by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Jun 24, 2016 | Plex, Ubuntu
Plex have now officially released the v1.0.0.2261 version of their software! They are now officially out of beta, even though they have had a stable product for a long time! You can upgrade by following the steps below! These are the instructions for Ubuntu Headless!... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Jun 2, 2016 | FreeBSD, Linux, VMware, vSphere 5.1, vSphere 5.5, vSphere 6.0
I recently setup Pfsense and when having a look at the features I noticed that OpenVPN was a supported type of VPN. I had this setup on a VM so I thought I may as well set this up on my router so it could be combined in to one VM. I had multiple problems trying to set... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Jun 2, 2016 | FreeBSD, Home Lab, Linux, VMware, vSphere 6.0
I had issues with my Cisco Router and I have come to the conclusion that it has completely failed. I had reverted back to my Virgin Superhub 3 that come with my Internet connection (200MB D/L 10MB U/L), I was reading the HomeLab section of Reddit... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | May 26, 2016 | Linux, Plex, Ubuntu
We need to initially install the pre-requisites using these commands – sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default Then we can download the Filebot installer itself.... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | May 26, 2016 | Microsoft, Powershell, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2011
I recently wanted to check what accounts I have in my organization that the passwords are set not to expire, this is potentially a security risk as the users password will never expire. By default I would advise a 30/60/90 day password expiration policy to provide the... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | May 25, 2016 | Horizon 7, Microsoft, VMware, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
I recently completed a Horizon View deployment in my Home Lab as I wanted to review the various deployment types. I come across this tool via the VMware Flings website (https://labs.vmware.com/flings) and thought it was worth a mention as I found it very useful when...
