your playbook the variables are not found. Here’s where they go!
Multi-value dictionary in Ansible
The syntax to use multi-value/nested variables in ansible.
Windows Certificate Authorities: distributing new client certificates via SCCM
We’ve recently migrated (side-by-side) to a new Active-Directory (AD) integrated root Certificate Authority (offline) with an intermediate issuing CA. Now while AD should take care of things like distribution of the CA certificates to the clients so they know who to trust, there still remains the issue of the certificates of the clients themselves.Specifically, certificates […]
Automating the reboot of Polycom meeting room devices
If you have found your way here then you have walked the painful path of failed meetings and angry Execs. Suffice it to say that some (read: all) Polycom video conference units get cranky after a while and need to be rebooted lest they begin to forget their only reason for existing. Below is a […]
SCCM 2012 agent reboots when MSIEXEC uses REALLYSUPPRESS switch
I recently discovered some rather worrying behaviour in SCCM 2012 SP1 regarding how the CM agent handles return codes from msiexec. If you pass the /REALLYSUPPRESS switch to msixec then that means that if msixec determines that the installation needs a reboot (for example, if a required file was in use during the install/upgrade) then […]