Network Connection Failiure
Oct10

Network Connection Failiure

Network Connection Failiure KB ID 0001894 Problem Logon failure the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer. {Location} is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions Solution : Network Connection Failiure If you’re seeing the error “The user has not been granted the requested...

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Trust a Certificate
Oct08

Trust a Certificate

Trust a Certificate KB ID 0001893 Problem There was a question on the Spiceworks forum this week and I suggested simply trusting the certificate to stop a certificate error, and got asked. Could you please let me know how to import the downloaded certificate I was surprised to find I’d not really covered this as a stand-alone subject so here we go. Solution: Trust a Certificate Firstly,  If you can go and spend a few minutes...

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Ubuntu Static IP
Sep03

Ubuntu Static IP

 Ubuntu Static IP KB ID 0001892 Problem Like most OSs out of the box the system is set to get it’s IP address from a DHCP server (i.e. dynamically). On the rare occasions I’m deploying Linux its to perform a specific task, so in nearly all cases I want it to have a static IP. Here is how to achieve that. Solution : Ubuntu Static IP Disable Cloud-Init Since Ubuntu version 18.04, it has shipped with this enabled, you can proceed with it...

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KVM Bridge Network
Sep02

KVM Bridge Network

Bridge Network KB ID 0001891 Problem Not sure why KVM does not come preconfigured for this out of the box, and it took me a very long time to work out how to do this. But if you want your KVM VMs to behave as if they are on your production LAN (rather than the default of setting up DHCP and NAT). The default is fine but if you want to access your VMs from outside the host you need to setup bridged networking. In my example I want my...

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Install Ubuntu KVM
Aug30

Install Ubuntu KVM

Ubuntu KVM KB ID 0001890 Problem I’ve been looking at KVM for a couple of reasons, firstly people are looking at VMware alternatives, now there’s no ‘free version’, and secondly the firm I work for have potentially a large KVM to VMware migration on the horizon, so I thought I’d build it on the test bench and see how best to address that migration scenario. Note: This was written with Ubuntu version 24.04,...

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