Using a custom MacOS terminal font can help improve readability in the terminal. After posting my MacOS Terminal Theme blogpost I got questions about that font that is used in the screenshots. I am using the Source Code Pro font in my MacOS terminal. This font is easy on the […]
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How to verify your SSL/TLS Certificate for IMAP/POP3/SMTP with OpenSSL
Introduction After installing an SSL/TLS certificate on your mail server you should check if it is correctly configured. The OpenSSL command offers a easy way to check and verify your certificate chain. For this guide to work your system needs to have the openssl or libressl library installed. All modern […]
Continue readingBackup VMware ESXi host with PowerCLI
Introduction to VMware ESXi As you should know right know having backups of your system is a critial part of protecting your data. Although VMware ESXi host don’t contain data themselve it still is a good practice to backup your configuration to make disaster recovery alot easier and faster. In […]
Continue readingInstalling VMware PowerCLI on Linux or macOS
Introduction PowerCLI is a command-line interface for managing and automating all aspects of vSphere management, including networking, storage, VMs, guest OS, and more.PowerCLI functions as a collection of PowerShell modules that contain more than 700 cmdlets (commands) to manage VMware infrastructure. PowerCLI runs on top of PowerShell. PowerShell used to […]
Continue readingHardening SSH with Ansible
Introduction This blog post is going to be about hardening your SSH config with Ansible. This guide will be build upon my earlier post about Updating your Homelab with Ansible and Configuring Linux users and SSH keys with Ansible. This post is mainly focused on Ubuntu/Debian systems. For other distro’s […]
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