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IIS Configuration Restore
If youāve ever made a change in IIS and then your websites stop loading, you quickly start looking for a way to restore your last config. Luckily IIS7 introduced a feature called Configuration History that automatically backs up your config when it detects a change. Hereās how to make use of those backups and perform an IIS Configuration Restore, as well as how to manually backup yourā¦
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March 2016 Web Hosting Deals
Here are some great deals Iāve found for Web Hosting, most of these providers I have used in the past or currently use now.
March 2016 Web Hosting Deals
Blue Host is offering a steal this month on Shared Hosting. This is a great deal if you are looking to spin up a new WordPress site or other low traffic webiste.
Shared Basic Hosting Package Now Only $3.49! Save Up To 56% OFF!
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Powershell Log Archival Script
Powershell Log ArchivalĀ Script
Lets face it, thereās nothing really exciting about log file management. But like it or not its a pretty common task for DevOps to deal with log files. Weād all like our applications to use a Logging Service like Splunk or Loggly, but until that time comes we need to deal with log files on servers. I developed this script based off the following requirements: (moreā¦)
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Powershell AD Group Management
Powershell AD GroupĀ Management
One of the best uses of Powershell is automating Active Directory administration. Thereās a number of very powerful cmdlets for performing Powershell AD Group Management. Iāve found these to useful for doing Security Administration, Application Deployments, and even validation. (moreā¦)
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Comparing SQL Indexes with Powershell
Comparing SQL Indexes withĀ Powershell
A common challenge Iāve faced is managing many SQL Server Indexes across multiple databases in multiple environments. Thereās often a need to not only check that Indexes exist, but that they match. For example does your Test environment have the same Indexes as your Dev environment. Ā Traditionally Iāve always tackled this using SQL Management Studio, but after awhile I looked for a way to performā¦
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Simple Powershell Central Config
Simple Powershell CentralĀ Config
One of the aspects that I really like about the embracing of DevOps mentality is that we have more acceptance between the disciplines of Development and Operations. On the Ops side that means taking some of the core development pillars and incorporating those standards and ideas into areasĀ like script development. Ā Two concepts that I think are important for Powershell scripting is the removal ofā¦
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Troubleshooting 403 Response Code
Troubleshooting 403 ResponseĀ Code
A 403 Forbidden is an HTTP status code returned by a web server when a user requests a resourceĀ and the server rejects the request. In other words, the server can be reached, but the server declined to allow access to the page. Ā The message that most browsers display is misleading. Most people think its related to user access, but there are quite a few causes. In Microsoft IIS its common to seeā¦
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LAMP Cheatsheet
Ā Ā MySQL
Start MySQL:
sudo start mysql
Restart MySQL:
sudo restart mysql
Stop MySQL:
sudo stop mysql
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Script IIS Shared Configuration
Script IIS SharedĀ Configuration
As discussed on theĀ Top 10 IIS Configuration Tips article, the Shared Configuration feature is a must have for building web farms with IIS. But letās look atĀ how we can use Powershell to script IIS Shared Configuration. If weāre building and managing multiple farms or one very large farm, being able to automate the setup will save us time and improve the quality of our setup. (moreā¦)
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Troubleshooting IIS Shared Configuration
Troubleshooting IIS SharedĀ Configuration
Bad Data. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090005)
If your using a Shared Configuration in IIS7 or IIS8 this error message is one of the biggest challenges with the solution. IIS Shared Configurationis a great solution for creating and maintaining web farms, but there are a handful of errors that can be very challenging. And if your searching for this or other similar errors you might be in a fullā¦
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SQL Scripts with Powershell
SQL Scripts withĀ Powershell
Needing to run SQL Scripts can be a day to day task for System Administration and DevOps. If you have dozens of SQL Scripts to run this can quickly become a tedious job. Automating this with a Powershell script is an obvious solution. But running SQL Scripts in Powershell is not as easy as it would seem. Thereās 3 options available: (moreā¦)
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Building Ubuntu in Azure
Building Ubuntu inĀ Azure
How to Build Ubuntu in Azure
Most people do not associate Linux with Microsoft, but Windows Azure offers some great options for Linux VMs. Pricing is competitive with Amazon EC2, and the actual server provisioning in Azure is very fast for a Linux VM. Iām going to walk through the basic steps of gettingĀ Ubuntu in Azure. Creating the VM, SSH connections, and basic configuration for a web server.ā¦
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Azure RDP Troubleshooting
If youāre connecting to an Azure VM from a corporate network you may run into RDP connectivity issues. By default your RDP client will try to connect to the server over the Internet using port 3389. Most corporate and large organizational Internet Proxies and Firewalls block outbound connectivity to port 3389. Youāll see the ugly message to the left when trying to connect. Luckily, its prettyā¦
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MSBuild Cheatsheet
An Ā MSBuild CheatsheetĀ of handy references Iāve used for automating with MSBuild.
Reference Paths
Specify the path(s) to Project Reference DLLs.Ā The ReferencePath property allows you to add a series of paths that MSBUILD will check, overriding any project-based references.
MSBUILD.EXE /p:"ReferencePath=<Path1;Path2;Path3>"
Build Output Location
To change where MSBuild puts the build output. Youā¦
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Using Loggly in Powershell
Loggly is a Logging as a Service provider thatās become very popular lately. Loggly allows Applications and Systems to write log data into the cloud using various application libraries. But at a very basic level you can post log data to Logglyās RESTful API. Loggly then provides a dashboard for searching and filtering log data. Alerts can also be created to notify you of different log eventsā¦
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SSIS Connection on Cluster Fails
I ran into this problem recently when trying to export and import SSIS packages on a SQL Server 2008 R2 Cluster and it seemed like such a common problem, but I didnātĀ really find much documentation about how to resolve this.
SSIS Connection on Cluster Fails
This problem seems to always happen on SSIS (I only observed on SSIS 2008 R2) instances installed onto a server cluster. You can connect toā¦
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SQL Server Administrator Cheatsheet
I donāt consider myself a SQL Server expert so hereās a SQL Server Administrator Cheatsheet of queries for managing SQL Server.
Query all Database Files
List all the Data and Log files for your database with the file sizes.
select d.name, m.name, m.physical_name, m.type_desc, m.size from sys.master_files m inner join sys.databases d on (m.database_id = d.database_id) order by 1, 2
Index Lastā¦
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