All businesses need a way to induct their new staff into the business. So far it’s either paper based, computer based or purely verbal. This article is for those that want to use a computer based system. Here’s an important tip. If you’re going to use an LMS (learning management
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This article shows how to configure pfSense to allow MacOS devices to connect using IPSec (IKEv1). Unfortunately I could not get IKEv2 to work. In this article, we’ll be using a RADIUS server (for authentication). The creation of the RADIUS server is not included in this HowTo but the pfSense
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This article shows how to install and configure the NTP client using Ansible. I’ve cheated a little by using the “ntpdate” command rather than a service. But i find this more reliable. The following is the yml file: — – hosts: all sudo: yes tasks: – name: Install ntpdate yum:
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This article shows how to easily take a list of installed YUM packages from one server and then install those same packages on another server. Get the list of installed packages from the source server: rpm -qa –queryformat “%{NAME}\n” > ~/yum.list Copy that list file (~/yum.list) to the target server
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Forcing staff web browsers to use the company proxy is critical for logging and auditing Internet usage and activity. The question is, which method of configuring web browsers to use a proxy is best? When it comes to configuring web browser proxy setting, we have 4 options: Configure the proxy
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There are several ways to configure a web browser to use a proxy. This article focuses on the DNS & WPAD method but we’ll cover other options too. The objective is to force workstations to use a proxy server if and how the business needs depending on where the workstation
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This article explains the process of installing Confluence on your own server and then later migrating your content and settings from the “evaluation” database to something more professional such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. This article is basically an example with sensible assumptions. We’re using CentOS 7. When you first get
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This article explains how to install and configure PostgreSQL for a Confluence on a CentOS 7 server. Read the other Confluence articles on this blog to ensure your web server (if you’re using one) is configured correctly. yum install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib Next you’ll need to do the automatic setup: postgresql-setup
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Bitbucket from Atlasian needs a version of Git above whatever Redhat/CentOS give us. This article explains how to get the right version. You need to download and install Git manually. But don’t worry, it’s simple. You’ll probably already have Git installed. Check by issuing the command that follows. Don’t worry,
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Once the Confluence application is installed and you can log in as the Administrator, you should consider following this document’s steps to ensure the basics are completed. We’re going to cover setting up automatic backups, corrections to the Base URL (if needed), adding a user, configuring email settings and setting
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