It is my experience that resource pools are nearly a four letter word in the virtualization world. Typically I see a look of fear or confusion when I bring up the topic, or I see people using them ...

In order to correctly log Cisco device in Graylog2 setup the below configuration. This has now been added to the Graylog Marketplace https://marketplace.graylog.org/ Cisco ASA Configuration: lo...

I recently required a syslog server that was easy to use with a web interface to monitor some customers firewalls. I had been looking at Splunk but due to the price of this product it was not a via...

By default Teamspeak 3 uses a SQLite database, most people tend to use this however for those of us that prefer MySQL there is a way to change it. Follow this small tutorial to create a Teamspeak ...

Over the past couple of weeks I have spent some time working with VMware vCloud Director 5.1. I will also be producing multiple other guides for vCloud Director as I use it more over the coming mon...

About NFS (Network File System) Mounts NFS mounts allow sharing a directory between several servers. This has the advantage of saving disk space, as the directory is only kept on one server, and o...

I have recently had an issue with people leaving snapshots on VM’s for too long causing large snapshots and poor performance on Virtual Machines. I decided that I needed a way of reporting on whic...

This article provides various hardening tips for your Linux server. 1. Minimise Packages to Minimise Vulnerability Do you really want all sorts of services installed?. It’s recommended to avoid ...

As of Version 3.0.11.1 this tutorial is no longer applicable. I will soon re-write this to accommodate the latest version. By default Teamspeak 3 uses a SQLite database, most people tend to us...

One of the things I wanted to do was migrate my teamspeak server from SQLite to MySQL so I created the below which makes the migration easy. Stop the TeamSpeak Server 2.Run the following co...