If you have a .PFX certificate container you can extract the certificate and key with openssl. Extract the certificate: openssl pkcs12 -in filename.pfx -clcerts -nokeys -out cert.pem Extract the key: openssl pkcs12 -in filename.pfx -nocerts -out key.pem
Just activate it: In your browser open the following urls one after another: Replace the following: URL, PORT, USER, PASS, SERIALNUMBER (don’t replace any other symbols like: oder “) https://URL:PORT/webapi/auth.cgi?api=SYNO.API.Auth&method=Login&version=1&account=USER&passwd=PASS https://URL:PORT/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=set&version=1&activated=true&serial_number=”SERIALNUMBER” To get the current activation status call the 1. query above and then https://URL:PORT/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=get&version=1 —————————— Example for url: server, port: 5001, user: admin, pass: admin, […]
Setup ADFS in my home lab. There’s a single server called rak1adfs01.raxnet.global. The ADFS service is called adfs.raxnet.global and in DNS this is a CNAME to the server. When I go to https://adfs.raxnet.global/adfs/ls/IdpInitiatedSignon.htm I get a login prompt and even though I enter the correct credentials it doesn’t let me in. This is unlike what […]
Here is a quick Pro tip on how you can update all applications on a Windows machines with two simple commands. OPTION 1: 1. Click on the “START” button and type “CMD” and choose “RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR” 2. Type WINGET UPGRADE This will list all your applications, their current version, and available versions. 3. Now […]
clear-clusternode on EXCH01 worked and now the server can join. Finally. Yay!! Hopefully this may help someone else.
PSOD(Purple Screen of Diagnostics) <SHIFT+O Edit boot options> 2. Shift+O [root@localhost:~] esxcli system settings kernel list --option=cpuUniformityHardCheckPanic Name Type Configured Runtime Default Description --------------------------- ---- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- cpuUniformityHardCheckPanic Bool TRUE FALSE TRUE Panic if CPU uniformity hard check fails [root@localhost:~] esxcli system settings kernel set --setting=cpuUniformityHardCheckPanic --value=FALSE [root@localhost:~] esxcli system […]
When you try to install ESXi 7.0 or 8.0 on a system with a 12th Gen Intel CPU, the installation fails with a purple diagnostics screen: HW feature incompatibility detected; cannot start Fatal CPU mismatch on feature “Hyperthreads per core” Fatal CPU mismatch on feature “Cores per package” Fatal CPU mismatch on feature “Cores per […]
In an Exchange Server organization, the address book that users see in Outlook is basically just a flat, alphabetical list of names. There’s no easy way to look at the address book and work out the structure of the organization, or to tell who the most senior people are within a group. It’s easy to […]