FileType association for 7-Zip

To open all supported file formats with 7-Zip and distribute this via GPOs on all systems, you usually only need to adjust file format mapping. This can be done as described here: At the bottom of this post I created the entries for the XML. Sadly this does not work completely with 7-Zip. I have …

Sophos UTM on Zotac CI327 nano

Finally I found a hardware which fit my needs for at home firewall. My decision I made with the follwoing criteria: Low power consumption.Enough power for a full feature set for a UTM up to 1 Gbit/s.Should run Sophos UTM / Sophos XG / pfSense / OPNsense.Good price performance. I tried to get Zotac ZBOX …

Samsung UE65H6470 Einstellungen

Nachdem ich mich endlich durchringen konnte hier meine Einstellungen. Basis kommt von hier und hier. Besonders geht mein dank an Mike500 aber auch alle anderen fleißigen Tester. Der Blog-Eintrag lebt und wird ständig angepasst. Alle Settings / Einstellungen sind auf HD 1080p optimiert. SD ist bei mir nicht von Relevanz. Interner Tuner DVB-S2: Bild: Bildmodus: …

Microsoft Certificate Enrollment Web Service

Today we install the Microsoft Certificate Enrollment Web Service on Server 2012 R2. The installation is straight forward Configuration Wizard: I chose the name of my SubCA Integrated Authentication For the communication I used the "Service Account" option - It was straight forward with this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831822.aspx Last I had to choose the HTTPS certificate …

Microsoft CA – Two-Tier PKI – Server 2012 R2

For Exchange Server, Lync and other Microsoft services you need a certification authority (CA). Also what you want is a proper two-tier Public-Key-Infrastruktur (PKI). There are a couple of good blogs which already describe how to build it. I just put in here some of experience. The reference: http://blogs.technet.com/b/xdot509/archive/2013/03/22/installing-a-two-tier-pki-hierarchy-in-windows-server-2012-wrap-up.aspx The reference 2: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/09/01/designing-and-implementing-a-pki-part-i-design-and-planning.aspx Microsoft article …

Exchange 2013 – Install and Configure

Today we install Microsoft Exchange 2013. We start direct with CU5, which includes the full installer with SP1 and the CU5 (http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2014/05/27/released-exchange-server-2013-cumulative-update-5.aspx) We install everything on my new 2012 R2 Hyper-V Whitebox. The base os of my Exchange server are as well 2012 R2 Standard. Before we install we have to fullfil all prerequirements. You …

Wiregate und MDT AKH-0800.01 – Part 1

Heute mal etwas zum Thema Hausautomation. Was ist das Ziel? Ich möchte via iPad/iPhone die Temperatur in meinen Räumen anpassen. Hier eine Übersicht der verndeten Kompenenten: KNX Bus + 1-Wire Bus ETS 4 Wiregate + KNX Bus Adapter + 1-Wire Adapter CometVisu 0.8 mit "Metal" Theme auf Wiregate OneWire Sensor DS9490R Heizungsaktor von MDT AKH-0800.01 …

OpenVPN with Ubuntu Server 10.04 TLS and iPhone

Good Morning, I finally finished my OpenVPN soloution with Ubuntu 10.04 and my iPhone and iPad. First we need to install Ubuntu 10.04 TLS with the OpenSSH option After installtion we need to upgrade all packages on the fresh installtion apt-get update apt-get upgrade Next we need to install OpenVPN apt-get install openvpn Next we …

XenServer 6 unattended via HTTP Repository

If you have a dedicated "root" server at at a hoster you might come up with the idea to install XenServer 6 on it. Sadly mostly you don't have a KVMoverIP remote and an attached CD-Rom at you "root" server. A soloution for this is a unattendend installtion where you get the files from a …

Cheap Home ESXi, XenServer or Hyper-V Server – Part 2

Short update about my white-box. My hardware arrived a while ago, I put all together and hurray it worked, no issues, just some little cut at my hand. I had to install also three 750GB HDD's. Next step install the hypervisor from USB Stick. The first plan was to install XenServer 5.6 SP1 because better …