In this guide we will work on some recovery steps, that could help you to recover the Volume Group, after reboot. When you reboot Server after extending / shrinking your Server Logical Volume, and something goes wrong, after the reboot, Server shows you this message, and you start in initramfs shell (Rescue shell) in this…
In this guide we will show you how to properly setup and configure a VM running pi-hole for use as an ad filter on your home connection. While traditionally Pi-Hole is ran on a device hosted in your LAN it can also be ran remotely if proper precautions are taken. One of the benefits of…
In this guide we will setup a PPTP VPN Server on a CentOS 7 Linux server and connect from a Windows pc. 1). Open TCP port 1723 and allow GRE in your firewall 2). Login to the server with SSH. 3). yum -y install epel-release 4). yum -y install ppp pptpd net-tools iptables-services 5). mv…
In this guide we will show you how to setup a Windows VPN Server. In this example we will be using Server 2016 but this should apply to all recent Windows Server versions. 1). Open TCP port 1723 and allow GRE in your firewall 2). Login to the Server with RDP 3). Go to Server…
In previous articles Recovering the Root Password (RHEL / CentOS 7) and Recovering the Root Password (Ubuntu) was how to Recover / Reset root Password from the Kernel. In this guide, we will provide Information how to Recover / Reset root Password for any Server (Cloud, Dedicated) in Rescue mode. Boot your Server into Rescue;…
In this guide we will walk through the process on how to enable a 10GB connection on a IONOS Server. Before we begin you must be made aware of the following limitations: Currently this is only possible on High-End Dedicated Servers such as the XXL. This is currently intended for internal traffic between Dedicated Servers…
In this guide you will convert your filesystem from ext3/4 to xfs. Please be sure to have another server or host to store your backup file to during this process. 1). Reboot to rescue2). mount /dev/vg00/lv01 /mnt/3). tar -czvf /mnt/backup.tar.gz /mnt/4). scp /mnt/backup.tar.gz root@74.208.1.1:/5). umount /mnt6). mkfs.xfs -f /dev/mapper/vg00-lv017). mount /dev/vg00/lv01 /mnt8). cd /mnt9). scp…
The process for resetting the password of an Administrator user on Windows Server 2019 is more complex then in the past. This is due to new default security rules which cause Windows Defender to block any attempts on privilege escalation in order to execute a Password reset. Follow the steps below to reset the Password:…
This article will give you a basic overview of how the internet functions and explain why you may not always see the advertised network speeds on your Server. Your data does not travel the way you think it does When you connecting to your server you may think that your computer is going directly from…
How to configure your default IP as static on Centos 7. You will need to SSH into the server, and change directory to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ You will need to edit the ifcfg-eth0 file. Keep in mind that your NIC device may have a different name. Check ifconfig before moving forward. Before editing make sure you make…