Because the forthcoming Microsoft Nano Server doesn't have a GUI, here's how to create configuration scripts with the built-in Desired State Configuration in Windows PowerShell. One of the most ...

importPackage(java.awt.event) importPackage(javax.swing) //Create a JButton var b = new JButton("Press me") //Create a listener and add it to the button var act = { actionPerformed: function ...

With multiple ways to accomplish the task, here's how to know the right route to take based on the situation. Central to the idea of DevOps is configuration as code, and PowerShell supports it with ...

I'm just starting to try and make my job a bit easier at work and I am trying to create simple scripts for my more mundane tasks. One such task is setting up and configure DNS zones on our two ...

It will allow you to configure the firewall and just spit out a script which will do everything for you. You upload the script to the server and have it run at boot, and it configures the firewall.

In my previous article in this series, I explained that you can make your PowerShell scripts far more flexible and dynamic by leveraging a configuration file as opposed to hard coding all of the ...

I've been a systems administrator for fifteen years, and during that time one of the most useful pieces of software I've put into production is Tobi Oetiker's MRTG, which stands for Multi Router ...

In today’s cloud-centric world, we’re seeing an explosion in the number of servers under IT management. Virtual machines made servers cheap, and containers will push prices down further. As a result, ...

I have a resident scraping script running 24/7 on a Windows PC located elsewhere. There is no one there. I cannot touch it ...

Running a public FTP site securely can be difficult. Taking full advantage of the security features supported by your FTP server application of choice can be a chore, and even then there's a good ...