Juniper SRX Update the Operating System / Firmware
SRX Update KB ID 0000989 Problem With two brand new SRX firewalls on the bench my first task was to get them updated to the latest operating system. Solution : SRX Update Before you start get the updated Juniper software. Option 1 Update SRX firewall via Command Line 1. Connect to the firewall via either Console cable, telnet, or SSH. 2. Log on and then go to CLI mode, and then configuration mode. login: root Password: *******...
VMware Enable SSH (vSphere ESX)
VMware Enable SSH KB ID 0000299 Problem Should you wish to get SSH (remote secure console) access to your ESX hosts, you need to do the following. ESX Version 8 and Newer ESX Version 6.5 and Newer ESX version 5 and Newer ESX version 4.1.0 ESX version 4.0.0 and earlier ESX version 4.0.0 and earlier Solution VMware Enable SSH ESX 8.0 Directly on an ESX Host: If you have a stand-alone ESX Server running version 8.x, Log in via the...
Windows Server – Sysprep
KB ID 0000729 Problem I don’t deploy large amounts of servers at once, so Windows Server sysprep is not as important as it is with the client operating systems I deploy. But I do need to create virtual machine templates, (mostly for testing), but some clients like to have server templates. I prefer to manually sysprep and shutdown a server then either convert or clone it to a template. Thankfully sysprep is in the same place as...
Fortigate: Show IP (DHCP) From CLI
KB ID 0001712 Problem I was having some problems setting up a Fortigate (VM64-KVM) firewall, and I needed to know, (at command line,) how to view the address that had been assigned to it via DHCP. View Fortigate DHCP address (from CLI) The syntax required is; config system interface edit ? Note: Dont Forget the “?” at the end, it will not show onscreen as seen below. View Fortigate DHCP address (from GUI) If the GUI/Web...
Cisco ASA Site To Site VPN IKEv1 “Using CLI”
Do the same from ASDM KB ID 0000050 Problem Note: This is for Cisco ASA 5500, 5500-x, and Cisco Firepower devices running ASA Code. Note: This is quite an OLD POST, only use these instructions if you need to create a VPN tunnel that uses IKEv1, (i.e. The other end is not a Cisco ASA, or it’s a Cisco ASA running code older than 8.4). You can still use an IKEv1 tunnel of course, so this article is still valid, it’s just...