Recently, I explored the WireGuard VPN solution and was pleasantly surprised by its user-friendly setup. Setting up a VPN server with a sleek graphical interface took just a few commands. Given that I use strongSwan at my workplace, I envisioned having a similar graphical interface for it. A quick Google…

In this final part, we will see how to improve the performance of the executor we created in the previous article. How? We will use Packer to build a custom Multipass image embedding all the dependencies needed for the executor. Packer is an open-source tool developed by HashiCorp that is used…

In the ever-evolving landscape of DevOps and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), finding the right tools and strategies to streamline your development pipeline is crucial. GitLab has emerged as a powerful platform for managing source code, collaboration, and automation. …

In this blog post, I’m going to show you how to create a shared mailbox in Exchange online using PowerShell. The procedure is pretty well detailed in Microsoft documentation, but it can also be confusing and time-consuming when you just need straightforward instructions. …

Let’s assume that as an IT administrator, you deployed a configuration profile via Intune to prevent users from connecting USB devices to their computers. Everything works very well, and you’re quite satisfied with your setup. Then one day, you urgently need to copy a file from one of these computers…

Have you ever needed to decrease the size of a data disk in Azure? I have, for a variety of reasons, including cost optimization. To my surprise, reducing the size of a disk in Azure is more difficult than expanding it. When you think about it, it makes sense because…

Lately, I ran out of space on one of my Multipass virtual machine. I decided to write down here, the steps I followed to expand the VM disk size. Consider the list of Multipass virtual machines below: kenneth@laptop:~$ multipass list Name…

I use Multipass to create virtual machines (VM) in my homelab. And, in most cases, it is followed by the execution of Ansible playbooks against these VMs in order to automate specific configurations. To be able to run Ansible playbooks against such VMs, I must always do the following pre-tasks: …

Note: A new version of this article is available. Please check it out if you have Apache Guacamole version ≥ 1.5.3 installed. Apache Guacamole: Session recordings and playback in-browser — version 2 Assuming you’ve installed Apache Guacamole as per my manual installation blog post, this article guides you through…theko2fi.medium.com Otherwise, keep reading this one. Since the version 1.5.0, Apache Guacamole finally supports a long-wanted feature: playback of session recordings directly within the web application.