Remote Desktop Services – Securing By Group Policy
Jun24

Remote Desktop Services – Securing By Group Policy

KB ID 0001211 Problem Note: This is not an exhaustive list, but it’s what I use when securing Remote Desktop Services, (Terminal Services) servers. Some of these settings are ONLY for Server 2012 R2 and later. If you have any settings you think are omitted, please comment below.   Solution User Access To RDS If you want to create a Domain security group for RDS users than please do so. BE AWARE the ‘Remote Desktop...

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Certificate Chain Incomplete
Jun23

Certificate Chain Incomplete

KB ID 0001570 Problem The certificate here at PNL expired over the weekend, I got a new one and installed it. All appeared to be fine until I did an online check to make sure it was OK.  The server’s certificate chain is incomplete Solution I had this problem once before, back then I was using Apache and CentOS7, and things were a little different, (now I’m using NGINX and Ubuntu 18.04). Essentially you see this error...

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Windows 10 & Windows Server Update Error 0x800705b4
Jun18

Windows 10 & Windows Server Update Error 0x800705b4

KB ID 0001569 Problem I can’t remember Windows being so diabolically bad at simply updating? I built a new 2016 server, simply to create a VM template, and it would not update; There were some problems installing updates, but we’ll try again later. If you keep. seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information this may help: (0x800705b4) Solution Well that’s a very polite but useless error!...

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vCenter ‘Root’ Account Expired
Jun12

vCenter ‘Root’ Account Expired

KB ID 0001568 Problem Today I found I could no longer log in to the VCSA vCenter appliance; Exception in invoking authentication handler User password expired Solution Just because I can’t log into the web console, I could still log into the the appliance via SSH. Then invoke the shell command, and reset the root password with the passwd command; Now if you wish, you can Disable VCSA Password Expiration: Administration > Edit...

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iLO: Java Error “Unable to Load Resource”
Jun09

iLO: Java Error “Unable to Load Resource”

KB ID 0001567 Problem When attempting to connect to an iLO 3 remote console on an HP Server; General Exception Name: com.hp.ilo2.intgapp.intgapp ExitException: Unable to load resource https://{Server}/html/intgapp3_231.jar Solution Having added the URL to the iLO to the trusted sites in the the Java Preferences, I thought this all I had to do. Turns out I was wrong. Navigate to Administration > Security > Encryption >...

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