IT Tips

RS819 – No Ability to run Virtualization

So just found out that budget Synology Units can't run Active Backup for Business if their CPU's aren't enabled for virtualization The RS819 runs a Realtek RTD1296 quad-core 1.4GHz CPU and the Package Center doesn't offer Virtual Machine Manager or Active Backup for...

Make Outlook Use Chrome For Links

Despite setting Google Chrome as the system default using Settings => Apps => Default apps Outlook continued to open links in Microsoft Edge. This is how to make Chrome the default for Outlook Click File => Options In the Outlook Options Dialog select the Advanced...

Ahh the Internet

I found this amusing. The developers at facebook have a nicely formatted warning in the Developer Console so people don't self-own.

Build an Individual Docker Compose Container

To rebuild the Docker service named php run this command docker compose build php --no-cache --no-cache says repull everything and build from scratch Here is a screen shot of some of the options I use to get my container to build in WSL2 on Windows 11. Specifically...

Cannot connect to LOCALHOST SSH portforward

Trying to connect my browser to a web server accessible over an SSH tunnel by connecting to http://localhost:8200 and I get. I know the remote Web Server is running and the SSH tunnel is working. So what is the problem? Notice the output of ping localhost it is...

Extend your LAN across the WAN on a Shoestring

I was given a Surface Laptop which was a member of a Domain but only had a non administrative login. To gain admin access I needed line of sight to a Domain Controller but that access was on the Corporate LAN a 1000+ kms away. VXLAN VXLAN is an encapsulation...

Wyse 3040 running Ubuntu – Reboot is Finicky

Rebooting Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS install on a Wyse 3040 frequently results in a shutdown not a reboot. Linux wyse1 5.15.0-82-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 14 14:14:14 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Running Ubuntu 22.04 on Wyse 3040 I found the best chance of...

Cisco 2960 commands

TFTP Server for Windows https://www.solarwinds.com/free-tools/free-tftp-server Backup config to TFTP server copy running-config tftp://10.19.20.30 Set an interface to defaults !-- in config mode config t default interface gi1/0/18 Output Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1...

Unable to query OPcache status when running wp-cli

You are running wp-cli and see this error message: Unable to query OPcache status: array_key_exists(): Argument #2 ($array) must be of type array, bool given. This error is thrown when opcache_get_status( true ) is called and returns false because opcache is disabled...

Manual Labtech removal

https://advyon.com/how-to-manually-remove-the-lts-service-for-labtech/ Just in case the link above ^ goes away Manually make changes on the machine Changes have to be made at four different locations on the local machine in the following order. 1. Services.msc...