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  • ExpressVPN on macOS: No internet detected

    Jun 1, 2022 · 1 min read  ·
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    I've used ExpressVPN for years and it's worked great on all my devices until one day, when it stopped even trying to make a connection from my Mac Mini. As soon as I'd hit the connect button, it said it couldn't detect an internet connection -- even though I totally had an Internet connection. So I uninstalled, …


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  • RBAR Performance in PowerShell

    May 31, 2022 · 8 min read  ·
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    Years ago before I learned PowerShell, I was using T-SQL to do things it just wasn't meant to do, namely SQL Server estate management. T-SQL is incredibly efficient when managing data, but it's not very efficient when managing SQL Server instances. For example, say you need to perform a task against each database. The …


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  • Import-DbaCsv Design Considerations

    May 24, 2022 · 6 min read  ·
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    This post is about Import-DbaCsv, a command within the dbatools PowerShell module for SQL Server. I've been writing about CSV imports using PowerShell for a pretty long time and in VBScript for even longer. Initially, my primary concerns were ease-of-use and speed. Over time, I realized that what mattered most was: …


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  • Rebuilding a Proxmox cluster node

    Apr 15, 2022 · 3 min read  ·
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    Recently, I had to rebuild my proxmox cluster after a disk failure. Against all advice, I installed Proxmox on USB keys. It worked well for ESX so I thought I could get away with it with Proxmox, but alas. Both of my nodes failed after a few months. Rebuilding the cluster was easier than I expected, but probably …


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  • Default PowerShell Paths (PSModulePath) on GitHub Runners

    Mar 24, 2022 · 1 min read  ·
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    If you're curious about the $Env:PSModulePath for GitHub Runners, here's what I came up with after running a workflow. Knowing the $Env:PSModulePath of each runner can be useful for making specific types of GitHub Actions. I used it within my own GitHub Action, psmodulecache which makes caching PowerShell modules from …


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  • Add existing directory storage to proxmox without wiping it first

    Mar 23, 2022 · 4 min read  ·
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    I wanted to blog about this because I couldn't find any info about it on the internet. Against the advice of everyone, I installed Proxmox on a USB thumbdrive. And, as predicted by everyone who gave that advice, the thumbdrive failed after a couple months. So I rebuilt my server with a new 1TB SSD disk and a backup of …


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  • InspecTools on Offline Windows

    Mar 7, 2022 · 3 min read  ·
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    For those looking to ensure that their vSphere environments are DISA-compliant, VMware has created a pretty nice repo of tools which help address the nearly 500(!) compliance checks. The solution is a mixed bag of ansible and PowerShell for remediation and Chef inspec for evaluation. I never worked with inspec so I …


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  • Chef inspec: Unable to detect your platform

    Mar 7, 2022 · 1 min read  ·
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    Recently, while exploring Chef's platform for "Compliance as Code" called InSpec, I ran into an issue when executing VMware's DISA STIG profile against a VMware host. Sorry, we are unable to detect your platform Train::PlatformDetectionFailed After connecting to my test vCenter server, I quickly realized why: …


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  • Migrating my WordPress sites to GitHub Pages

    Aug 31, 2020 · 7 min read  ·
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    Edit: Nevermind! Just follow Kendra Little's blog post if you're looking to move from WordPress to another platform. Doing it the way this tutorial suggets makes it impossibly hard to add new posts. After getting hacked one too many times, I've decided to move all of my blogs and URL-shortening sites from a Virtual …


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  • URL Shortening/Redirects using GitHub Pages and Jekyll

    Aug 31, 2020 · 2 min read  ·
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    Recently, I moved many of my blogs/shortlink domains to GitHub Pages. With that, the security of my sites increased dramatically, but I lost some functionality including search and 301 (Moved Permanently) Redirects using .htaccess, which I use extensively for shortlinks. Because GitHub Pages don't support .htaccess or …


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Chrissy LeMaire

SQL & PowerShell MVP. GitHub Star. Creator of dbatools. Need to oil my knees.

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dbatools is an awesome PowerShell module that helps you migrate entire instances with a single command, plus a whole lot more.

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