The Importance Of Standards
Recently I have been working with a financial industry customer who is all in on Automation, however it became apparent quite early on that they haven’t standardised their processes.…
VMware vRealize Automation 8 Podcast
“Automation has come a long way from the days of pen and paper, flowcharts, code and scripts, and now with the release of VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) 8 it’s…
Small, Medium or Large: There Is No One Size Fits All
Why A T-Shirt & Do I Look Good In This? Working out the effort required for an automation project can be challenging. Teams may have different abilities and skill-sets…
Behind Automation
I was lucky enough to partake in a podcast recently with colleagues Paul Davey and Stuart Robinson of Xtravirt. If you want to learn more about automation then please check…
Install VestaCP on Google Cloud in 5 steps
This article will provide you with 5 quick steps to get up and running with VestaCP and finish with adding your first domain to the portal. VestaCP is an…
Elasticsearch Cluster Install on CentOS 7
This post wont go in to any detail around setting up CentOS itself, but it will cover getting a simple 3 node Elasticsearch cluster up and running, with a…
CentOS 7 – Installing pymssql with pip, libgnutls.so.26 error
When trying to install pymssql with pip you may get a requirements error for libgnutls.so.26 To fix this error I took the following steps: For the below you may…
FortiGate as Slave DNS with Windows DNS Master
It is possible to setup your FortiGate device so that requests towards specific domains are forwarded to a Windows DNS server. Below are the steps needed to get this…
FortiGate – Change Switch Mode
Out of the box, your FortiGate device will most likely be in Switch mode, this groups the internal interfaces in to a single switch. To change to Interface mode,…
FortiGate Reports Menu Missing
You might come across an instance where your Reports menu is missing from within the FortiGate GUI. I noticed this today when I went to disable local report emails…
FortiManager Disable SSLv3
This is documented in the latest release notes, but to quickly disable SSLv3 on your FortiManager device, run the following; config system global set ssl-protocol tlsv1 end
IPsec VPN with Public IP Subnet’s on a FortiGate
I recently came across a requirement where I had to create a site-to-site IPsec VPN, this is usually not an issue, set your Phase 1 and Phase 2 settings,…
Disable SSLv3 on FortiGate GUI and SSL VPN
To disable SSLv3 on both the FortiGate GUI and SSL VPN you need to run the below commands via CLI. According to the FortiGuard website, the only reported compatibility…
Set Port Speed for a FortiGate Virtual Switch Interface
You might come across a scenario where you have created a Virtual Switch/Hardware Switch on your FortiGate and you need to set a specific port within that switch to…
Upgrading Dell PowerEdge R710 BIOS
A quick How-To on upgrading the Dell PowerEdge R710 BIOS using a USB drive You will need to download the required BIOS from the Dell website, in ‘Non-Packaged’ File…