The ramblings of a computer geek
You can obtain information from a Virtual Machine via its VMTools service via the VMware PowerCLI, here is a simple working example you can build from to determine ID 1808 which shows that the machine has successfully completed its Secure Boot remediation (i.e. installing the new 2023 certificates to NVRAM and swapping to the new … Read more
We’ll create user called “dave” to use within a Kubernetes cluster, I’m using Minikube in this case. Create Private Key Create the private key: Create and Sign the CSR Now create the Certificate Signing Request (CSR): Now on this the subject is important. Here you are defining their username (CN), “dave” in this case, and … Read more
A quick way to see the API Resources for your Kubernetes cluster is via the command: You get an output such as the following: Let’s take a quick look at some of the resources available. The api-resources “pods” for example is under the “v1” ApiVersion, hence why when you are creating your YAML file for … Read more
Quick reference for Terraform when using AWS. Once you are authenticated, i’m assuming SSO here, then you can apply your configuration with: You can add the “–auto-approve” to the end so you don’t have to press “yes”, but use with caution!
Here’s a quick example, which might help you, it filters by specific attributes (which you can’t get through the GUI) when you’re attempting to create a Custom View for Event Viewer.
Let’s say you have three lines and you multi-select the beginning by holding ALT, then dragging down, so you end up with the cursor blinking across all three lines at once: You then add some something at the beginning of all three lines by typing across multiple lines at once: But now you want to … Read more
Assuming you have your Microsoft Windows Domain Controllers sending their event logs into Splunk, here is a query that will pull out the pertinent details you need to find anything that is still running non-compliant RC4 for ticketing. Note that your index and Log names may vary.
The periodic reset of the KRBTGT password is now recommended by Microsoft to be carried out every 180 days. Resetting the password periodically reduces the risks of a Kerbroasting attack being successful. To ensure the KRBTGT password is fully reset you MUST perform this reset operation twice. And you MUST wait a bare minimum of … Read more
Bit odd, but more cosmetic issue than anything. When wanting to remove netlogin from a port (e.g. 1:45) you can just run: But you may still see the configuration regarding timers, reauth-period and re-authentication, its not obvious how to make this disappear, although its still there in the background. All you need to do is … Read more
A useful visualisation on your Google Sheets is where you perhaps have a column for “Yes” or “No” or “Done” or “Not Started” and when this cell changes value, the whole row changes colour to make it obvious that action/item has been completed. You can do this as follows: Let’s say you have a spreadsheet … Read more